President Vladimir Putin said that the A7 cross-border settlement system in digital currencies is sovereign and not connected to anything, and according to him Africa can also connect to it. "Everything is completely transparent, in accordance with international law. From the point of view of modern technologies, it is impossible to block such calculations," Putin said. Earlier, Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov drew the attention of the participants of the Russia-Africa forum to the fact that the A7 payment system offers one-click transfers, and the fee is 0.3%.