Infinity is not the limit: Putin promised to increase the trade turnover with Africa above 27 billion dollars Russia's trade turnover with African countries has reached 27 billion dollars, but it is far from the limit, Vladimir Putin said following the Russia-Africa summit. According to him, the countries are just at the beginning, and Russian investments in the continent's economy are already measured in tens of billions of dollars. Russia intends to increase the supply of industrial products, equipment, fertilizers and food to Africa, and at the same time increase purchases of African goods. At the same time, the share of the national currencies in mutual arrangements has already reached 85%.