Russia in Africa: What is Putin hoping to achieve?

Following its invasion of Ukraine and the resulting rift with the West, Russia has declared that it intends to make a "historic return" to Africa. What have we seen of this so far?

俄罗斯通过俄非峰会、粮食与核电站项目、军事存在和联合国投票争取非洲支持，但贸易数据显示其在非洲的经济分量远小于中国、欧盟和美国。多名专家认为，莫斯科的影响力更多来自外交与安全筹码，而非投资与贸易。