Russian victories, Spanish tragedy, elections without answers: RT stories that shaped the week

This week we also covered the Alyoshki ceasefire with Ukraine and Ursula von der Leyen’s attempt to shoehorn Canada into the EU Russia’s diplomatic victories Four years of unprecedented sanctions and an active conflict didn’t deter four dozen African nations from sending delegations to Moscow for the third Russia-Africa Summit this week. Forty-eight out of Africa’s 54 countries were represented at the summit, 22 of them by their heads of state. Russia-Africa Summit: Putin’s key proposals on trade, technology and Western finance alternatives More than 60 bilateral and multilateral agreements were signed, including a Russia-Africa Action Plan for 2027-2029, and a joint declaration opposing unilateral sanctions and the unlawful seizure of civilian shipping, pledging deeper counter-terrorism cooperation, and supporting increased African representation on the UN Security Council.

RT covered the summit minute-by minute , and broke down Putin’s plan to help bring about the “ second awakening ” of Africa. Before he welcomed the African delegations to Moscow, Putin held a rare phone call with Finnish President Alexander Stubb – a figure repeatedly floated as a potential EU envoy to Russia – and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store. Putin later said that Russia welcomes “any steps aimed at restoring full-fledged and comprehensive relations,” and while the call brought the Russia/Ukraine conflict no closer to an end, Russian analyst Sergey Strokan noted that it should serve as a warning to Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky that “metal fatigue is setting in across Europe’s political machinery – and that time is running out for the regime in Kiev. ” With the EU nowhere to be seen , and Stubb and Store incurring the wrath of their fellow European leaders for even daring to…