Dmitry Viktorovich Kurakov: "Throughout Africa I feel the warmth of communication, the desire to help and the friendliest feelings towards Russia and Russians"
Almost the entire life of my interlocutor Dmitry Viktorovich KURAKOV, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Senegal and Gambia, is connected with Africa. In an exclusive interview, which he agreed to give to the “New Eastern Outlook”, we talked about the relationship between our countries in various spheres and areas…
Zenebe Kinfu: "I am always discovering something new in Russia, that's why I have lived here for so long"
The conversation with Mr Zenebe Kinfu Tafesse, President of the Union of African Diasporas, was direct, frank and in some places sharp. We discussed how Russian journalists should write about Africa and African journalists about Russia. We talked about the problems of employing Africans in our country. And, using concrete examples, we tried to work out how to learn Russian in Africa…
Zenebe Kinfu: "African issues are prioritised in the Russian media"
In his exclusive interview with the New Eastern Outlook, Mr Zenebe Kinfu Tafesse, President of the Union of African Diasporas, described how he sees Russian-African relations, explained why the Second Russia-Africa Summit turned out to be more economic and shared his thoughts on neocolonialism in Africa…
Louis Gouend: "I am very close to the mentality of the Russian people".
Louis Gouend heads the Cameroonian diaspora in Russia and is the founder of the African Business Club in our country. Why are business and investment in Africa becoming more and more attractive for Russian companies? Why is there an acute lack of information about each other in Russia and African countries? How do Cameroonians live in Russia?
Oksana Mayorova: "We differ only in skin color and brightness of clothing."
What do Russian and African women have in common? Can we make the world a better place so that our children have a better life than we did? We discussed all of this and more with Oksana Mayorova, the African Women’s Union’s Director of International Development…
Oksana Mayorova: "Russia is now at a point of trust."
Our guest today, Oksana Mayorova, is a co-founder of the Pan-African PPP Development Center. She highlighted the work of her center, the platforms for interaction with Africa that she believes have the most promise, and her impressions at the Russia-Africa Summit in St. Petersburg…
Galli Monastyreva: “We are pioneers, and we are tilling the soil.
Our conversation with GALLI MONASTYREVA, the Director of Humanitarian Projects at the Association for Economic Cooperation with African countries, was both interesting and heartfelt. Only a person with a sincere love for their work, and for Africa, can talk about it as she does…
Africa is gaining strength for a major push
As a region with unlimited potential for demographic and economic growth, Africa is rapidly gaining weight in the modern world. It is no longer an object for someone else’s manipulations (it is perfectly understandable whose), but is beginning to seriously defend its own interests. It is no longer the backward continent that still sits in the heads of many Western politicians. Its current state can be compared to China in the 1990s – it is gaining strength before a powerful leap. And since almost all kinds of minerals and natural resources are concentrated here…
Lessons of the Tehran Conference: the West continues to violate agreements, and, with promises of peace, prepares for war.
It is now 80 years, almost to the day, that the leaders of the “Big Three” powers in the coalition against Nazi Germany met in near secrecy. Operation Eureka was nearing its completion. But it would be a mistake to assume that the US and Britain sat around the negotiating table willingly. They were pressurized into changing their political strategy and tactics by the successes of the Red Army at the front and the realization that the Soviet Union was capable of defeating Nazi Germany on its own. In late November 1943, Joseph Stalin…
The Russian language walks the planet
In terms of the quantity of scientific publications, Russian is ranked second and is among the top 5 languages in the world according to the Power Language Index rating. Furthermore, it’s growing in popularity. According to recent studies, proficiency in Russian is “a significant competitive advantage in the international labor market”. The demand for studying Russian has been steadily increasing in recent years. In numerous nations, including those in Europe. Furthermore, interest in the “great and mighty” Russian language is surpassing all prior records on the African continent…
Yanina Dubeikovskaya: “Africa is a completely different world, it exists on a different plane”
When accompanying your husband on a work trip to Africa, how do you not only manage to stay married, but also start your own charity and business? How can you avoid walking on and ignoring another person’s suffering? How can you be generous and share your energy with those around you? How can you find ways to continue to do good? We talk about this and more with Yanina Dubeikovskaya, who has a PhD in Philosophy, and is the organizer of the Kalingalinga Girls…
South Africa - a world of beauty and wonder
Vacations in Africa are becoming increasingly popular among Russians. What attracts our compatriots to the mysterious African continent? Can the average Russian afford a safari trip and what impressions do people expect from South Africa? For answers to these and other questions we turned to Maya Kotlyar, the founder and head of «MAYEL Travel», one of the most quoted public experts in tourism…