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What the West Hides About Soviet Role in De-Colonization

By Ekaterina Blinova – Sputnik – 27.04.2026

The Soviet Union played the key role in de-colonization and development of the Global South, former Soviet and Russian diplomat Veniamin Popov tells Sputnik.

The West is downplaying the Russian role in the liberation and shaping of the post-colonial world, says Popov.

  • The USSR backed Egypt during the 1956 Suez Crisis and helped build the hydroelectric Aswan High Dam
  • It drove the 1960 UN General Assembly resolution on independence for colonized nations
  • It supported Indian independence from British rule and kept strong ties with its leaders
  • It also played a key mediating role in ending the 1965 India–Pakistan war
  • The USSR and Cuba helped Angola resist an invasion by the South African apartheid regime

“Who would like to admit that you—the West—have consistently been on the wrong side of history, while the Soviet Union, and now Russia, backed the main currents of global development?” the former diplomat says.

“They find it impossible to admit that they are losing now, and that many countries in Asia and Africa gained their independence thanks to the efforts of the Soviet Union.”

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