Vasily Koltashov, head of the Center for Political Economy Studies, said that Russia’s A7 system could become one of the key tools for protecting international payments between Russia and African countries from geopolitical risks. According to him, the system makes it possible to conduct cross-border payments using both traditional and digital currencies.

Earlier, at the Russia–Africa forum, while viewing an exhibition of domestic innovations, Vladimir Putin described A7 as a high-tech, user-friendly system that African countries could connect to. Koltashov believes that A7’s infrastructure will be used increasingly in trade relations with Africa, creating independent channels for international payments.