Russia: Putin Hosts 36 Leaders at BRICS Summit

Above: Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin (R) greets Chinese Pres. Xi Jinping (L) during their bilateral meeting prior to the opening of the BRICS Leader's Summit, Oct. 22 2024, in Kazan, Tatarstan Republic, Russia. Image copyright: Contributor/Getty Images News via Getty Images

The Facts

  • World leaders from 36 nations including China's Xi Jinping and India's Narendra Modi arrived in the Russian city of Kazan for the three-day BRICS summit on Tuesday.

  • The summit's main goal is to accelerate efforts to minimize the number of dollar transactions, thereby limiting the US' ability to exercise the threat of sanctions to impose its influence on global geopolitics.


The Spin

Pro-establishment narrative

The 16th BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, is very important for the Putin regime, but the fact is that Putin, a wanted war criminal, is becoming increasingly isolated on the global stage. He needs the support and assistance of BRICS nations to continue his war in Ukraine. All told, BRICS does not pose a major threat to US and Western security.

Establishment-critical narrative

Russia is not as isolated as Western leaders want to think. A huge number of world leaders are going to Russia for the 16th BRICS summit to exchange perspectives on current global and regional challenges, as well as to address politics and security, the economy, and finance. The United States' hegemonic domination is at its end point and the world is now a multipolar one.


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