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Frank Ukonga Lecture
29: Russian-World Relations- A post Soviet Epoch Analysis.
A-Z of Russo – World
Relations and Policy Thrust: A 21st Century Periscope to Foster
Universal Brotherhood and avoid Nuclear Holocaust and Regional Wars. Focus on
Syria, Iran and North Korea.
"Underrating any member of the BRICS by anybody will be a folly and a big risk
at the peril of such a person or Nation. In every Union there is a leader; by
the sum total of the above analysis the leader of the BRICS Union is obvious
even to the mundane and the most warped of minds as the Russian Federation.
It is becoming more and more obvious by the day that the BRICS would lead and
control the bulk of resources of the Human Race in the entire 21st century and
perhaps far into the 22ed century mankind of subsequent creation. Our aim and
mission at National Peoples News is to research with eagle eyes far into the
future and locate the direction of the wind of world social economic and
industrial prosperity and to guide emerging democracies of Africa and the
entire world on the entropy of their social economic and industrial pursuit.
From the above analysis who is the true world Super Power is obvious to all
rational minds of goodwill'"
Preambles: The world
is in grave danger of a nuclear holocaust in the war in Syria, the case of Iran
and North Korea which may instigate a clash of the super powers of the world -Russia
and the United State to go to war supporting their blocks and allies. This may
escalate into a fully blown out world war as predicted by the great seer Michael
Da Nostradamus of the possibility of a third world war that would devastate the
entire human race and that Russia and her
Allies is going to back a nation in the middle East with her colossal
war chest and military might that would war against the West and would collapse
the entire world; perhaps Syria or Iran may be the predicted Arabian Nation.
Whence at this juncture of world histography, it necessitate all men of
goodwill to work together to save the Human Race from extinction of Nuclear
holocaust which demands’ this research work on one of the Super powers -the
Russian Federation in our lecture 29@National Peoples News and the next lecture-30-
would focus on the second super power the United States-world Relations.
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| President Putin of Russian federation |
Secondly During the G8 Meeting in July 2013,
Prince Frank Onaivi Ukonga and the Editorial crew of National Peoples News
published a research work on How to Bail the world From Economic Crisis: With a
special Focus on Sino –World Relations and the tremendous importance for
Nations to court the friendship of China and the BRICS that has emerged as
perhaps the Richest Economic Block of the 21st century.
Similarly the G20
Meeting to be held next month in St Petersburg
in the Russian Federation is
drawing near which demand another critical analysis of Russian –World Relations
with a view to exposing the possibilities of cooperation and increased
bilateral relation between emerging democracies including the Nigerian
Federation and the Russian
Federation.
It is praise worthy
that after we published the Sino- World Relations a number of countries took
advantage of the espoused benefits and fostered positive bi lateral relations
with China.
His Excellency
President Goodluck Jonathan of the Nigerian Federation quickly grabbed the
opportunity and visited China two weeks after the publication and came back
with commendable results as in the one billion dollars soft loan given to
Nigeria by China and the signing of MOU of cooperation in more than 10 aspects
of business, technology transfer, agriculture, manufacturing and what have you and
this is only the beginning of the strong social economic and industrial
relations between China and Nigeria. It is one of the best diplomatic and
economic initiatives of the 21st century in bilateral diplomacy and His
Excellency President Goodluck Jonathan deserves strong commendation. And we
hope that this detail research on Russo- World Relations would impacts positively
as well on Russo- Nigerian Relations and the world in generality.
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| President Putin and UN scribe Bab ki Moon |
Russo -World
Relations: Russian
Federation in the Soviet Era:
The Soviet Union was a great Union of 15 Republics and the largest
one single Nation on Earth with borders with more than 20 Nations including USA, Canada,
Japan China, Iran
and others. The Soviet Union led the world in
the production of Oil and gas, aluminum, cobalt, uranium, pulp and paper,
cement, Iron and steel and in many other natural minerals. The Soviet Union boasted leadership in sports, Arms
production, Space technology, manufacturing, Education, Culture, science,
research and innovation, research and development etc.
All these qualities put together made the Soviet Union a
Super Power of the world with presentable GNP and a large zone of influence spanning
more than half of the world including Africa, Asia, Europe, the Pacific,
Antatica as well as Oceania.
