Dancing with Putin
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐๐๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฏ.
South Africaโs friendship with Russia is a political football that temporarily came to rest last week. On Friday, the High Court confirmed that weโd be required to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes were he to attend the BRICS summit in Johannesburg next month. The Department of Justice has now requested a warrant of arrest, while the Presidency confirmed that Putin will attend the summit virtually. Itโs a temporary solution to a diplomatic impasse โ arrest a high-profile guest or refuse and violate international law โ but the debate around Russiaโs engagement in Africa is far from settled. Is modern Russia a colonial power bent on exploiting the continent, or does it remain the Soviet friend of its liberation movements? Carte Blanche examines this political quagmire.
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