there s also the issue of gold, isn t there? gold that russia is hoovering up in various countries in africa and taking it back, which protects it against the sanctions that the western countries are imposing. russia s relationshipl with african countries is extractive and exploitative, - but there is some growing support in many urban areas. we ve seen pro russia protests. specifically at the time when - the conflict broke out in ukraine. part of it could be because of this | perception that russia is notjust| the antithesis of the west, but it s bringing a sort of, i it s liberating african countries - from western support or from western sort of dependency. giving defence agreements, it is giving arms to african countries. the biggest purchaser of arms from russia is africa. -
obviously is a worry. and at the same time, and i don t want to sound like a panglossian, an eternal optimist, but in a way, if you see climate change happening in your country, if you see unusual weather events, that s going to focus your mind, isn t it? we ve seen different forms of extreme weather conditions in developing nations like the floods in nigeria, the floods in pakistan, droughts in africa. many africans suffering famine because of climate change. there must be a sense of real, notjust urgency, but a kind of panic there among some countries, isn t there? panic and suspicion. and when i say suspicion, it s mainly because no one is really sure whether all developed nations and those who can really provide some sort of a financial support network here will deliver their promises and pledges.
climate change happening in front of our eyes, aren t we? we are beginning to see changes in weather systems around the world. we do see this extreme weather more frequently than we did and that obviously is a worry. and at the same time, and i don t want to sound like a panglossian, an eternal optimist, but in a way, if you see climate change happening in your country, if you see unusual weather events, that s going to focus your mind, isn t it? we ve seen different forms of extreme weather conditions in developing nations like the floods in nigeria, the floods in pakistan, droughts in africa. many africans suffering famine because of climate change. we ve seen different forms of extreme weather conditions there must be a sense of real, notjust urgency, but a kind of panic there among some countries, isn t there? panic and suspicion. and when i say suspicion,
giving defence agreements, it is giving arms to african countries. the biggest purchaser of arms from russia is africa. - meanwhile, china has seemed to be eyeing up the possibility of invading taiwan, something at least as difficult as russia s efforts to invade ukraine. for the communist party of china, their whole raison d etre, according to their own storyline, was to make china strong and become a strong country again. and that strength has to be symbolised by the reunification of the country, the task they set themselves, and the ultimate goal is to unify the country with taiwan. and so if that s not done, you cannot be seen as a great leader. to have some sort of invasion scheme or to back away from it. now he sees the difficulties that
and i don t think those promises, those reflections on history of always keeping the gas flowing, that they re credible any more. and it s pretty clear that across continental europe, they re starting to plan for an end of reliance on russia. there s also the issue of gold, isn t there? gold that russia is hoovering up in various countries in africa and taking it back, which protects it against the sanctions that the western countries are imposing. russia s relationshipl with african countries is extractive and exploitative, - but there is some growing support in many urban areas. we ve seen pro russia protests. specifically at the time when - the conflict broke out in ukraine. part of it could be because of this | perception that russia is notjust| the antithesis of the west, but it s bringing a sort of, i it s liberating african countries - from western support or from western sort of dependency.