World View | What Moscow Wanted the World to Know About the Russia-Africa Summit
The World to Know About the Russia-Africa Summit President Putin managed to hold the second Russia-Africa Summit (postponed from October 2022) and the Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum on July 27–28 in St. Petersburg despite his allegedly over 18-month-long special operations against Ukraine or the Eurasian war. Putin described the celebrations as being filled with pomp and purpose and referred to Africa as the world's burgeoning power center. Russia has been trying to regain its influence that proverbially existed during the Soviet era on the continent even as it remains as the largest supplier of arms to the continent. The Summit conveyed a message that life goes on normally and that Russian international acceptance has not diminished. This message also gains importance as Ukraine's Zelensky claims that he has now decided to take the war to Moscow after a few drones attacked the Russian official buildings yet again. image source - ...