![]() Russia evacuates village as Putin's scientists launch first Moon mission in 50 yearsīefore the summit, Prigozhin gave a rare live interview with the pro-Kremlin television channel Afrique Média, which targets French-speaking African countries. Korir Sing’Oei, Kenya’s principal secretary for foreign affairs, last week tweeted ‘The decision by Russia to exit the Black Sea grain initiative is a stab on the back at global food security prices and disproportionately impacts countries in the Horn of Africa already impacted by drought.’ Nevertheless, some African leaders have spoken out angrily over Russia’s exit from the deal, fearing a possible civil backlash caused by rising grain prices at home. Moscow has attempted to downplay the issue in recent days by reassuring its African partners that it understands their ‘concern’ on the issue. The deal was devised to alleviate soaring global food prices, and Russia blamed its collapse on the west blocking Russian exports of grain and fertilisers. ![]() The event comes after Russia destroyed Ukrainian grain warehouses on the Danube River after quitting the Black Sea grain deal, a UN- brokered pact that allowed the export of grain and other products from Ukraine through the Black Sea to overseas markets, many of them in Africa. ![]() ![]() After being sanctioned by much of the western world and driven into isolation, Russia has spent much of the past year on a charm offensive in the global south, claiming the country’s future lies in Asia and Africa, where projected growth will present extraordinary economic opportunities. ![]()
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