Russian Federation
among 15 Republics of the Soviet Union:
The Russian Federation was largest of the 15 Republics of
the Soviet Union but indeed to expose the truth to the entire world today, the
Soviet Union was a Russian Federation concept, was funded by the great wealth
of the Russian Federation, was developed into a modern super power by the
dexterity of the Russian Federation, So if a conclusion is made today that the
Soviet Union was the Russian Federation given larger interpretation then one
would not be far from the truth.
Russian Federation as an Independent Nation:
With the Collapse of the Soviet Union 23 years ago the Russian Federation still maintain the status of
being the largest single Nation in the world and has border with more Nations
than the former Soviet Union. The Russian Federation inherited more than 80% of
the assets and liabilities of the former Soviet Union.
The Russian Federation
inherited the Military strength of the former Soviet Union
and its diplomatic coverage and embassies round the entire world. The Russian Federation controlled virtually most of
the Oil and gas sector of the Soviet Union
which was the major contributor to the Soviet era greatness. Right now the
Russia Federation control and supply virtually the bulk of Europe and Asia with
Oil and gas just like the soviet days, similarly in the aspects of Research and
development, research and innovation, science and technology Moscow
is the headquarters of this aspects and Moscow
is the Capital of the former Soviet Union. In
the aspects of sports the present Russian
Federation has been able to surpass the former Soviet Union in the number of gold and medals won in
Olympics and many world events. Similarly in the aspects of Arms, space technology,
Research and development etc the present Russian
federation has been able to surpass the former Soviet Union.
The aspect of economic and technological advancement the
present Russian federation
in the context of GNP has been able to equate the former soviet position.
.Perestroika of the
Russian Federation: The policy of Perestroika which simply translated to
English means Restructuring or reconstruction in technical terms has seen the
Russian Federation restructuring its social and political ideological thrust to
novae heights of reinventing the former Soviet socialist ideological thrust
into a more marketable policy thrust of Social Democracy of the Centre Left.
This strategic shift in ideological policy thrust gave room for the establishment
of a mixed economic state that allows for public and private ownership of means
of production which became the prime mover of modern Russian today and also responsible
for it tremendous successful turn around economically, industrially and
otherwise to becoming one of the 5 leading economic giants of the world today.
Russian Economic
stability based on Keynesian economic model called kholrashurt: The Economic
stability of the Russian
federation is based on well managed
Keynesian economic model based on prudent management and implementations of
budgets and fiscal discipline; adapted to a native Russian culture, senses and
sensibilities. So the Russian Economy is not hooked to the vagaries of money
market, Stock Exchange Market or to that of the ebbs and tides of world economy
of market forces but rather a stable home grown Keynesian sustainable economic model
that has seen the Russian Federation becoming one of the first 5 leading
economic and industrial giant of contemporary world today.
The economic policy thrust of “Kholrashurt” was backed by another
concept called “Doganert” which simply means frog jump into the future as the
catalyst or pole by with to catch up quickly with targeted superpower status.
But to the outsider it may seem obfuscating but the Russian Federation is back as a
Super Power in all calculations.
Diplomatic Relation
and Zones of Influence: It is one of the inalienable policies of Moscow to
expand the diplomatic Relations and zone of influence of the present Russian
Federation to new heights higher than that of the former Soviet Union and they
have been able to achieve considerable in this context within the short space
of time based on the following policy thrust;
A) The CIS-Commonwealth of Independent States
and the Vision 2020- This is the first zone of influence of the Russian
Federation based on the loose amalgamation of the former Republics of the
Soviet Union addressed to establishing a homogeneous prosperous economic union
in the shortest possible time frame like the EEC. It headquarters is based in Kiev in the Ukraine
with a major Representation in Moscow.
In this context the CIS has achieved considerable success in fusing the
emerging economic Tigers of the former Soviet Union
into a formidable wealthy economic sub region. To achieve this they are also
into the Vision 2020 just like Nigeria
and some other Nations addressed to achieve set economic targets by the year
2020.
B) Euro –Asian Economic Community: Russian
Federation is a Euro Asian giant and is the prime mover of a larger economic
union of the Euro Asian economic community with set targets like that of the
EEC.
