Dar es Salaam, April 28 -- RUSSIA: RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin has congratulated South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Freedom Day, the national holiday marking Pretorias first elections since the end of the oppressive apartheid regime.

In a message published on the Kremlin website on Sunday, Putin lauded relations between Russia and South Africa and reaffirmed Moscows commitment to deepening bilateral ties. He highlighted existing cooperation across several sectors, including trade, economic development, research, and humanitarian efforts at both regional and global levels.

“Relations between our countries are at a high level – this was fully confirmed by our joint work during the last years BRICS summit in Kazan,...