South Africa and Russia Are Old Friends. A War Isn’t Going to Change That.

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South Africa starts 11 days of joint naval drills with Russia and China on Friday, despite criticism from American, European and even some South African officials that it looks like an endorsement of Russia’s Ukraine war.

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