The article analyses Russia's recent return to Africa. It attempts to answer the question to what extent Russia has abandoned its traditional tools of cooperation such as nuclear energy and military cooperation and engaged in new ‘smart’ ones as indicated by former Foreign Minister Ivanov in 2011. The paper builds on three case studies of African countries having the largest trade volume with Russia in 2018, i.e. Egypt, Algeria and Morocco, and analyses their changing relationship with Russia over the last decade. The results show that Russia has not abandoned its traditional tools but has intensified the use of new ones. The North African region as such has regained significance in Russia's foreign policy. Bilateral relations with all three North African countries have increased at both political and economic levels recently.

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俄罗斯重返非洲：埃及、阿尔及利亚和摩洛哥的比较研究

文章分析了俄罗斯最近重返非洲的情况。正如前外交部长伊万诺夫在 2011 年所指出的那样，它试图回答俄罗斯在多大程度上放弃了核能和军事合作等传统合作工具，而采用了新的“智能”工具。本文建立在三个案例研究的基础上： 2018年与俄罗斯贸易额最大的非洲国家，即埃及、阿尔及利亚和摩洛哥，分析了过去十年它们与俄罗斯的关系变化。结果表明，俄罗斯并没有放弃传统工具，而是加强了新工具的使用。北非地区在俄罗斯的外交政策中重新获得了重要地位。最近，与所有三个北非国家的双边关系在政治和经济层面都有所增加。