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Russia’s Economic Decay Undercuts Putin’s Global Ambition

Jamestown2 November 2026, 21:27 UTCRussia

Executive summary: Russian President Vladimir Putin held the third Russia–Africa Summit in Moscow on October 28–29. Amid a surge of high-level diplomatic activity throughout last week, Putin increased the scale of this event compared to the summits in St. Petersburg in July 2023 and in Sochi in October 2019. Besides the extra-long plenary sessions with […] The post Russia’s Economic Decay Undercuts Putin’s Global Ambition appeared first on Jamestown.

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