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The question that opened this series, whether nations that won independence have won sovereignty, admits of no simple answer. The picture is one of gradation, struggle, and uneven advance rather than a clean division between the free and the unfree.

In the same way that the war against Iran is gradually diverting the Gulf away from Washington, Lavrov’s tour is, in turn, gradually diverting Africa away from the West.

Tanzania’s pursuit of $2 billion in Russian investment is not simply a story about Moscow exploiting another diplomatic opening in Africa. It is a warning that Western pressure, however justified on democratic grounds, no longer guarantees compliance in a multipolar world where African states have alternatives.