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African leaders are leaving two days of meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin with little to show in response to their requests to resume a deal that kept grain flowing from Ukraine and to find a way to end the war there. During a press conference Saturday, Putin said terminating the grain deal this month caused a rise in grain prices that benefits Russian companies, and Moscow would share some of those revenues with the “poorest nations.” Putin also said Russia would analyze the African leaders’ peace proposal for Ukraine.

A Guinean diplomat made a very unusual fashion choice as he attended the Russia-Africa summit in St Petersburg this week - opting for a shirt decorated with Vladimir Putin's face. The man, who was named in Russian media as Lama Jacques Sevoba, works in Guinea's embassy in Moscow. His bold shirt had the Russian warmonger's face plastered all over it alongside drawings of diamonds, in an apparent pledge of loyalty to Putin, who he said he 'loves very much'. He also wore a field service cap with the Communist hammer and sickle. Mr Sevoba told the Telegram channel DD Geopolitics:...