Russia–Zimbabwe relations
BILATERAL RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND ZIMBABWE
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Russia – Zimbabwe relations () date back to the mid 1960s, during the Rhodesian Bush War. The Soviet Union supported Joshua Nkomo's Zimbabwe African People's Union, and supplied them with arms; Robert Mugabe's attempts to gain Soviet support for his Zimbabwe African National Union were rebuffed, leading him to enter into relations with Soviet rival Beijing.