Putin Enters Contest for Africa After Humbling U.S. in Mideast
- Russia to hold first summit with dozens of African leaders
- Russia views Africa as a foreign-policy priority, Putin said
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After restoring Russia as a key power in the Middle East, President Vladimir Putin is turning his attention to Africa to raise Moscow’s profile in the struggle for geopolitical influence.
Putin hosts leaders from more than 50 African states on Wednesday in Russia’s first conference with the continent, underlining a Kremlin push to rival the U.S., the European Union and China as strategic players in the resource-rich region.