Putin fears going to BRICS summit in Brazil

Russian president Vladimir Putin will not attend next week’s annual BRICS summit in Brazil due to concerns over an International Criminal Court warrant for his arrest in connection with alleged war crimes committed in Ukraine, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov has confirmed. “This is due to certain difficulties in the context of the ICC requirement,” Ushakov commented. “In that context, the Brazilian government could not take a clear position that would allow our president to participate in this meeting.” Instead, the Russian leader is expected to join his BRICS colleagues via video link

Putin has officially been a war crimes suspect since the ICC named him in a March 2023 arrest warrant over to the mass deportation of Ukrainian children. Russia stands accused of abducting and deporting tens of thousands of Ukrainian children, with many victims reportedly subjected to ideological indoctrination to rob them of their Ukrainian heritage and impose a Russian national identity.

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It seems Xi is not attending either. Are the BRICS hitting a wall?

China tells Brazil Xi Jinping will miss BRICS summit in Rio

President Xi Jinping will miss a meeting of BRICS leaders in Rio de Janeiro, according to a Brazilian official familiar with the matter, marking the first time the Chinese leader has skipped the summit since taking power…

Xi’s absence could undermine his efforts to use the BRICS bloc to expand China’s global influence and build an alternative to the US-led world order. The summit would have also given the Chinese leader his first chance to sit down with Iranian officials since the war with Israel began, after the Islamic Republic joined the bloc in 2024.

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