🗓 On Nov 9-10, Sochi will host the 1st Ministerial Conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership at Sirius University, in accordance with the decisions of the 2nd Russia-Africa Summit.
The foreign ministers of the Russian Federation and African states, as well as the leadership of the African Union Commission and major continental integration associations, will take part in the event.
🤝The business programme on the sidelines of the conference will feature roundtable discussions and panel sessions on key items on the Russian-African agenda, including security, trade and investment, industrialisation, technology transfers, agriculture, the development of the mining sector, education, healthcare and epidemiological safety.
✅ Representatives of Russian and foreign media are invited to cover the event. We are expecting African media outlets to take an active part.
Media representatives can obtain accreditation on the Russia-Africa Summit’s official website until Oct 25, 2024.
🔗 APPLY FOR ACCREDITATION
#russia #africa #russiaafrica #sochi
The foreign ministers of the Russian Federation and African states, as well as the leadership of the African Union Commission and major continental integration associations, will take part in the event.
🤝The business programme on the sidelines of the conference will feature roundtable discussions and panel sessions on key items on the Russian-African agenda, including security, trade and investment, industrialisation, technology transfers, agriculture, the development of the mining sector, education, healthcare and epidemiological safety.
✅ Representatives of Russian and foreign media are invited to cover the event. We are expecting African media outlets to take an active part.
Media representatives can obtain accreditation on the Russia-Africa Summit’s official website until Oct 25, 2024.
🔗 APPLY FOR ACCREDITATION
#russia #africa #russiaafrica #sochi
South African theater companies took part in the International Theater Festival “Baltic House”
🎭 On 4-14 October the XXXIV International Theater Festival “Baltic House” was held in St Petersburg. More than 300 theaters from 32 countries have taken part in the Festival during its existence, each year revealing to the public new names of the world theatrical culture. China and South Africa were the focus of this year's programme.
🔸Two theater groups from South Africa introduced their performances to the Russian audience. The Abrahamse and Meyer Productions (Cape Town) staged “Hamlet” in the best traditions of Shakespearean theater. According to Fred Abrahamse, the play acquires a new meaning depending on the stage space and each time the audience sees a new performance, unique and exclusive.
🔸 African Tree Productions (Johannesburg) introduced two plays directed by Seiphemo Motswiri: “The System” and “Be a Better Dog”. The productions give an extensive insight into African life and culture. While the focus of “System” is on the social problems of homelessness, crime, cruelty and compassion, the mono-performance “Be a Better Dog” tells the story of a simple dog, which passes from one owner to another and asks itself quite human questions - about whether it has the power to change the course of events?
🇷🇺🇿🇦The plays were a great success. We express our hope for further engagement in the performing art.
#russia #russian #stpetersburg #theater #russiasouthafrica
🎭 On 4-14 October the XXXIV International Theater Festival “Baltic House” was held in St Petersburg. More than 300 theaters from 32 countries have taken part in the Festival during its existence, each year revealing to the public new names of the world theatrical culture. China and South Africa were the focus of this year's programme.
🔸Two theater groups from South Africa introduced their performances to the Russian audience. The Abrahamse and Meyer Productions (Cape Town) staged “Hamlet” in the best traditions of Shakespearean theater. According to Fred Abrahamse, the play acquires a new meaning depending on the stage space and each time the audience sees a new performance, unique and exclusive.
🔸 African Tree Productions (Johannesburg) introduced two plays directed by Seiphemo Motswiri: “The System” and “Be a Better Dog”. The productions give an extensive insight into African life and culture. While the focus of “System” is on the social problems of homelessness, crime, cruelty and compassion, the mono-performance “Be a Better Dog” tells the story of a simple dog, which passes from one owner to another and asks itself quite human questions - about whether it has the power to change the course of events?
🇷🇺🇿🇦The plays were a great success. We express our hope for further engagement in the performing art.
#russia #russian #stpetersburg #theater #russiasouthafrica
#Opinion
Africa's Strategic Realignment: A New Chapter with Russia
By Dr Iqbal Surve, Past Chair of the BRICS Business Council & Co-Chair of the BRICS Media Forum and BRNN & Chloé Maluleke, Associate at The BRICS+ Consulting Group: Russian & Iranian Specialist
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🔹As the world witnesses the shifting tides of geopolitical influence, #Africa stands at a crucial juncture.
