Tanzania President Visits Russia as Western Ties Fray
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan is on a three-day visit to Russia, meeting with President Vladimir Putin. This visit comes amid strained relations with the West following accusations of human rights abuses in Tanzania. Hassan aims to strengthen trade ties and has brought a business delegation to explore opportunities in various sectors.
- ▪Hassan's government has faced accusations of violence and repression during the election unrest last October.
- ▪Putin was among the first to congratulate Hassan after her election victory, which she claimed with 98% of the vote.
- ▪The bilateral trade between Tanzania and Russia is currently just over $307 million annually.
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Tanzania President Visits Russia as Western Ties Fray By AFP June 3, 2026 Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) in the Kremlin. kremlin.ru Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan began a three-day visit to Russia on Wednesday, meeting counterpart Vladimir Putin at a time when her country's reputation in the West has been badly damaged. Western diplomats and rights groups accused her government of massacring hundreds of people during election unrest last October and of conducting a spate of abductions and murders of critics in the run-up to the vote. The United States announced it was reviewing relations with Tanzania in the wake of the violence, and last week sanctioned a senior police officer over the torture of two well-known activists.
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