Russia’s Putin woos African leaders at summit, slams ‘colonial’ West

President Vladimir Putin told African leaders on Wednesday that Russia was their best partner, accusing what he cast as a colonial West of still trying to exploit the continent’s resources and using debt to hold back development.

The Kremlin chief was speaking at the third Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow, a two-day event attended by ‌African leaders and government delegations from 48 countries, during which he will…