🔹 The upcoming #BRICS Summit in Kazan presents the continent with an opportunity to redefine its role on the global stage.
🔹 For decades, Africa has been entangled in systems designed to serve foreign interests—systems that have constrained its potential for economic independence and sovereignty.
🌐 Today, as Africa pivots toward stronger ties with Russia and the BRICS alliance, the continent begins to embrace a future where its voice can finally resonate on equal terms with global powers.
The article was first published on https://www.iol.co.za
#BRICS2024 #Kazan2024 #Russia #Africa
Africa's Strategic Realignment: A New Chapter with Russia
By Dr Iqbal Surve, Past Chair of the BRICS Business Council & Co-Chair of the BRICS Media Forum and BRNN & Chloé Maluleke, Associate at The BRICS+ Consulting Group: Russian & Iranian Specialist
READ IN FULL
🔹As the world witnesses the shifting tides of geopolitical influence, #Africa stands at a crucial juncture.
🔹 The upcoming #BRICS Summit in Kazan presents the continent with an opportunity to redefine its role on the global stage.
🔹 For decades, Africa has been entangled in systems designed to serve foreign interests—systems that have constrained its potential for economic independence and sovereignty.
🌐 Today, as Africa pivots toward stronger ties with Russia and the BRICS alliance, the continent begins to embrace a future where its voice can finally resonate on equal terms with global powers.
The article was first published on https://www.iol.co.za
#BRICS2024 #Kazan2024 #Russia #Africa
💃 On 19 October the State Kremlin Palace was again a center of attraction for dance fans - it hosted the “VI Kremlin Cup”, which has already become a symbol of the Russian ballroom dancing.
23 couples in the group of the professionals including representatives from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Romania, Uzbekistan, Croatia, and South Africa took part in the event.
🇿🇦The performance of the South African couple Mira-Elena Tokarenko and Ryno van den Berg was dedicated to the end of their thirty-year dancing career. They chose for this occasion the Moscow parquet on which Ryno had been performing in Russia for many years. This time it was an amazingly beautiful pasodoble, with absolutely stunning playing by Ryno's cape.
👏 Our congratulations to the couple on their successful participation in the event and completion of their career!
#russia #moscow #russiasouthafrica #kremlin #southsfricansinrussia
23 couples in the group of the professionals including representatives from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Romania, Uzbekistan, Croatia, and South Africa took part in the event.
🇿🇦The performance of the South African couple Mira-Elena Tokarenko and Ryno van den Berg was dedicated to the end of their thirty-year dancing career. They chose for this occasion the Moscow parquet on which Ryno had been performing in Russia for many years. This time it was an amazingly beautiful pasodoble, with absolutely stunning playing by Ryno's cape.
👏 Our congratulations to the couple on their successful participation in the event and completion of their career!
#russia #moscow #russiasouthafrica #kremlin #southsfricansinrussia
❗️ The Kazan Summit Declaration contains a section on #Ukraine saying that all the parties involved agreed on the importance of resolving this conflict on the basis of the principles of the #UN Charter in their entirety and interconnectedness.
☝️ This is a critical observation. Our Western colleagues continue to play along with the Kiev regime and contend that the conflict should be resolved on the basis of the UN Charter with Ukraine preserving its territorial integrity as of the 1991 borders. However, the UN Charter is much broader than the concept of territorial integrity. In 1970, the UN General Assembly resolved that the territorial integrity of all countries must be respected provided their governments represent the entire population residing within the borders in question.
❓Can we claim in earnest that this regime represents the people living in the #Donetsk and #Lugansk people’s republics, #Crimea, and the #Kherson and #Zaporozhye regions at a time when, following the coup, they adopted Russophobic and racist laws outlawing the Russian language in all spheres of life in Ukraine? When they branded the people of Donbass, Novorossiya, and Crimea who rejected the coup as terrorists and unleashed a war against them using air and artillery strikes? Clearly, the answer is no.
