On September 1, Russia celebrates Knowledge Day as students and pupils resume their studies. Your AfroVerdict host sits down with students from Equatorial Guinea, Republic of the Congo and Algeria to find out their motivation for coming to study in Russia and their experiences in Moscow.

As August, the month dedicated to women in South Africa, comes to an end, your AfroVerdict host Viktor Anokhin sits down with Councilor Loyiso Masuku, Member of the Mayoral Committee for Group corporate and Shared Services of the City of Johannesburg to get her opinion on the significance of Women's Month in South Africa.

With the conclusion of the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, six countries were invited to join the group. Now that BRICS will account for about 32% of the global GDP and include 3.7 billion people, what will this bring African countries and what is the significance of BRICS having three African countries on board?

As the 15th BRICS Summit kicks off tomorrow, your AfroVerdict host discusses the expectations of the event with a South African researcher, covering the significance of the summit as well as some of the points on the agenda.

As we bid farewell to our African friends from the previous episode, they join AfroVerdict to share their experience from their first visit to Moscow.

For today's exclusive episode, AfroVerdict is joined by a group of professional journalists from Africa as they visit Sputnik Africa during their trip to Russia. After visiting the Russian capital of Moscow, the journalists will travel to St. Petersburg to take part in the Second Russia-Africa Summit.

Happy World Youth Skills Day everyone! Today I'm joined by the Secretary-General of the Pan African Youth Union to discuss the role of the youth in developing African countries, the skills they need to do so and what obstacles young Africans face to harness the continent's talent.

Mambo, friends! Today's podcast features a language expert, Mayya Nikolskaya, who shares with us her take on the significance of Kiswahili for the African continent, the language's history, as well as the impact of Russians learning African languages on the relations of the two regions.

In today's episode on AfroVerdict, your host, Viktor Anokhin, is joined by Tatyana Shishkova, a professional vocalist based in Kampala, Uganda. She came there with the objective to create an album where she combines Russian folk songs with Ugandan instrumental beats.

In today's AfroVerdict episode, your host, Viktor Anokhin, is joined by Zimbabwe's Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Monica Mutsvangwa to have a conversation on Russia-Zimbabwe cooperation and Zimbabwe's ability to persevere through Western sanctions.