President Vladimir Putin pays tribute to Thomas Sankara, during his speech in Moscow today, stating:
“I would like to recall the words of the great son of the Burkinabe people, Chairman of the Revolutionary Council and first President of Burkina Faso, Thomas Sankara. He said: “Debt is neo-colonialism, in which colonizers transformed themselves into “technical assistants”.
Under its current form, that is imperialism-controlled, debt is a cleverly managed re-conquest of Africa, aiming at subjugating its growth and development through foreign rules.”
Putin added that these words were spoken in 1987—not yesterday, but not so long ago either. “Unfortunately, little has changed since then.