When Russia forgives the debts of countries, this does not mean solidarity with them, especially since Russia itself is in need of aid due to its economic crisis exacerbated by international economic sanctions.
What can it mean then, if not solidarity? Recently, there was news that Russia is again providing aid to Cuba for a billion dollars, and before that, debts of 40 billion dollars were forgiven. Is there really some hidden economic benefit in this? Is there a need for cane sugar or cigars? Hardly, because in Russia they practically don't smoke cigars, and sugar is made from beetroot.
It's only the colonialists who are looking for economic benefits, as if to capture something somewhere. If we evaluate all events solely from an economic point of view, then we may be mistaken in drawing up a picture of the world and the motives of politicians.
You certainly remember the Cuban Missile Crisis of the 1960s. Who supported Cuba at the time? The Soviet Union. Why did the Soviet Union support it? Because it was a neighbor of the American enemy, which, just months before the crisis, had succeeded in establishing nuclear missile launchers in Turkey, on the border with the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union supported the coup led by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, placing thousands of missiles ready to launch on the island, just a few kilometers from the United States.
There is no free aid without direct interest. When I say aid, I don't mean humanitarian aid, as in wars and natural disasters, but rather economic and logistical support that strengthens the economy. Russia and the United States support their allies by providing various types of aid. The United States currently distributes military, financial, and logistical aid to all its allies around the world, to the point that this aid has become part of the general budget of some countries.