{"id":20707,"date":"2024-09-23T18:51:13","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T15:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/?p=20707"},"modified":"2024-09-23T20:30:55","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T17:30:55","slug":"how-russia-uses-spiritual-culture-for-expansion-into-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/international-threats-en\/how-russia-uses-spiritual-culture-for-expansion-into-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"how russia uses &#8220;spiritual culture&#8221; for expansion into africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The kremlin continues to make efforts to strengthen its propaganda and influence in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>\u25fd\ufe0f From September 25-30, Ethiopia will host the &#8220;Days of russia&#8217;s spiritual culture&#8221;, organized by russian ministry of culture for the second time since 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u25fd\ufe0f This event is presented as a &#8220;showcase of the richness and diversity of russian culture abroad&#8221;, with a particular focus on supporting the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. The &#8220;Days of spiritual culture&#8221; will feature church choir concerts, Orthodox-themed exhibitions, and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u25fd\ufe0f In reality, russian cultural initiatives in Africa serve as a cover for spreading russian propaganda on the continent. Since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, russia has intensified its influence in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Under the guise of cultural and mutually beneficial economic cooperation, the kremlin is promoting anti-Western propaganda among Africans and seeking to expand its influence on the continent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The kremlin continues to make efforts to strengthen its propaganda and influence in Africa. \u25fd\ufe0f From September 25-30, Ethiopia will host the &#8220;Days of russia&#8217;s spiritual culture&#8221;, organized by russian ministry of culture for the second time since 2023. \u25fd\ufe0f This event is presented as a &#8220;showcase of the richness and diversity of russian culture&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20703,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","wds_primary_category":917,"footnotes":""},"categories":[917],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-threats-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}