USA Africa Dialogue Series - Why Russia Never Colonized Africa...Putin Explains Why.

Reformatted.

Thanks for sharing. An interesting 

topic indeed.

Count Pyotr Alekseyevich Kapnist

represented Russia at the Berlin 

Congress of 1884/5,

but the question is this:  

Was he sidelined by the

Germans, British, French etc., 

or did he choose to

have a low profile? Under 

Tzars Alexander I, II and 

 III, Russia was preoccupied 

with the Balkans 

and Central Asia and had 

running battles with the 

Ottoman Turks and France, 

in particular.

Whatever the case, Russia is

off the hook in terms of  

colonial occupation of

African territory, whether 

by accident or design. 

 It also assisted Africans in 

throwing off the yoke

of  colonialism  and apartheid 

during the Soviet era.

 By venerating Alexander Pushkin

to national status as the 

father of Russian Literature

the Russians  scored another point,

 given Pushkin's  heritage. His 

great grandfather was of 

African origin.

The video did not  acknowledge 

that Russia  is the world's

third largest  producer of oil. 

Incidentally, the  United States 

is now the world's largest oil 

producer at 20 million barrels 

a day, double that of Russia.

Dr. Gloria Emeagwali
Professor of History/African Studies, CCSU
Chief Editor- "Africa Update"
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