C) The EEC-Russian Relations: Tactically
the Russian Federation
has not been keen in belonging to the EEC but are strategically relating with
the ECC as a block as well as through advanced crafted bilateral; and
multilateral relations with the Nations of the EEC. By encouraging Ukraine, Poland
and some of the countries of her zone of influence to belong to the EEC, the Russian Federation
is inadvertently a member of the EEC by proxy using these countries to access
the EEC while also they serve as frontiers. This strategy implies that the 100
states of the Russian
Federation can foster mutual diplomatic and
separate relations with Nations of the EEC. This means that the Russian Federation
as a Nation of 100 states is at per with the entire EEC of about 50 Nation
states diplomatically. So it translates to mean that Russian federation is itself an
economic community comparable to any other in strength and otherwise. A very
ingenious hydra headed initiative.
D) The Baltic/ Slavic Union: The first
most important Union to the Russian
Federation is the Slavic union of all Slavic
peoples all over the world. The Ukrainians, Belarus, part of Georgia,
Azerbaijani, Poland, Bosnia and some other aspects of many other Nations
including Estonia, Latvia, Finland, Scandinavian, Bavaria in Prussia of Modern
Germany Hungary etc have large percentage of their citizen Slavic. And one of
the prime policies of Moscow
which is a Slavic Race Headquarters is to protect the interest of the Slavic
Race World wide.
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E) Russian –Asian Minor Relations:
The
Russian Federation is fostering closer economic and political relations with most
countries of Asian Minor like Iran
and others with a view to establishing an economic community in a portable time
frame. Iran for example has
been admitted into the CIS as an observer status which gives Iran avenues to access tremendous opportunities.
Perhaps in subsequent lecture series we shall duel on the opportunities that
Nations stand to gain being in the CIS or BRICS Unions anchored by the Russian Federation..
F) The Russian-Bilateral Relations with other
countries: Apart from these unions the Russian Federation also have
vibrant Bilateral Relations with virtually all countries of the world.
G) Russian –G8 Relations: After the
collapse of the Soviet Union the West that were predominantly member of the G7
most industrialized countries of the world decided to admit the Russian Federation
into the G8. And so far the achievements of the G8 in the context of fostering
world economic prosperity and stability in partnership with the Russian
Federation have been commendable.
H) Russian -G20 Relations: Similarly the G
20 which manifested as an extended interpretation of the G8 has been
commendable in its partnership with the Russian federation in achieving a
sustainable peaceful coexistence policy thrust
I) Russia PIGS
State Relations: Similarly the Russian federation has a direct relation with
the PIGS States Union of Portugal,
Italy, Greece and Spain
and in the recent economic crisis of the PIGS states insolvency Russia donated
$10 billion dollars as free grant to assist them in 2013.
J) “Rosia- Dolneishe Vostok Otnoshenie”-This
simply means Russian Far East Relations to the common translation but that
relation was inherited from the Soviet Era and it is maintained to protect all
Russian Far east assets including especially trade, Fishing and industrial relations
with the Far East countries.
K) Rosia Cblishenie zarubeyon Otnoshenie-
This is a terminology to mean “Russian Near Abroad Relations”- which cover the
former Eastern block of the former Soviet Era and that relation and zone of
influence is sustained through mutual partnerships and understandings
L) .Russo- 2ed International Relations: the
second international were Nations and organizations that were aligned to the
Soviet Super power in an international Socialist axis. The Russian Federation has redefined these relations
they inherited from the Soviet Union and are
still sustaining it. Relation with Cuba, Venezuela etc
M) Rosia Latinski Amerikanskom Otnoshenie-
This simply means the Russian Latin American Relation which is maintained and
sustained to new heights of greater unity and axis as in the BRICS union where
Brazil a Latin American country has fused into an economic, diplomatic and
military axis with the Russian federation,
N) Russo- American Relation- Rosia Amerikanskom Otnoshenie:
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This means the
Russian American Relations; In this context it refers to Russian -U.S Relation-
This relations dates back to the days of Tsarist Russia where the richest
aspects of the American state of USA was a colony of the Russian government.
The state of California
the richest state of all times in American history was a Russian colony. The
State of Alaska where President Barack Obama hails from was also a Russian
colony and belongs to the Russian government but later given to the American
state. This translates to mean that the Russian Federation is a stakeholder in
the America glories and legacies. But in contemporary times the Russo- US
Relations is seemingly dialectically crafted on the continuum in a mutantis
mutandis of the Soviet Era diplomatic reciprocity, détente, nuclear parity,
equality, mutual respect and mutual suspension. It is not a relation of the
continuation of cold war era but in contemporary time it is of ‘cold peace era’.
