俄罗斯总统普京在非洲扩大本国影响力的努力——中国和美国一直在那里争夺权力——似乎收效甚微。尽管克里姆林宫在与非洲领导人举行的莫斯科峰会上达成了几项协议——包括向埃塞俄比亚出售战斗机和为马里绘制地质图——但出席会议的领导人不足20位，而在撒哈拉以南地区有50多个国家，这表明莫斯科强行招募非洲人去参加其对乌克兰的战争已损害了其声誉。
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s efforts to expand his country’s influence in Africa, where China and the US have been vying for power, appear to be falling short. Though the Kremlin agreed to several deals at a summit with African leaders in Moscow — including selling fighter jets to Ethiopia and creating a geological map of Mali — barely 20 leaders attended the meeting out of more than 50 sub-Saharan nations, a sign of how Moscow’s forced recruitment of Africans to fight in its war against Ukraine has damaged its reputation.
在萨赫勒地区国家的国防合作失败也削弱了其地区地位。《外交政策》写道：“俄罗斯在许多非洲国家的公众情绪已开始变酸。”
Failed defense partnerships with countries in the Sahel have also weakened its regional standing. “Public sentiment toward Russia has begun to sour across many African countries,” Foreign Policy wrote.
