Bloomberg suggests that Putin’s daughter is helping to expand Russia’s influence in Africa.

Bloomberg writes that Russia is trying to build closer ties with Africa by offering digital expertise as part of a strategy supported by President Vladimir Putin’s youngest daughter, Ekaterina Tikhonova.

Source: Bloomberg

Details: The publication writes that Russia is competing with the United States, China and the EU for influence on the continent. The terrorist nation is stepping up its push for rapprochement with Africa by offering digital expertise as part of a strategy backed by the youngest daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Officials from about three dozen African countries have been invited to Moscow next month to meet with Russian IT specialists and investors offering digital services aimed at improving governance.

The project is supported by the Innopraktika center, associated with the National Foundation for Intellectual Development, where Putin’s youngest daughter Ekaterina Tikhonova is general director.

Literally: Putin is expanding his activities in Africa as the Kremlin seeks closer ties with countries in the Global South to counter the impact of US and European sanctions over Russia’s war in Ukraine.

By promoting its digital expertise, from cybersecurity to government services and electronic voting, Russia can gain an advantage in competing with China, the United States and the European Union for influence on the continent.”