Most Russian intelligentsias and elite hold unflinchingly to the view that the “brake
up of the Soviet Union was the greatest
catastrophe of the 20 century”… “And the comeback of the Russian Federation
to the Super power status was the novelty of the 21st century and good news”.
And based on this new thinking all hands are on deck to fully actualize this
comeback which can only be achieved with the cooperation of other powers and of
course the United State as a super power respecting the Russian Federation as a
super power and partnering with her just like the old days of Soviet Union. In
this context it would be easier for both super powers to cooperate and agree on
world peace and security. But in contemporary times observation is showing the
lack of will by the United States and other western powers in respecting the
Super power status of the Russian Federation and this strategy of relating with
a Nation with such a colossal military might that can crush the entire world in
a matter of few minutes, is somewhat perhaps a dysfunctional policy streams of
consciousness; when even Top United states intelligentsias and elite judge
super power status even as at yesterday , based on fickle economic edges and
mundane financial accumulations of some Nations.
O) Super Power Status: Historical analysis; Right from the
beginning of the first Super power Nation of Egypt, the super power status is
judged by the military might of nations not necessarily by their economic
leadership but history has showed without doubt that appreciable economic
status plus a colossal military might qualifies a Nation to become a super
power as in the cases of Greece, Medo- Persia, French Napoleon, Byzantines
Empire, the Ottoman Tucks etc. The history of world super powers had always
been based on the overall psychic and the collective will of determination of
Nations to becoming super power out of the strength and ability of conquest
power backed by sustainable superior fire power , modern effective weaponry,
formidable diplomatic reach out on a global scale and above all comparative
competitive edge above other Nations in strategic nuclear attack and defense
initiatives, advance and superior delivery systems of weapons of mass
destruction to targets and enemy territory including the recent cluster delivery weaponry
system invented and built by the Russians recently and the advance
militarization of space etc and not necessarily leadership in economic prowess
nor by mundane primeval accumulations of monetary and financial products most
of which are virtues and lucid in contemporary times like mirage and unstable.
And it would be a misdemeanor of autokiness illusion and indiscretions to begin
to assess super power status on such fecundity and illustability as
interpreting and equating economic might to military might would be the
greatest folly ever made by any rational, same mind of subsequent creation.. Aristotle,
Socrates, Plato and Machiavelli had always cautioned on the over embellishments
of the strength and power of paper money or coined money. You can have all the
economic might in the world but it cannot itself translate to military might
nor production might nor agricultural might. Whence Super power or regional
power or continental power status should be viewed and appreciated from
historical dialectical perspective, from functional practical perspective and
not from elusive sentimentality and fecundity. Which potent grave dangers for
world peace, security, nuclear parity, diplomatic reciprocities and detente.
P) Rosia Varshavskovo Dogavor vs NATO: This
simply translates to mean the Russian-Warsaw Pack Alliance-NATO Relations. This
is the major military policy thrust of the former Soviet
Union in alliance with all her allies in relations with the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization. The Russian Federation inherited this great
military alliance and has been able to exercise territorial integrity and
asserting a new policy thrust in reinventing the alliance based on same Soviet
era ideological thrust of military parity, equality, diplomatic reciprocities,
détente and with continental powers.
Q)
Rosia-
Fransuski Otnoshenie: The Russian French Relations: This relation of
bilateral mutual understanding and cooperation between Russia and France
dates back beyond the era of Napoleonic conquest of the Tsarist Russia and it
was kept to higher levels of co operations in the Soviet era and inherited by
the Russian Federation.
In the Sixties of the previous century and up till recently France was content to share power in all its
colonial zones of influence with the former Soviet Union
on a global basis. In Africa for example most francophone countries of Africa
and in particular Sub Saharan Africa adapted the Soviet socialist ideological
thrust and were aligned to the Soviet Union as well as France- from Dahomy,
Cote D Ivory, Togo, Burkina Faso, and up the horn of Africa as in Sudan, Congo’s
Patrice Lumumba, Mozambique, Libya etc. That mutual respect of sheering power
with Soviet Union by the French is still kept
in good shape today by the new Russo French Relations. So it is imperative for
ambitious continental or sub regional powers like Nigeria, South Africa,
Brazil, India, etc who want to control regions dominated by Francophone
countries of the French, Belgium, Spanish, Portuguese and Italy to court the
friendship of the Russian federation in one single political chees move and you
would be able to access the cooperation these regions de facto, de jure.
