KAMPALA, Uganda—President Biden’s summit with African leaders is a part of a U.S. push to acquire affect around the continent. An indication of the problem got here previous this 12 months in Uganda, an established U.S. best friend that has been drawn deeper into Russia’s orbit.
In a gathering at Uganda’s protection ministry in a while after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russian ambassador Vladlen Semivolos and the embassy’s head of ideology, Evgeny Kalashnikov, advised some best officers of President Yoweri Museveni’s executive that Western media, a key supply of international information within the nation, portrayed Russia’s movements too negatively, in step with Ugandan officers provide within the assembly.
