- Russia–Sudan relations
Russia–Sudan relations refers to the
bilateral relations betweenRussia andSudan . Russia has an embassy inKhartoum and Sudan has an embassy inMoscow .For decades,
Russia andSudan have maintained a strong economic and politically strategic partnership. Due to solidarity with both theUnited States and theSoviet Union , Sudan declared neutrality and instead chose membership in theNon-Aligned Movement throughout theCold War . Russo-Sudanese relations were minorly damaged, when in1971 , when theSudanese Communist Party attempted to assassinate then-presidentGaafar Nimeiry , and Nimeiry pegged the blame on the USSR, thus enhancing Sudanese relations with the West, and where damaged again when Sudan supported theMujahadeen inAfghanistan when the USSR invaded in 1979. Due to a common enemy, diplomatic cooperation dramatically got back on track during the late1990s and early2000s , whenVladimir Putin was elected the President, and then thePrime Minister of Russia , and along with Chinese leaderHu Jintao opposed UN Peacekeepers inDarfur . Russia is Sudan's strongest investment partner and political ally inEurope ; and for decades there are Sudanese collegians studying in Russian universities.=See Also=
*Foreign relations of Russia
*Foreign relations of Sudan
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