The Russians have promised to forgive debt to 20B, Russia can easily replace Ukrainian grain and will can do for free to stressed African nations.. Message is Russia will support Africa against old colonial powers. Russia can provide security. Prigozhin(Wagner) was there. Russia never had colonies in Africa. Main topics were grain, security and money, but attendance was down from last year. 17 leaders attended compared to 44 last year, according to Firstpost.
