Bethlehem Endale is a dentist and also a refugee, having fled from Kharkiv to Germany after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. She now lives in Stuttgart with her three sisters. From there, she often tries to talk to the part of her family that fled to their native Ethiopia about Putin’s influence. “Russian propaganda is very much present in Africa,” Endale told DW.
“Especially in Ethiopia, where I have a family, I found out that there are a lot of misconceptions, and that is really disturbing.”
It is only a matter of time before more Russian propaganda is broadcast from Johannesburg, South Africa’s business capital.
RT, formerly known as Russian state broadcaster Russia Today, plans to establish its first English-language headquarters on the continent in South Africa. Europe,…
