Russia's interest in Africa is another step to end USA's global domination (Pravda article)

Pvrada ^ | September 9, 2006 | Vladimir Anokhin

[Clintonfatigued]

High-tech cooperation will give Russia an opportunity to enter the African market through South Africa. Moscow tries to retrieve its erstwhile influence on the African continent, preparing to face tough competition with world's leading countries. President Vladimir Putin arrived in Cape Town to solve these issues.

The visit to Africa, which Putin started Tuesday, was initiated with the development of the global economic system, from which Russia was gradually falling out during the recent decade. The Russian administration started formulating its geopolitical interests openly only a short time ago.

Slowly but surely the existence of the unipolar world is drawing to an end. The sweeping development of new centers of influence in Southeast Asia, China and India, the activity of the Muslim world and Russia testify to the creation of new political and economic forces in the world. Each of those forces is in need of new markets and resources to be able to develop and strengthen further on.

Moscow lost its influence in Africa for 15 years. The results of the fierce political struggle between the world's strongest superpowers in the 1960s and the 1970s returned no results for Russia. Nowadays Russia is returning to Africa. It goes without saying that the Russian government will have to fight with both traditional competitors and new rivals who have already entered the African market: China, Mideastern countries and Latin American states

[Clintonfatigued]

The sleeping Red Bear is awakening. This could become a problem in the coming years.

[the invisib1e hand]

one finger points to the US, the remaining point where to the real "imperialists."

[MNJohnnie]

HUH? This is utterly bizzar. Like we care? Africa is an irrelevent cesspool. Let them and the French fight over it.

Seems old Russians Commies never die, just get a job at Ne Pravda.

[jveritas]

First, let the Russian people has 10% of our standards of living then they may have a 0.0001% chance of competing with the US on the global level.

[Clintonfatigued]

"one finger points to the US"

That's nothing new.

[denydenydeny]

Mercantilist nonsense.

If the Russians really believe that mercantilism works, then they are even in worse shape than I thought.

[G8 Diplomat]

one finger points to the US, the remaining point where to the real "imperialists."

Yeah, if anyone's imperailistic here, it's the Russkies. THEY were the ones who annexed the Baltic states; Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, THEY were the ones who took away half of Finland's land through invasion, THEY were the ones who invaded Czechoslovakia and Hungary, THEY were the ones who forced 14 other nations into their Soyuza Sovyetsky only to send half their citizens to the gulag.

[Clintonfatigued]

Very well-stated.

[spanalot]

This is old news.

Russia started beating the "anti- colonial" drum in the 20's - and does anyone remember a Kremlin funded revolution in a little country off the coast of North Africa ---called Spain?

[Clintonfatigued]

I read about some of it, and the backlash against it resulted in a Fascist government ruling the nation for decades.

[spanalot]

And Fascism in Europe, too

[river rat]

Anyone who has been in Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union -- would not fear them as much as before..

The place is a mess.. Incompetence, drunkenness and laziness is the "norm"... Public sector corruption is rampant.. Businessmen can be counted on to over-promise and under-perform, and not meet schedules, costs or quality requirements.. Crime is widespread and the Russian Mafia in places is more powerful than the "Government"...

It appears as though the "best" of Russia has left, to make a life for themselves outside of Russia.

Russia's selection of "friends" in the middle east hasn't encouraged foreign investment...

Russia must now "team" with China, Islamists and the new communists of South America to project any "heat"..

The "Bear" is anemic..

Semper Fi

[oyez]

USA has little dominance in South Africa. Many South Africans migrating to the USA. The way I see it we are sucking out the most productive part of their economy.

Up to a few years ago South Africa seemed to be one the most independent of any nation I could think of. As for their situation today, I can't think of anything the USA has to do with it.

I wonder how the Russian Mafia will fare in the country side.

[oyez]

History shows that Russia has always been late getting into the colonialism business. When colonialism be came a bad word they just called it liberation.

[WVNan]

Can anyone estimate the amount of $$$ the U.S. has poured into Africa over the centuries to no avail? I say, let the Russians have it. Maybe they can civilize the place, but I doubt it.

[the invisib1e hand]

Is there a difference between colonialism and imperialism? We call what we are doing liberation, and everyone else insists it's "imperialism."

Of course, the smaller the world gets, the less room there is for Liberty to coexist with oppression or statism. That is the undercurrent of our times.

I happen to think Russia is putting the hammer down, and using these "islamic" psychopaths to do their guerrilla advance work. I think they are using economic means as the employed so successfully in Russia. I think they have manipulated the price of oil directly and through satellites. I think it's imperative we fight them on every front successfully.

[the invisib1e hand]

That's nothing new.

No, but it's the remainder pointing back that I wish to highlight.

[G8 Diplomat]

I know two people who have been to the old Soviet Union..one of them is my German teacher

[oyez]

Africans the get civilized, i.e. educated and have economic ability relocate to an entirely different continent. What is the point of building a business or an industry so the thugs can either destroy it or take it away.