They do, it’s more economic though. Last summer in Moscow Putin had a big African shindig. I posted a few articles about it and was soundly ridiculed by FR Biden Regime dullards. You should check out the results of that African/Russian summit. Putin made out like a bandit. You’re seeing the results everyday in Africa now. The Frenchies have been given the bum’s rush right off the continent since. We’re getting the same treatment.
I remember the Putin-Africa gathering. He treated the Africans as respected equals while later at similar confab in Washington, Biden people looked at the African representatives dismissively and treated them with condescension. Just as the Niger president said.