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Two-thirds of African leaders refuse to attend Putin’s summit (www.yahoo.com)

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The summit, intended to showcase Russia's diplomatic push to increase influence on the continent, is taking place amidst a significant boycott: only 17 out of 55 African countries will be represented by their leaders at the event scheduled for July 27-28.

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[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Most of the other countries are sending lesser dignitaries, just not their heads of state.