"Any agenda that seeks to push back imperialist agendas is well within the policies of EFF."
Leader of South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters party Julius Malema says he would unapologetically supply arms to Russia if he were in a position because President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine is a war against imperialism.
In an interview with BBC's Hard Talk, the outspoken opposition leader said he would go beyond his country's friendship with Russia and supply Moscow with weapons as the country is advancing an agenda that is aligned with the EFF's policy.
He said South Africa's non-aligned status in relation to the war would not stop him from advancing an ideology that his party believes in.
Leader of South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters party Julius Malema says he would unapologetically supply arms to Russia if he were in a position because President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine is a war against imperialism.
In an interview with BBC's Hard Talk, the outspoken opposition leader said he would go beyond his country's friendship with Russia and supply Moscow with weapons as the country is advancing an agenda that is aligned with the EFF's policy.
He said South Africa's non-aligned status in relation to the war would not stop him from advancing an ideology that his party believes in.
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, in what Putin said was to "demilitarise and denazify" Ukraine and not occupy it by force.
Over a year later, the invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides and displaced millions, instigating Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II.
Ukraine has received military backing from major superpowers including the US and Germany and managed to push back the Russian incursion but Putin's forces have continued to bombard the former USSR partner with both ground and air assault.
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