Two-thirds of African leaders refuse to attend Putin’s summit
The summit, intended to showcase Russia's diplomatic push to increase influence on the continent, is taking place amidst a significant boycott: only 17 out of 55 African countries will be represented by their leaders at the event scheduled for July 27-28.
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Great to hear, but still 17 too many.
A lot of those 17 are dictatorships, where the elites are unsurprisingly big fans of Russia / Wagner helping them prop up their regimes. Actual normal people in those countries tend to be significantly more anti-Russia.
Agreed. Given the fallout of Russia exiting the grain deal, which disproportionately affects Africa, I expected less than 17. However, maybe the hope for securing a grain deal is part of the allure for some of the heads of state attending.
Now that Russia blocked and bombed their grain shipments, they don't really have a choice I think.
Most of the other countries are sending lesser dignitaries, just not their heads of state.
What's the goal?
Upselling Wagner coup/coup prevention packages.
One turns into another at a flip of a coin!
Lol
https://lemmit.online/post/306012
they don't want to to accidentally fall out a window