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R)
Rosia
Angliia Relations-Russian British Relations-
The mutual friendship between
Russia and United Kingdom dates back to Tsarist Russia and its zenith was the
period of the Elizabethan era where HRM. Queen Elizabeth was engaged in Marriage to the Tsar
of Russia HRH Ivan popularly called Ivan de Terrible the son of HRH Queen
Katarina the great Reagent of Russia. The Queen of England HRH Elizabeth that
institutionalized African slavery on a global scale was engaged in marriage to
Tsar Ivan of Russia who also owns the colonies of California and Alaska in the
United States where African slaves were sold to work in plantations. So Russian
British relation is dates back to more than 800years. It had always puzzled
most intellectuals on how Queen Elizabethan Britain was able to finance her
expeditions round the entire world and suddenly emerged a colonial power and
pioneered the British industrial revolution, the best that ever happened to the
United Kingdom in Human history and legacies of all times happened in her era,
prior to her days United Kingdom was an isolated European monarchy of portable
disposition under Roman power; so this bring to the fore a new thinking that
perhaps she was funded by her lover HRH Ivan of Russia and perhaps was fronting
for Tsarist Russia. This thesis is not addressed to indict the Russian Federation in African slavery and
colonization but to assert that Russia
was already a world super power as at 500 years ago and this corroborates that Moscow the Russian capital
that celebrated its 800th year’s age recently, is perhaps older than 800 years.
The relationship was rekindled after the
Second World War in Yalta by the meeting of His
Excellency Josef Stalin Dugashvili with H.E. Wilson Churchill and H.E.
Roosevelt of the United
States. That relationship was kept through
out the cold war era and in contemporary time it is cordial and mutually
beneficial to both countries as David Cameroon the Prime Minister of the United
Kingdom, in a deft diplomatic maneuver has been able to establish a new general
language of understanding with His Excellency Vladimir Putin in his recent
visit to the Russian Federation.
S)
Russo Garman
Relations:
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The Russo German Relations dates back far before the kingdom of Prussia. It had always been mutually
beneficial to both countries. As in the First World War Russian was in same
Axis with Germany but during
the Second World War a major set back in the Russo German relation was witness
when Adolph Hitler attacked the Soviet Union.
But the Soviet Union was successful in pushing back up to when they met the
NATO allied forces in Berlin.
Because of Mutual suspicions on both sides the Berlin Iron curtain was raised
and Germany was divided into
two halves of West and Eastern Germany. The
Soviet holds sway in Eastern Germany while the NATO occupied Western
Germany. This ignited the cold war that exacerbated the arms race.
But in 1991 President Gabachev of Soviet Union
decided to bring down the walls separating two German Nations and the Germans
united to her former pre war status. Since then the Russo Garman relations had
been beneficial to both countries, economically, and otherwise.
T) The Russian China Relations:
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The
relationship dates back to the days of the Mongoloid exploits and conquest of
the Russian kingdom in the days of Agar Khan, Genghis Khan and other warlords
of the Chinese leadership as a world power. But later the events turn around
and Russia
emerged a powerful colonial power as well. But at the turn of the 18
th
century the October Peoples’ revolution of Russia established the first modern
workers state on earth led by His Excellency Vladimir Ilich Lenin. Soon China
under the great leader Chairman Mao staged the Chinese Revolution on the
fashion of the Soviet revolution and the cooperation between two communist
states began in earnest till today. The cooperation between Russia and China
was such that at the emergence of modern China the Soviet/ Russian
technology was used to develop the early Chinese basic technological prowess.
The Chinese adapted the Russian science and technology for their climb to
economic greatness particularly in the areas of power generation through
nuclear reactors, Iron and Steel rolling mills, pulp and paper mills,
education, etc and coupled with cheap labor in China due to large population
they were able to excel in the mass production of consumer items of
electronics, plastic, fiber optics, etc and this given maximum interpretation
has seen China becoming an economic giant in recent times. But the Russo China relation
is like Siamese twins till today.
U) Russian India Relations: In the same style
of China, the India and Pakistani Leaders of Mahatma Ghandi and Pandit Nehru
led the revolutions of that part of the world with great assistance of the
Soviet Union they gained independence and quickly adapted the Russian basic
research and development technology in the development of India and Pakistan in
the areas of power generation gamine to industrial greatness. Soviet Union and
the Russian Federation has built more than 10 nuclear reactors for India and
Pakistan, same with Iron and steel rolling mills and all aspects of torn key
projects of the industrial prowess of these countries. And in contemporary
times the relationship is kept aglow.
