TRAORÉ & AFRICAN LEADERS IN MOSCOW FOR VICTORY DAY

Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traoré landed in Moscow on 8 May for Victory Day celebrations. The day commemorates the victory of the former Soviet Union against Nzi Germany in a war that took as many as 27 million Soviet lives. The USSR is responsible for inflicting 80 per cent of all Nzi fatalities.

Before Germany turned against Europe, it had committed the first gnocide of the 20th century, klling 100,000 Nama and Herero people in modern Namibia. Many of the Nzis’ racial ideologies and klling techniques can trace their origins to this g*nocide.

Back to the present, Traoré’s visit is a sign of deepening relations between Russia and Burkina Faso. Russia has sent military instructors and sold equipment, while Burkina Faso has accused France of blocking arms shipments. 

Burkina Faso also signed a 2023 agreement for Russia to build a nuclear power plant to help power a country where only 21.7 per cent of people accessed electricity in 2023. In early 2025, the government issued a gold mining permit to Russia’s Nordgold. 

Russia has engaged other members of the anti-imperialist Alliance of Sahel States (AES), such as constructing West Africa’s biggest gold refinery in AES member-state Mali beginning in 2023.

Reports said 29 countries were expected to participate in the commemoration. The Republic of Congo and Guinea-Bissau had been spotted arriving in Moscow. Other African countries reportedly attending included Egypt, Ethiopia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.Sources

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