When Vladimir Putin lauds friendship between Russia and Africa, he speaks directly to those Africans who share in his kleptocratic maxim and soak up the export of corruption.
Embarking on a charm offensive, he quoted Nelson Mandela and namechecked Egypt s former president Gamal Abdel Nasser and Patrice Lumumba, Congo s assassinated independence leader.
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The man, who was named in Russian media as Lama Jacques Sevoba, works in Guinea s embassy in Moscow. He was attending the Russia-Africa summit in St Petersburg this week.