The contract is symptomatic of the growing closeness of President Yoweri Museveni and President Vladimir Putin and their burgeoning strategic relationship...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Russia is no longer the full-blooded red of Mugabe's youth but the unashamedly white of Vladimir Putin...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 55 No 20 | 
            - SOUTH AFRICA
 
        
        
		
        
        
    
        
	
	     The conference also adopted a resolution opposing road tolls in Gauteng and criticised Zuma's personal deal with President Vladimir Putin allowing Russia to build up to eight nuclear reactors in South Africa (AC Vol 55 No 19  Nuclear secrets)...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     President Jacob Zuma spent a week in Russia in late August and met Russian President Vladimir Putin at his official residence at Novo-Ogarevo  just north of Moscow...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 55 No 14 | 
            - ZIMBABWE
 - RUSSIA
 
        
        
		
        
        
    
        
	
	     The new deal between Harare and President Vladimir Putin's government opens a new chapter...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The final act before El Sisi's much anticipated formal announcement of his candidacy was a visit to Russia in mid-February  during which Prime Minister Vladimir Putin indiscreetly said he was aware that his Egyptian visitor had decided to run for president and wished him luck...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 54 No 25 | 
            - FRANCE
 - AFRICA
 
        
        
		
        
        
    
        
	
	     In Asia  France is a secondary player at best; for instance  on Syria  an old French stamping ground  US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin take the big decisions...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 6 (AAC) No 12 | 
            - BRICS
 
        
        
		
        
        
    
        
	
	    Russia's President Vladimir Putin announced at the Group of 20 Summit in St...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 53 No 18 | 
            - MOZAMBIQUE
 
        
        
		
        
        
    
        
	
	     His plan is to leave the presidency but keep command of the country  emulating Russia’s Vladimir Putin  who served the maximum permissible two consecutive terms as President but returned to the presidency last May after operating as Prime Minister in between...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Mercuria  originally from Poland  is now based in Switzerland  as is Russia’s Gunvor  which has links to the Kremlin and Premier Vladimir Putin and has skilfully exploited markets in Angola  Congo-Kinshasa and Nigeria  with Equatorial Guinea in prospect...