President Cyril Ramaphosa will next week travel to St Petersburg for the 2nd Russia-Africa Summit on 27-28 July. Ramaphosa will join at least 40 other African heads of state and senior leaders for the meeting focusing on deepening cooperation between Moscow and African capitals. The summit will convene just over a week after the Presidency announced that Russian leader Vladimir Putin will no longer attend in person the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg. While African leaders are expected to continue their push for peace between Russia and Ukraine others view it as attempts by Russia to reclaim ground lost to other global powers vying for influence on the African continent. We spoke to Gustavo de Carvalho, Senior Researcher on Russia-Africa ties at the African Governance and Diplomacy Programme at the South African Institute of International Affairs..