V) Russia BRICS Union: And the Vision 2020:
The Russian Federation a few years ago entered into a close economic,
technological , military and industrial Union with traditional friendly Nations
of hers to form a solid polit economic axis called the BRICS.-Brazil, Russia,
India , China and South Africa. This union was formed to pull resources of the
leading richest Nations in the world together to share common goals and to work
hand in hand to secure world peace, stability, and security in the 21st
century. The BRICS and their zone of influence control more than half of the
total wealth of the universe with surplus reserves of above 21 trillion
dollars. So for emerging democracies of the world and even established
democracies courting the friendship of such a powerful Union
become a matter of course not of choice. And not stopping at that all the BRICS
states have set a target of doubling their GNP by the year 2020.
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W) Russian -UNO Relations:
Russian Federation
is a permanent member of the UN Security Council with veto powers shared with
other G8 member nations of the UN Security council. All the resolution for
sustainable peace, security and stability of the world are made in this most
important UN Security Council meeting. So for ambitious developing Nations in the
climb and emerging democracies of the world it is important to understand that
aside from propaganda underrating any Nation or person with the capacity of a
Veto power in such an all important world organization would amount to a big
mistake.
X) Russo WTO Relations: The World Trade
Organization a few years ago admitted the Russian Federation into its folds
addressed to foster closer economic ties with other leading Nations of the
world. But in recent times very sensitive questions are being raised by
Sovietologists now Rusianologists – that is those that specialize in Russian
Affairs on a global scale- as to what criteria were used to determine WTO trade
standards , Tariff etc which appears not adequately inclusive as to scheme out
a large part of developing world and emerging democracies in their policy
thrust; particularly in the issue of convertible currencies of the world where
emerging realities reveals that many countries whose currencies are convertible
are less economically buoyant nor more
stable than those whose currencies are inconvertible internationally.
And this premise as an emerging truism perhaps would impact positively on WTO
to rejig its policy thrust; and in this context it may be possible soon to see
the Russian Rubles currency, the Chinese yen, the Nigerian Naira, etal being
used like the dollar, Pound sterling all over the world as legal tenders and
not as local currencies. This is seen by many as an ingenious policy thrust.
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Y) Russo African Relations:
The Russo
African Relations dates back to more than 500 years ago in the days of slave
trade and the triangular trade as the Tsarist Russia was a big colonial power,
good ship builders and sailors. The Queen of England HRH Elizabeth that
institutionalized African slavery on a global scale was engaged in marriage to
Tsar Ivan of Russia who also
owns the colonies of California and Alaska in the United States where African slaves
were soled to work in plantations. So Russian African relation is as old as the
British or the French African relations. It had always puzzled most
intellectuals on how Queen Elizabethan Britain was able to finance her
expeditions round the entire world and suddenly emerged a colonial power and pioneered
the British industrial revolution, the best that ever happened to the United
Kingdom in Human history and legacies of all times happened in her era, prior
to her days United Kingdom was an isolated European monarchy of portable
disposition under Roman power; so this bring to the fore a new thinking that
perhaps she was funded by her lover HRH Ivan of Russia and perhaps was fronting
for Tsarist Russia. This thesis is not addressed to indict the Russian Federation in African slavery and
colonization but to assert that Russia
was already a world super power as at 500 years ago and this corroborates that Moscow the Russian capital
that celebrated its 800th year’s age recently, is perhaps older than 800 years.
