MOSCOW: 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".
Russia n President Vladimir Putin chairs the meeting with the heads of leading media outlets from BRICS countries at Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside of Moscow, Russia , Oct 18, 2024. MOSCOW: 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".
The United States has dismissed the idea that BRICS could become a"geopolitical rival" but has expressed concern about Moscow flexing its diplomatic muscle as the Ukraine conflict rages. Putin has repeatedly accused the West of"provoking" Russia into sending troops into Ukraine, rejecting the idea his offensive is an imperial-style land grab - despite Moscow seizing four Ukrainian regions and claiming them as its own.The Kremlin has said it wants global affairs to be guided by international law,"not on rules that are set by individual states, namely the United States".
"If Putin achieves his crazy goals - geopolitical, military, ideological and economic - it will create an overwhelming impression among other potential aggressors, particularly in the West, Indo-Pacific and Africa, that wars of aggression could be beneficial for them as well," he said. According to Ushakov, all BRICS members will be represented in Kazan by their leaders, except Saudi Arabia, which will send its foreign minister.
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