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The Maghreb Review, Vol. 36, 2, 2011 © The Maghreb Review 2011 This publication is printed on longlife paper ALGERIA AND RUSSIA: RECONCILING CONTRASTING INTERESTS BY YAHIA H. ZOUBIR∗ Introduction Algeria’s encounter with Russia dates back to the Emir Abdelkader during his exile in Syria. The archives of the foreign policy of the Russian empire hold some documents and correspondence that mention the ‘noble and humane attitude’ of Emir Abd-el-Kader in the events that took place in Damascus in June 1860, when he and his associates took the courageous defence and saved the lives of 12,000 innocent Christian victims. The vice-consul of the Russian empire in Damascus, Mr Maleekeff, took refuge in the emir’s house along with other consuls and was thus assured protection.1 Relations between Algeria and the Russian-dominated USSR developed laboriously during the Algerian war of independence (1954–62). The Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) maintained relatively good relations with the Sov
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The Maghreb Review, Vol. 36, 2, 2011 © The Maghreb Review 2011 This publication is printed on longlife paper ALGERIA AND RUSSIA: RECONCILING CONTRASTING INTERESTS BY YAHIA H. ZOUBIR∗ Introduction Algeria’s encounter with Russia dates back to the Emir Abdelkader during his exile in Syria. The archives of the foreign policy of the Russian empire hold some documents and correspondence that mention the ‘noble and humane attitude’ of Emir Abd-el-Kader in the events that took place in Damascus in June 1860, when he and his associates took the courageous defence and saved the lives of 12,000 innocent Christian victims. The vice-consul of the Russian empire in Damascus, Mr Maleekeff, took refuge in the emir’s house along with other consuls and was thus assured protection.1 Relations between Algeria and the Russian-dominated USSR developed laboriously during the Algerian war of independence (1954–62). The Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) maintained relatively good relations with the Sov
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