Putin’s Grain War Angers Some of Russia’s Allies

Russia will make a major push to win support across Africa this week, even as its actions in Ukraine threaten to spread misery in some of the continent’s poorest nations. 

A two-day summit in St. Petersburg, due to kick off on Thursday, will see Russia’s President Vladimir Putin court leaders from several African countries as he seeks to counter Western efforts to isolate Moscow on the world stage. 

For more than a year, many of these countries have sided with Russia despite Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and Russian assaults on...