Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with the leaders of regional African organizations on the sidelines of the third Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow on October 28, 2026. (Photo by MAXIM SHIPENKOV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

President of Burundi, Chairperson of the African Union Evariste Ndayishimiye attends a meeting of Russian President with the leaders of regional African organizations on the sidelines of the third Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow on October 28, 2026. (Photo by MAXIM SHIPENKOV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with the leaders of regional African organizations on the sidelines of the third Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow on October 28, 2026. (Photo by MAXIM SHIPENKOV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Russian President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by President of Burundi, Chairperson of the African Union Evariste Ndayishimiye and Libyan Presidential Council Chairman Mohamed al-Menfi, attends a meeting with the leaders of regional African organizations on the sidelines of the third Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow on October 28, 2026. (Photo by MAXIM SHIPENKOV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Russian President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by President of Burundi, Chairperson of the African Union Evariste Ndayishimiye and Libyan Presidential Council Chairman Mohamed al-Menfi, attends a meeting with the leaders of regional African organizations on the sidelines of the third Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow on October 28, 2026. (Photo by MAXIM SHIPENKOV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Russian President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by President of Burundi, Chairperson of the African Union Evariste Ndayishimiye and Libyan Presidential Council Chairman Mohamed al-Menfi, attends a meeting with the leaders of regional African organizations on the sidelines of the third Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow on October 28, 2026. (Photo by MAXIM SHIPENKOV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Russian President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by President of Burundi, Chairperson of the African Union Evariste Ndayishimiye and Libyan Presidential Council Chairman Mohamed al-Menfi, attends a meeting with the leaders of regional African organizations on the sidelines of the third Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow on October 28, 2026. (Photo by MAXIM SHIPENKOV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin looks on as he and African leaders tour an exhibition of advanced Russian solutions on the sidelines of the Russia-Africa summit at the Gostiny Dvor conference centre in central Moscow on October 28, 2026. (Photo by Gavriil Grigorov / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)