‘We have provided everything possible for their freedom’: How the USSR helped France’s most important colony stick it to Paris

Demining, energy cooperation, irrigation, metallurgy, children’s summer camps made the history of the friendship between Algeria and the Soviet Union

In early 2024, Moscow announced that it intended to establish a Russian House in Algeria, where both expatriates and local residents will be able to study the country’s language and culture. In recent years, the need for such a cultural center has grown, since thousands of Russians reside in...