It is believed in some circles, that one of the greatest poet of the human Race
His Excellency Alexandra Puskin a celebrated Russian poet and writer was of
African descendant whose grand parent was sold to an influential Russian Prince
on his visit to Africa and though this is only a speculation and that Puskin
was born of mixed African and Russian parentage; just like the great soccer
star Odewinge is of mixed Russian Nigerian parentage. It may not be out of
place if the African linage of Alexandra Puskin is traced to be Nigerian and
perhaps from Igarra {Prince Frank Ukonga’s town} and may be a relation to
Prince Frank Onaivi Ukonga.{laugh}. After the Second World War of 1945, a
remarkable era of Russian African Relations blossomed to the fore which
assisted most colonized states of Africa to
gain independence and establish as nation states. And the climax of this was
the issue of the independence of Congo’s Patrice Lumumba with the
assistance of the Russians. Subsequently the Russian Africa relation blossomed
in the aspects of trade, education, technology transfer, manufacturing, Iron
and steel Mills as in Ajaokuta Iron and Steel Mill of Nigeria which is the
largest steel Mill in the developing world, Rolling Mills in Egypt, Algeria,
electricity generation dams as in Aswan Dan of Egypt of Abdul Nasir, Akosombo
dam of Kwame Nkrumah’s Ghana etc. Supporting the independence of Angola and assisting to industrialize Angola and the development of the Oil and gas industry,
fishing, manufacturing, education and other areas that finally ushered Angola
into the class of an emerging African Medium power. Assisted the independence
of Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya,
Zambia, Ghana, Ethiopia, Somalia, Madagascar, Libya, Algeria, Togo, Benin
Republic, Cote d Ivory, Mali, Chard , Niger Republic, Mauritania, Burkina Faso,,
Guinea, Sudan, and the bulk of central and Northern Africa in their quest for
independence which were successfully achieved and afterwards backing these
young Nation states in the UN general assembly and in all important exclusive
circles of the world to access de facto de jure recognition of their
governments. Subsequently this is followed with grants and loan packages from
the Russian Block, technical and cultural cooperation in the field of
Education, research and development, agriculture, manufacturing, industry,
technological transfers, defense industry cooperation as in training, supplies
of vital military equipments to set up and protect these young Nations states
etc. It was only recently in 2004 that Nigeria was able to offset the $5billion
dollars loan owned the Russian Block, which was achieved by the Olusegun
Obasanjo’s Administration. The Russian African Relations has been the major catalyst
that librated the African continent from the bondage of colonial and neo
colonial slavery in perpetuity as their assistance had impacted positively to
the rapid industrialization and avant-garde progress of the African continent
in generality. In contemporary times their has been a new pragmatic policy
thrust in the Russian African Relation pioneered by the government of His
Excellency Vladimir Putin addressed to further strengthen the mutual and
diplomatic cooperation between African countries and the Russian Federation. In
this new policy thrust the Russian Federation aims to be one of the biggest
Foreign Direct investor in the African Market, industry, manufacturing, real
sector of the African economy , Agriculture, educations, tourism, recreation,
real estate, bilateral trade and commerce, defense industry, etc . This has
seen the Russian Federation
becoming the 3ed largest investor in the African continent only third to China and India
whose investment portfolio of 220 billion dollars for China, 180 billion dollars for India slightly edged Russians to a
respectable third position of 175 billion dollars which is highly commendable.
The good news is that the three largest investors in the African economy are
all in the BRICS Union.-{Brazil,
Russia, India, China,
and South Africa.}. So for emerging young
democracies of the African continent who are seriously in the pursuit of rapid
social economic and industrial prosperity it is a matter of course to court the
friendship of the Aforementioned Nations of the BRICS and not of choice.
Underrating any member of the BRICS by anybody will be a folly and a big risk
at the peril of such a person or Nation. In every Union there is a leader; by
the sum total of the above analysis the leader of the BRICS Union is obvious
even to the mundane and the most warped of minds as the Russian Federation.
It is becoming more and more obvious by the day that the BRICS would lead and
control the bulk of resources of the Human Race in the entire 21st century and
perhaps far into the 22ed century mankind of subsequent creation. Our aim and
mission at National Peoples News is to research with eagle eyes far into the
future and locate the direction of the wind of world social economic and
industrial prosperity and to guide emerging democracies of Africa and the
entire world on the entropy of their social economic and industrial pursuit.
From the above analysis who is the true world Super Power is obvious to all
rational minds of goodwill and the good news is that the African continent is
lucky to be in the good books of the true supper power of the world and her
axis of the BRICS who has chosen to develop Africa to it rightful place in
Human legacies.
