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Putin welcomes Ruto and el-Sisi at Moscow's Russia-Africa summit

DWS News' full welcoming ceremony shows the handshakes, photographs and embraces as African delegations arrive at the Kremlin.

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 64,627 views a day, 65 times a normal first day on this channel (998).

FULL CEREMONY: Putin Welcomes Ruto, el-Sisi & Other African Leaders at Russia-Africa Summit | AC1EFULL CEREMONY: Putin Welcomes Ruto, el-Sisi & Other African Leaders at Russia-Africa Summit | AC1E

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  1. 0:10Mahmoud Ali Youssouf shakes hands with Putin and poses for photographs.
  2. 4:58South Sudan's Salva Kiir arrives wearing his black hat and greets Putin.
  3. 7:33Kenya's William Ruto and his wife walk down the red carpet and shake hands with Putin.
  4. 8:35Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed and his wife arrive for official photographs.
  5. 11:05Comoros President Azali Assoumani embraces Putin during his greeting.
  6. 12:15Egypt's Abdel Fattah el-Sisi exchanges greetings and poses for photographs as the ceremony nears its close.

Salva Kiir arrives in his familiar black hat. walks down the red carpet with his wife. Denis Sassou Nguesso and Azali Assoumani embrace their host. DWS News' footage from Moscow captures the individual greetings behind the Russia-Africa Summit's formal group diplomacy.

Vladimir Putin receives the delegations at the Grand Kremlin Palace, standing before a backdrop identifying the gathering as the third Russia-Africa summit. A Russian-language announcer introduces the guests as they approach for handshakes and official photographs.

The ceremony drew about 31,000 views in its first eight hours, far beyond the channel's usual start for a regular video. It was not DWS News' only unusually strong upload: Kemi Badenoch's response to Britain's Budget also attracted substantially more viewing than a typical release.

The Moscow video is a welcoming ceremony, rather than a speech or a record of negotiations. DWS News describes the summit's broader agenda as trade, investment, security and diplomatic cooperation. Here, the focus stays on the arrivals: Ethiopia's joins the procession, and Egypt's exchanges greetings and poses for photographs near the close.

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The facts
Channel
DWS News
Subscribers
350,000 ▲ 2,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days
3,327,792
Channel views, pace per day
247,046 (on a normal day: 396,853)
Video published
October 28, 2026
Video views so far
31,511 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day
64,627

The numbers

The welcoming ceremony has drawn an unusually large early audience for a DWS News regular video.

the video's first day
usual first day here
998
this video
64,627
subscribers
350,000
▲ 2,000 in the last 7 days
total views
192,535,198
views per day
247,046
typical day: 396,853
the video
views
31,511
likes
242
comments
23
days online
1
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
The Mirror
377,000
DWS News
350,000
Page Six
308,000
Juno News
278,000
As of October 29, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
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