Putin said that Russia will transfer its "high-tech digital know-how" to its "African friends" he said this at the Russia-Africa forum. Putin, in particular, said that in Russia "really good systems have been created in public administration based on modern technologies", there are "impressive results" in "technological sovereignty" and "a whole chain for creating great generative models". At the same time, Putin accused the Western countries of trying to "bring Africans back into debt slavery". Russia, he said, is taking an active part in the "financial recovery of African countries." Putin also said that launching new joint projects would open up "the possibilities of Russian-African cooperation." According to him, "more and more new representatives of Russian business circles are entering African markets". He also mentioned that 58 centers teaching the Russian language were opened in 29 African countries. Earlier, the media reported that six African countries signed a cooperation agreement with ANO Eurasia and Rossotrudnichestvo, which oversees Russian houses, an instrument of Russian influence and propaganda abroad.