The key facts
- Peskov confirmed that there are attempts by Ukraine to harm Russian interests in Africa
- According to him, Russia 'is doing everything necessary to counter them'
- The press secretary called the struggle for influence on the continent very serious
What Peskov said
Russia is registering attempts by Ukraine to harm Russian interests on the African continent and is taking measures to counter them. This was stated by the press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, in an interview with the newspaper Izvestia, which Life.ru cites. According to him, Moscow has information about such actions by Kyiv and 'does not leave them unanswered.'
'A very serious struggle is going on there'
'Such attempts do exist, indeed. Russia is doing everything necessary to counter them', the outlet quotes Peskov as saying. Describing the situation on the continent, he noted: 'A very serious struggle is going on there.' Thus, the Kremlin representative described the confrontation over influence and interests in Africa as intense, without giving specific examples of Kyiv's actions or Russia's response measures — the publication does not cite them either.
Context of the Russia–Africa summit
Life.ru links the statement to earlier remarks by Vladimir Putin at the Russia–Africa summit. According to the outlet, the Russian president said then that the era when the fates of entire continents were determined by a narrow group of states is fading into the past, and he called for strengthening a multipolar world order and expanding the participation of African countries in international decision-making. The specific forms of the counteraction mentioned by Peskov and confirmed cases of 'harm' to Russian interests are not described in the publications, so the scale of such attempts cannot be assessed based on the available reports.
