At the BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russian President Putin is scheduled for high-level meetings with global leaders, including PM Modi, Presidents Xi Jinping and Erdogan, and UN Secretary-General Guterres.

The Summit, under the theme "Strengthening Multilateralism for Just Global Development and Security", will provide an important platform for leaders to discuss key global issues. It will also offer a valuable opportunity to assess the progress of initiatives launched by Brics and to identify potential areas for future collaboration.

The gathering defies predictions that the war in Ukraine and an international arrest warrant against Putin would keep him off the global stage.

BRICS summit in Kazan brings together Putin, Xi, Modi, Erdogan, and Pezeshkian, reflecting Russia's defiance of Western isolation and the bloc's growing influence.View on euronews

Russia wants the BRICS summit to showcase the rising clout of the non-Western world, but Moscow's partners from China, India, Brazil and the Arab world are urging President Vladimir Putin to find a way to end the war in Ukraine.

Two dozen world leaders will meet in Russia next week for a summit of the BRICS group, an alliance of emerging economies that the Kremlin hopes will challenge Western "hegemony".

Russian President Vladimir Putin will be shaking hands this week with multiple world leaders, including China’s Xi Jinping, India’s Narendra Modi, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iran’s Masoud Pezeshkian.

BRICS summit in Kazan brings together Putin, Xi, Modi, Erdogan, and Pezeshkian, reflecting Russia's defiance of Western isolation and the bloc's growing influence. View on euronews