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In Focus | Angola, South Africa
Bekker, Penny, Dos Santos... Russia's African partners kept at bay by war in Ukraine

By Clotilde Ravel

Published on 25.04.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 8 minutes

Since Moscow began its military offensive in Ukraine, numerous southern African entrepreneurs have had to freeze their investment projects in Russia or leave their positions as directors of companies under sanctions. Being separated from these wealthy Africans has entrenched the dichotomy of Russia's presence on the continent: while Moscow's diplomats remain very influential, its corporations are losing their contacts one by one.

War? What war? Against all odds, President Vladimir Putin's special adviser Anton Kobyakov is determined to go ahead with the 25^th edition of his annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on 15 to 18 June. Though Russia's invasion of Ukraine on 24 February has isolated his country on the international stage, the head of the Roscongress

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