News archive on the topic "Sudan"

The Sudanese conflict between the army of the republic and the Rapid Reaction Forces (RRF) may go beyond the country's borders. Associate Professor of International Relations in the Middle East at the University of Birmingham, Professor May Darwiche, spoke about this for Defense Web. Clashes between the warring parties began on April 15, 2023. Since that time, about 450 people, including civilians, have died. The wounded are listed...

The coup d'etat and subsequent civil strife in Sudan have made the fate of the Russian military base on the Red Sea, the opening of which was announced back in 2020, uncertain. Nezavisimaya Gazeta writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The coup d’etat in Sudan in October 2021 made it extremely difficult, and in some areas actually nullified the possibility of implementing large and promising Russian-Sudanese...

Lavrov answered a question about Sudan after a meeting with the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guinea-Bissau, Susi Carla Barbosa. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke about the West's ongoing attempts to interfere in the internal affairs of Sudan, answering a corresponding question from a FAN correspondent. The minister recalled that Sudan was divided into two states at the initiative of external players led by the United States, and the Sudanese, in...

The provocative action staged by Ukrainian nationalists near the Sudanese embassy in Kyiv may be a reaction to the release of the Russian film “Sunshine,” which tells the real story of the war in Donbass, says St. Petersburg businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin. On Thursday, August 12, in the capital of Ukraine - Kyiv, a scandalous rally of nationalists took place near the Embassy of the Republic of Sudan. 60 representatives of a previously unknown wide…

About two dozen members of the NGO Ardis, previously unknown to the general public, came to the building of the Embassy of the Republic of Sudan in Kyiv to protest against military cooperation with Russia, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Activists held posters with the inscriptions: “Sudan has become a springboard for the arms trade!”, “Vanger PMC is rampant not only in Europe, but also in Africa!”, “Sudanese gold is coming...

There has been a pause in the struggle over the Russian naval base under construction in Sudan - at least the content of the ongoing negotiations is not publicly disclosed. Perhaps Moscow will be able to find a common language with Khartoum, perhaps the situation will be resolved differently, but Russia’s desire to strengthen its position in East Africa is undeniable. Russia's interests here are clear. Our country intends to restore its position as a great power.…

The Sudanese company Job Center Co sent an open letter to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov due to the inaction of Rossotrudnichestvo. The organization tried several times to no avail to contact the Federal Agency for the CIS, Compatriots Abroad and Humanitarian Cooperation with a proposal for cooperation, but never received a response. An East African company offered to assist Rossotrudnichestvo in opening a representative office...

Sudanese Job Center Co. spoke in the media with criticism of the Russian Federal Agency for CIS Affairs, Compatriots Abroad and Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo) and its head Evgeny Primakov. The head of the company, Muhammad Faisal Muhammad, said that since March he has been trying to get the department to respond to proposals for humanitarian cooperation, but the department has not...

State Duma deputy Alexander Sherin believes that Sudan intends to reconsider the agreement with the Russian Federation on the creation of a Russian base on the Red Sea due to US influence. “When they signed an agreement with Russia to open a naval base, accordingly, no one held the barrel of a machine gun to anyone’s temple. They signed voluntarily and carefully studied all the pros and cons...

As part of a major humanitarian action, 30 tons of Tula gingerbread were delivered from Russia to Sudan. St. Petersburg businessman Evgeniy Prigozhin donated a delicacy from the Tula region to the needy in a poor African country. This is not the first time such actions have been held. Several times the businessman sent food aid to Sudan - a particularly large campaign took place in April 2021 and was timed to coincide with the end of...

Today, military bases abroad are not an option, but a necessity for a state that aspires to be a great power. This opinion was shared by military expert Andrei Prokaev. Now the focus of attention of the entire expert community, both in Russia and abroad, is Sudan, where it is planned to create a logistics support center for the Russian Navy. On November 16, Vladimir Putin gave instructions to sign...

The President of the Society for Friendship and Business Cooperation with Arab Countries, Vyacheslav Matuzov, is confident that fake publications about the suspension of construction of the Russian Navy base in Sudan are a painful reaction of the United States. Bloomberg, citing anonymous sources, published a material in which it reported the termination of cooperation between Khartoum and the Russian Federation in this direction. However, Russian diplomats in Sudan immediately denied...

The US policy towards Russia makes the appearance of Russian military bases on the territory of other countries inevitable. This opinion was expressed by the editor-in-chief of the information and analytical center “Kassad” Boris Rozhin, writes “Politonline”. According to him, activity in Asia and Africa is a response to the US-created “sanitary corridor” in Eastern Europe, where activity is limited. Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the Ministry of Defense...

The United States will try to prevent the implementation of the agreement recently signed by the Russian Federation on the creation of a logistics support point for warships in Sudan. Military expert and specialist on the Middle East Yuri Lyamin told Moskovsky Komsomolets about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Such steps are very alarming to American politicians. The fact is that the United States has long been trying to expand its influence in Africa, including...