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| President Putin and Former Nigerian leader Obasanjo |
Z) Russian Nigerian Relations:
The Russo
Nigerian Relations dates back before the independence Era of the Nigerian
Federation in 1960 where many Nigerians were given scholarships to study in the
Soviet Union. But a remarkable twist came in
1960 November 22ed when the Soviet Union recognized Nigeria de Jure , De facto
as a sovereign independent State and offered mutual cooperation in the rapid
development of the newly independent Nigeria. The Nigerian Civil war
brought both Nigeria and the Soviet Union closer as in the supply of Military hardware,
planes, and equipments that were used to prosecute successfully a 3 years war
of no victor, No vanquished. After the civil war the relationships blossomed
until the era of General Murtala Mohammed who gave it a higher impetus in the
areas of cooperation in the rapid industrialization of the country. The Shagari
era was laudable in the Russo Nigerian Relations as in the Ajaokuta steel
plant, and trade and commerce. The OBJ second coming as a civilian president was
remarkable, in the Russo Nigeria Relations as he visited President Vladimir
Putin in Moscow and they jointly set up a Nigerian Russian Summit that would be
held every two years addressed to accelerated cooperation in the fields of
industry, manufacturing, science and technology, research and development,
communications and energy sectors of the economy. That was the era Renaissance
Capital a consortium of Leading Russian investors invested the sun of $20
billion dollars in Sub Saharan Africa with Nigeria
as the major beneficiary and the first destination country in Africa.
It was followed by Rusal Aluminum that invested in the Akwa Ibom state Aluminum
industry etc. The President Yar Adua Era was very good in the Russo Nigeria
Relations as the President of Russian Federation His Excellency Dmitri Medvedev
Visited Nigeria which was the first time in history for a Russian President to
visit Nigeria.
Subsequently many high powered agreement {MOU} were signed with the Russians
which includes- the construction of the Tran Saharan Pipelines to link Nigerian
Gas and Oil to Europe directly and hook up to the Euro Russian avalanche chain
of pipelines all over Europe and Asia. With this single strategy policy thrust
President Yar Adua was projecting to double the GNP of Nigeria to 900 Billion
dollars by 2020 which would have achieved the vision 2020 target of the
Nigerian Federation becoming one of the leading 20 economic giant of the world.
In the aspects of electricity president Ya Adua aimed to partner with the
Russians to constructs gas pipelines in a great network round Nigeria, to
generate electricity with a target of 25,000 MW by 2020. To achieve this
President Yar Adua courted the Russians to construct Nuclear reactors to
generate electricity to the National grit within the shortest possible time
frame. In the Yar Adua era the Russian Federation
trade profile improved tremendously to become one of the top 5 leading trading
and commerce partners of Nigeria.
President Goodluck Jonathan inherited this cordial Russo Nigerian Relations and
he has tried as well to pursue a sustainable general language of communication
and cooperation with the Russian
federation, with a policy thrust to build on
the achievements of his predecessors. Despite all the security problems that is
giving the president and the entire world anxiety, positive relations with the
Russians continued this year as in the visit of the Russian high trade and investment
delegation to the president with the aim of jump starting the nuclear reactor
programs as well as the Tran Saharan gas projects and hopefully soon Nigerians
are optimistic that remarkable progress would be made in this directions which
certainly will necessitate His Excellency President Goodluck Jonathan to return
the diplomatic visit of the Russian President to Nigeria in the era of his boss
and mentor President Yar Adua, by also visiting Russia after the G20 meeting in
St Petersburg next month of September 2013, with a view to invigorate closer
economic, political, diplomatic and industrial relations with Moscow which will
further impact positively in asserting
the Nigerian leadership in Sub Saharan Africa and the African continent as a de
facto regional power. It would open up the opportunity for Nigeria to
access the Russian vote as in becoming a permanent member of the UN Security
council as well as in other exclusive diplomatic circles of the world. While
trade, commerce, industry and cooperation in other aspects of Nation building
would climb to novae heights.
Conclusion: This is only a brief summary of the Russo
World Relations which fronts on A-Z premises of Russian policy thrust on a
global basis historically till date. For more details on any of the
aforementioned chapters more consultations would be needed. A brief glace
through the analysis above would leave no doubt that the Russian federation is
indeed a Super power in all calculation and had been a great power dating back
to more than 500 years ago with a great history, with numerous global
achievements in virtually all aspects of life. It also reveals that Russians
are friendly peoples with positive moral and ethical outlook to life,
culturally, economically and industrially advanced to the stage that could be
described as Post industrial. Whence in contemporary times of the 21 century it
is advised that all Nations of the world relate with the emerging Russian super
power with the acknowledgment of her status and to respect her zones of
influence with a view to earn reciprocal respect from the Russian federation which
is a natural strategic engagement that would establish world peace, sustainable
security, diplomatic reciprocities ,nuclear parity, equality and détente on a
global scale.
prince frank onaivi ukonga
publisher/president
national peoples news
