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They didn’t really need Africa, they had the whole Northern Asia to colonize and pillage.
But they wanted more, as imperialists do.
They did at least back up Ethiopia against Italy though in the late 19th century, which was based. For religious reasons (fellow Orthodox Christians GOOD, filthy heretical CATHOLIC Christians BAD) rather than humanitarian or anti-imperialist ones, admittedly.
On the other hand, they’ve played their cards quite enthusiastically in the game of neocolonialism, both as the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation…
