serious questions. is south africa s policy towards russia on the world stage influenced by money? is it possible that foreign policy also has a link to construction or at the very least to a conflict of interest? i think this is an increasing concern that there could be foreign money from a russian origin that comes in to the south africa but flows into different political coffers and that could have an impact upon how south africa takes positions on certain policies. reporter: substantial investment, trade policies and critical foreign aid from the u.s. and european union are crucial to ought africa. the world s most and equal country. and gdwarfing russia s con fridy fwhugs trade and aid. and i think indeed sometimes politicians are putting the