"A repeat of the call South Africa made early in the war for a Russian withdrawal from Ukraine would be “simplistic and infantile, given the

@ashlarblocks @ianbremmer @wef @EurasiaGroup @nfergus @abouthungary @NgaireWoods @BlavatnikSchool @digkabri Yup. Agreed. Difference would be the sheer scale of processes at work in 21st century, global

S Africa’s foreign minister was all smiles as she hosted Sergei Lavrov for 1st time since Russia invaded Ukraine. Pandor said her gov, nominally neutral