Delegations from 48 African countries, including 22 leaders, attended the third Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow.
Russian officials accused Western nations, singling out France, of pressuring African leaders to stay away.
President Vladimir Putin pitched Russia as a better partner than the West, which he accused of trapping Africa in debt.
Putin said Russia-Africa trade topped $27 billion last year and called for it to at least double.
Burundian President and African Union Chair Evariste Ndayishimiye said Africa wants local industry, not just raw material exports.
When President Vladimir Putin welcomed delegations from 48 African countries to the third Russia-Africa Summit this week, the attendance numbers alone told a story Western powers would rather not read. Despite what Moscow describes as lobbying by France and other Western nations to keep African leaders away, 22 leaders made the trip to Moscow for the October 28-29 gathering in a clear signal that the continent is tired of being told whom it can do business with.
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