Russian Africanist proposes wider educational cooperation with Equatorial Guinea
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Real Equatorial Guinea
A.Savin · FALAfricanist Alexander Kulikov, of St Petersburg State University, believes university training, scholarships and literary translation can bring Russia and Equatorial Guinea closer. He recalls a visit by a delegation from the Moscow Technical University in June 2026, and then Vladimir Putin's talks with the Equatorial Guinean president on 27 October.
Russian Africanist Alexander Kulikov believes educational cooperation between Russia and Equatorial Guinea can be expanded, particularly in higher education, language exchanges and literary translation. He said so to Real Equatorial Guinea, in an interview devoted to the possibilities of academic cooperation between Russia and Africa.
Kulikov, a doctoral student in the Faculty of Oriental Studies at St Petersburg State University and a specialist in Bantu languages, recalls the visit in June 2026 by a delegation from the Moscow State University of Communications and Informatics, which discussed projects in telecommunications, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. He also points out that Russian President Vladimir Putin, during his meeting with Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo in Moscow on 27 October, highlighted the training of the country's civil servants at two Russian institutions, St Petersburg State University and the Russian Presidential Academy.
According to Kulikov, Russia awards 75 scholarships each year to Equatorial Guinean citizens, covering tuition fees and a monthly allowance, sometimes with a preparatory year of Russian. This opening follows on from learning Russian in Malabo, where more than 227 people are already taking these courses.
