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More than a year after Russia’s large-scale attack on Ukraine, Moscow still has partners and allies in the international world.

UNfive countries against the resolution of March 2, 2022 calling on Russia to immediately stop the use of force against Ukraine and to withdraw all its troops unconditionally – RussiaBelarus, Syria, North Korea and Eritrea voted.

Since then Russia conducts both open and covert business in the direction of finding new strategic partners or deepening existing relations in the international world.

But who is on Russia’s side and why?

Close ally of Russia: Belarus

Belarus is Russia’s neighbor, but also the most important military is an ally. There is a very close cultural and economic connection between these two countries.

Belarus at the beginning of the war of Ukraine it played the role of a springboard for Russia, which attacked its north and its capital. At that time, Russia was in Belarus military conducts training in this country weather he was taking advantage of his space.

It seems that 2020held in , and its legitimacy was questioned the president after the election of the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has become completely dependent on Russian President Vladimir Putin. 2020In the election of 2008, mass protests against the government began in Belarus. Russia played a decisive role in suppressing those actions.

According to Anais Marin, an employee of the Russia and Eurasia program of the “Chatham House” Center for International Relations, headquartered in London, the Belarusian authorities have completely subordinated themselves to their ally Russia: “Even to the extent that it is doubtful that Belarus is a separate subject of international politics.”

Russia continues the process of deploying troops in Belarus. Belarusian military forces Ukraine Although it did not join the war with, the possibility that the Kremlin could attack Kiev from the territory of this country still remains valid.

A friend of Russia with superpower status

Shortly before Russia attacked Ukraine in 2022, Moscow and Beijing adopted a joint statement.

Coinciding with a time when China and Russia’s enmity with the West is intensifying, the statement emphasized that the friendship between the two countries is boundless.

China has not yet condemned Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, and has not even called it “interference”. Instead, he blamed the West for the war and took a tough stance on sanctions against Russia.

However, Ukraine One of the countries affected by the war is China. The war particularly disrupted the import-export process in China and resulted in a sharp drop in hydrocarbon prices.

Recently, China Ukraine presented a peace plan. Although the plan includes a clause on respecting the sovereignty of all countries, it is not specified what this means specifically in relation to Ukraine.

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky declared that he wants to meet with his Chinese counterpart to discuss the peace plan. But can China be a reliable mediator?

According to Anais Marin, at least in the West, China’s peace plan favors Russia offer It is considered as a variant: “In the West, they think that Beijing’s plan is more of Ukraine It implies making concessions to Russia. What about that? Kyiv would agree, nor would most Western governments.”

India

Like China, India has been receiving crude oil and natural gas from Russia since the start of the Ukrainian war gas increased its imports. India’s friendly relations with Russia go back to the distant past – when the West was in a “cold war” with the Soviet Union.

Delhi buys a large number of weapons from the Kremlin, and has also increased the volume of hydrocarbons it buys from Russia. All this helps finance Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine.

Most of India condemns Russia’s military operations UN did not join the resolutions. At one point, however, Delhi came close to openly criticizing the Kremlin over the Ukraine war. When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in September 2022, he asked him to take the path of peace and said, “The current era is not an era of wars.”

The group on the other side of the “Fence”.

Many other countries, especially Latin American and African countries, have taken the line of pursuing a balanced policy between the two sides. They refrained from openly criticizing Russia and made vague calls for peace. At the same time, some Latin American and African countries have expanded their economic and military relations with the Kremlin.

For example, Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva spoke proudly of the strategic relations with Russia, and in particular, he mentioned the increase in diesel fuel and fertilizer trade between the two countries.

Despite his attempts to portray himself as a peacemaker and the idea of ​​creating a group of several countries to mediate diplomatic talks between Russia and Ukraine, the statements of the Brazilian president have long supported the fiction that Russia is not to blame for this war.

Lula da Silva said in an interview with “Time” magazine in May 2022, “This guy (i.e. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky) too Putin who is responsible for the war,” he said. That statement caused an angry reaction of Ukrainian officials.

Moscow’s growing friendship with some African countries

After the attack on Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov often began to declare that USA and Europe He is trying to restore colonial dependence on the African continent. Lavrov’s claim is part of Moscow’s attempt to alienate African countries from the West.

Lavrov made such statements addressing several large states of the continent, including the Republic of South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia.

At one time, the Soviet Union was one of the opponents of the apartheid regime in the Republic of South Africa. For this reason, friendly relations between South Africa and Russia have been formed for a long time. Recently, Russia and China have conducted joint naval exercises on the coast of the Republic of South Africa.

Another African country that has turned its back on the West, especially France, is Mali. A coup d’état took place in Mali in May 2021. Since then, one of the forces relied on by the Malian government is the Russian “Wagner” group, which actively participated in the Ukrainian battles