The South African Minister of International Relations, Naledi Pandor, hosted her Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, in Pretoria recently for the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine. Head of the African Governance and Diplomacy Programme at the South African Institute of International Affairs, Steven Gruzd, tells the Financial Times that “for Russia, this is another opportunity to show that they are not as isolated as the west sees or expects them to be.” Read the full article below.
