Putin Woos African Leaders at Showcase Summit, Says Russia Is Better Partner than 'Colonial' West
Putin said Russia offers trade, security and grain supplies while accusing Western powers of using debt and resources to limit African development.
- On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed African leaders at the third Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow, declaring Russia is their best partner and accusing the West of exploiting the continent's resources.
- The two-day event brings together government delegations from 48 countries, with Putin planning one-on-one talks with many of the 22 attending African leaders regarding trade, security, and arms contracts.
- Russia has supplied 13 million metric tons of agricultural products to Africa this year, and a record 40,000 Africans are currently studying at Russian universities, Putin noted.
- Putin claimed "active attempts by Western countries" force Africans into debt bondage, while stating Russia champions greater African influence in the IMF and World Bank.
- Addressing business practices, Putin stated, "Our business does not engage in the predatory, neo-colonial exploitation of natural and human resources," rejecting Western accusations about his forces in Mali.
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Russia’s Putin woos African leaders at summit, slams ‘colonial’ West
President Vladimir Putin told African leaders on Wednesday that Russia was their best partner, accusing what he cast as a colonial West of still trying to exploit the continent’s resources and using debt to hold back development. The Kremlin chief was speaking at the third Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow, a two-day event attended by African leaders and government delegations from 48 countries, during which he will hold one-on-one talks with many…
Putin woos African leaders, says Russia is better partner than ‘colonial’ West
President Vladimir Putin told African leaders on Wednesday that Russia was their best partner, accusing what he cast as a colonial West of still trying to exploit the continent’s resources and using debt to hold back development. The Kremlin chief was speaking at the third Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow, a two-day event attended by African […]
President Vladimir Putin said that the effects of the colonial era are still being felt in Africa. The effects of the colonial era are still being felt in Africa. President Vladimir Putin said at the plenary session of Russia's economic and humanitarian forum – Africa, transmitting RIA News. "Recognize that the effects of the colonial era are still being felt in Africa," said the Head of State. Russia's third summit and economic and humanitarian…
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