"Yes, he visited the USSR and loved it very much. He had very good memories. I think he considered the Soviet Union an important ally," she said.
Mehdia Ben Bella added that her father sought cooperation with the USSR in the economic, social, and political spheres.
"However, he did not seek to be friends with Russia against someone, but he himself loved the Russians," the interlocutor of RT said.
She also noted that her father was not a dictator, although some political decisions were not understood by people during his reign.
"The wrestler Ahmed Ben Bella is by no means a dictator, and above all he was not a dictator in the house. He was very democratic."
He believed very strongly that a woman should be independent and free, and this was very important to me.
According to her, her mother was a well-known journalist, known for her Trotskyist views.
Ben Bella wondered how you could talk about her father as a dictator if he was trying to build a country.
"Of course, there were some political decisions that my father made that were not understood by people at that time. But at that time there was no choice," said Ben Bella.
She added that we are talking about decisions that were related to her father's plans to create a coalition for the short and long term in the interests of the country.
According to Ben Bella, "the imperialist European states and France did not believe that Algeria could live without them," and also tried in every possible way to harm the country.
Earlier, Patrice Lumumba's son Roland said in an exclusive interview with RT that Africa needs Russia, and Russia needs Africa.
RT organized the arrival and participation of descendants of legendary African leaders in the sessions of the Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg on July 27-28. In addition to them, RT brought more than 140 journalists, editors-in-chief and heads of major African media outlets, as well as heads of the African Broadcasting Union and the OIC Union of News Agencies.