'ukraine’s line of argument in africa can be extremely compelling. despite Russia’s pretenses to the contrary, ukraine is fighting an anti-colonial war'
'and, just as african countries have the sovereign right to make their own alliances, ukraine too has the right to choose its future independently from its historic oppressor.'
'but this is a story only russia’s former colonies can tell africans because when africans hear this argument from the west, they instinctively distrust it. perceptions of western hypocrisy are a gift to the kremlin'
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