#ukraine #russia #uncharter
☝️ This is a critical observation. Our Western colleagues continue to play along with the Kiev regime and contend that the conflict should be resolved on the basis of the UN Charter with Ukraine preserving its territorial integrity as of the 1991 borders. However, the UN Charter is much broader than the concept of territorial integrity. In 1970, the UN General Assembly resolved that the territorial integrity of all countries must be respected provided their governments represent the entire population residing within the borders in question.
❓Can we claim in earnest that this regime represents the people living in the #Donetsk and #Lugansk people’s republics, #Crimea, and the #Kherson and #Zaporozhye regions at a time when, following the coup, they adopted Russophobic and racist laws outlawing the Russian language in all spheres of life in Ukraine? When they branded the people of Donbass, Novorossiya, and Crimea who rejected the coup as terrorists and unleashed a war against them using air and artillery strikes? Clearly, the answer is no.
#ukraine #russia #uncharter
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with the heads of diplomatic missions of the #BRICS countries accredited in Moscow.
🤝 They discussed ways to further strengthen strategic partnerships within BRICS in the light of the outcomes of the XVI BRICS Summit held in Kazan on October 22-24 and chaired by Russia.
The parties had a thorough exchange of views on the situation in and around Ukraine. The Russian side laid out the fundamental approaches to the Ukrainian crisis resolution based on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s initiative of June 14, highlighting the cornerstones of Moscow’s stance on the issue.
❗️Those include withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from all Russian regions, recognition of those regions as Russian territory, termination of Kiev’s attempts to apply for NATO membership, the lifting of Western sanctions against Russia, and all-out guarantees of the rights of the Russian-speaking citizens of Ukraine.
#brics #lavrov #russia #ukraine #nato
🤝 They discussed ways to further strengthen strategic partnerships within BRICS in the light of the outcomes of the XVI BRICS Summit held in Kazan on October 22-24 and chaired by Russia.
The parties had a thorough exchange of views on the situation in and around Ukraine. The Russian side laid out the fundamental approaches to the Ukrainian crisis resolution based on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s initiative of June 14, highlighting the cornerstones of Moscow’s stance on the issue.
❗️Those include withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from all Russian regions, recognition of those regions as Russian territory, termination of Kiev’s attempts to apply for NATO membership, the lifting of Western sanctions against Russia, and all-out guarantees of the rights of the Russian-speaking citizens of Ukraine.
#brics #lavrov #russia #ukraine #nato
☦️ The recent trip of Metropolitan Constantine of Zaraisk, Patriarchal Exarch of Africa, has successfully concluded after an extensive tour of ten African countries.
In October, His Eminence visited South Africa, Egypt, Morocco, and several countries in West and Central Africa, including Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Togo, and Benin.
During his visit, Metropolitan Constantine engaged with the parishes of the Exarchate, celebrating divine services and conducting clergy meetings. Notably, he baptized approximately 30 African individuals, welcoming them into the Orthodox Church.
🕊 He also performed the consecration of the foundation stone for the Church of St. Thomas the Apostle in Bonoua, Côte d'Ivoire.
🙏 In addition to his religious duties, the Metropolitan visited an orphanage and a secondary school affiliated with the African Exarchate, participated in divine services, and engaged with compatriots at the Russian Embassies and Russian Houses.
On October 6, Metropolitan Constantine presided over the Throne Feast at the Cathedral of St. Sergius of Radonezh in Johannesburg.
Photos: https://exarchate-africa.ru
#orthodox #russia #africa
In October, His Eminence visited South Africa, Egypt, Morocco, and several countries in West and Central Africa, including Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Togo, and Benin.
During his visit, Metropolitan Constantine engaged with the parishes of the Exarchate, celebrating divine services and conducting clergy meetings. Notably, he baptized approximately 30 African individuals, welcoming them into the Orthodox Church.
🕊 He also performed the consecration of the foundation stone for the Church of St. Thomas the Apostle in Bonoua, Côte d'Ivoire.
🙏 In addition to his religious duties, the Metropolitan visited an orphanage and a secondary school affiliated with the African Exarchate, participated in divine services, and engaged with compatriots at the Russian Embassies and Russian Houses.
On October 6, Metropolitan Constantine presided over the Throne Feast at the Cathedral of St. Sergius of Radonezh in Johannesburg.
Photos: https://exarchate-africa.ru
#orthodox #russia #africa