Ton of BRICS? Putin defies West with global summit
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Not too shabby a week so far for Russia’s leader of twenty-four years. Sandwiched between a Moldova referendum where the pro-EU camp underwhelmed and a crucial general election in fellow Soviet state Georgia.
Forget International Criminal Court arrest warrants. Vladimir Putin rolling out the red carpet for dozens of leaders by the banks of the Volga in the Tatarstan’s capital Kazan.
Despite Western sanctions over Ukraine and the sputterings of a slowing Chinese economy, at the BRICS summit, new names are lining up to join, the BRICS being a club of emerging world giants whose fortunes seemed tied the whims of world commodity prices. If as billed it is much more than a trade talk shop, then what are the BRICS all about in 2024?
And if Vladimir Putin’s having a good week so far, what about in two weeks if Donald Trump returns to the White House? We’ll ask our panel how the former Soviet world sees that prospect.
Produced by Andrew Hilliar, Rebecca Gnignati and Annarosa Zampaglione.
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