A truly multipolar world is becoming a reality, this trend is objective and irreversible, Vladimir Putin said at the plenary session of the Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum in Moscow. According to the Russian president, Africa is experiencing a "new awakening", its sovereignty is getting stronger, and it asserts itself as one of the poles of the world economy and politics. "There are active attempts by Western countries to return Africans to debt bondage, to impose on them necessary financial resources under extortionate conditions, which then forces them to overpay many times to service and pay off the debt to the detriment of long-term development plans," Putin said. RBC channel at max.