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BRICS Summit 2024 | Vladimir Putin Hosts Brics Summit To Show West Pressure Not Working | N18G The West has dubbed you a pariah for invading Ukraine. Sanctions are aiming to cut off your country's economy from global markets.And there's an arrest warrant out for you from the International Criminal Court.How can you show the pressure is not working? Try hosting a summit.This week in the city of Kazan President Putin will greet more than 20 heads of state at the Brics summit of emerging economies. Among the leaders invited are China’s Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.The Kremlin has called it one of the "largest-scale foreign policy events ever" in Russia."The clear message is that attempts to isolate Russia have failed," thinks Chris Weafer, founding partner of consultancy firm Macro-Advisory."It's a big part of the messaging from the Kremlin that Russia is withstanding sanctions. We know there are severe cracks beneath the surface. But at a geopolitical level Russia has all these friends and they’re all going to be Russia's partners."Show more