African leaders show little enthusiasm for Putin’s charm offensive - Peter Fabricius

Ramaphosa and other African leaders have gathered in St. Petersburg for the second Russia-Africa summit. The previous one took place in Sochi in 2019. Amid Russia’s deepening isolation from the West due to the invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin has increasingly turned to Africa. However, Independent Journalist and Foreign Policy Analyst, Peter Fabricius, told Biznews that only 17 out of the 43 African leaders who attended the Sochi summit indicated their willingness to participate this time. Fabricius emphasised that Putin’s hosting of the African leaders is an attempt to demonstrate that he is not as isolated as the West perceives him to be following the invasion. African leaders, he said, hope to reinstate the export of Ukrainian grain. Fabricius also shared that despite being accredited as a member of the press for the summit, his participation was unexpectedly withdrawn at the last minute—a move he suspects may have been initiated by the Russian embassy in Pretoria. - Linda van Tilburg

Video production by Asime Nyide

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Timestamps
00:09 - Introductions
00:47 - Peter Fabricius on being withdrawn accreditation to attend the summit
02:29 - If any of the pledges from the last summit materialised
03:08 - On the drop of African attendees
04:01 - On what Putin is trying to get from the summit
04:53 - What the African leaders are hoping to gain
06:06 - On the Russians bumper crop of grain from the Ukraine
07:36 - On if African leaders will mention the influence of the Wagner group in Africa
08:35 - On if the peace initiative that Ramaphosa and some African leaders initiated might be on the table
10:14 - How the West sees this
11:34 - On the human rights violations in Ukraine and if they will be discussed
14:35 - On if Jacob Zuma will attend the summit
15:40 - Any new developments on the BRICS Summit
16:41 - Conclusions

[sammyedwards]

Cannot wait for RT to be back on SA screens.

[corneliusmentz]

Why don’t you guys get the real facts from people who know what is really happening instead of speculation based on main media misinformation?

[monicakieck]

SA and African leaders go wherever the 💰💰💰are.

[waynesampson]

Sour grapes from an 'embedded' journalist?

[capemthembu]

Hahahqhah shame to the guy talking... u can see through his face... we love Russiq..

[johnnymookergee]

Sounds like most comments here are from ANC staff

[heleenferreira]

Sick !!!!money means more than human lives government gets donations and most of da time it dissapear into thin air

[antonynyathi]

It's not about little enthusiasm as you guys say, it's about fear and cowardice. Enthusiasm is about intense happiness, eagerness and enjoyment, this cannot happen to people with no freewill, whereby a criminal has put a sword to their throats and you are forced to make someone else's choice! Secondly but not list, slaves and puppets are too afraid to upset their Masters or else they lose their poisonous inheritance.There shall be no mercy on puppets and slaves who do not want to stand up for their freedom, the new generation is arising!

[dorettedreyer]

Were these children not protected against sex trafficking in the Ukraine? Maybe you should more research.

[RG-jrym]

It's more like don't upset the West especially the USA...what are these people talking about...

[markmisselhorn]

Please have a guest who can provide a more nuanced and balanced picture on Ukraine and Eastern Europe. There's a long history including eastern expansion of NATO in contravention of post WW2 agreements. This one dimensional picture is not helpful. Thanks.

[hair-ppyhair]

Why should we dissenting voices of his option believes him he was not there what he is saying is hear saying ( gossip) . Where his rights or other side is right Africa is waking up from it slumber.

[thamsanqamayekiso]

Fabricius was rightfully not accredited to the summit. I hope he went to the NATO summit, where he belonges.

[bpt]

Need I say more.The comments spk 4 dmselvz