PHOTO: Spot Mnangagwa, Machel and Putin

Third from left is the current Russian President  Vladimir Putin, next to him is THE FIRST AFRICAN MOZAMBIQUE PRESIDENT the late  HE Samora Machel, with the CURRENT PRESIDENT OF  Zimbabwe Emmerson Munangagwa in 1973 during the freedom fighters training  in  Kaole Bagamoyo Tanzania. (Archive) Historian creates. Putin stayed in Tanzania training freedom fighters for  4 years from 1973 to 1977.