CONFERENCE
“THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY
OF ANGOLA’S STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE
AND SOVIET-ANGOLAN MILITARY CO-OPERATION”
Moscow, Roszarubezhcentre, 29 March 2001
Pictures by I. Sid, Africana.ru
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1. Opening speech by S. Shvetsova, the First Deputy Head of Roszarubezhcentre.
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2. At the conference.
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3. Deputy Foreign Minister V. Sredin delivering his speech. |

4. Col. Gen. (Ret.) K. Kurochkin, the Senior Military Adviser to
the Angolan Defence Minister in 1982-85, and V. Shubin, the Deputy
Director of the Institute of Africa (right). |

5. L. Sannikov, the Vice-president of MAVI, making a speech. |

6. Col. A. Tokarev worked as a military interpreter with the first
group of Soviet military specialists in Angola in 1975-76. |

7. Watching a documentary on present-day Angola. |

8. Speech by Col. Gen. V. Kurochkin. |

9. Speech by Minister-Counsellor of the Angolan embassy Ange Eduardo
Mengowako, a veteran of the liberation war. |

10. Reserve Colonel V. Sagachko, the adviser to a FAPLA infantry
brigade commander 1988-90 (right). |

11. A. Sarymov, the Head of the RAMS Asia and Africa Department. |

12. African diplomats in Moscow. A. Mengowako (left). |

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14. Speech by MAVI Coordinator Col. A. Pochtarev. The shooting
is by MAVI member Yu. Ivashenko. |

15.Attending the conference were students. |

16. During a break. L. Salnikov talking to Ambassador R.L.R. Monteiro
“Ngongo” with the help of an interpreter. |

17. Medical Corps Col. V. Mashkovtsev, the adviser to the District
Medical Corps commander. |

18. A. Sarymov and A. Kiselev, a representative of Roszarubezhcentre. |

19. GGU Professor A. Hazanov (right). |

20. Ambassador of the United Republic of Tanzania Eva L. Nzaro. |

21. Assistant counselor of the Angolan embassy Oscar G.E. Rogas
and Yu. Golovin, a representative of Roszarubezhcentre. |

22. Ivan Ivanov, the managing editor of the Africa and Middle
East desk of the Ekho Planety magazine, and Lt. Col. G. Dranishnikov,
the military interpreter and UN military observer in Angola. |

23. During the break.
Brazilian military attache (left)
and his Angolan counterpart Luis Inacio Muxito. |

24. Col. Tokarev suggested a minute’s silence in memory of those
who died for the freedom and independence of Angola. |

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26. Speech by G. Dranishnikov. |

27. Speech by V. Shubin. |

28. Diplomats of Portuguese-speaking African countries: consul
general of the Republic of Cape Verde E. de Nasimento Cros and
A.E. Mengowako. |

29. Col. Gen. (Ret) V. Belyaev, the Senior Military Adviser to
the Chief of General Staff of FAPLA. |

30. Closing remarks by the Angolan Ambassador Roberto L.R. Monteiro
“Ngongo”. |

31. The Angolan ambassador gives commemorative diplomas to L. Sannikov
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32. ... and Col. Gen. K. Kurochkin. |

33.“The conference was a success”, say diplomats from Angola,
Cape Verde and Cuba. |