Article 6RNA3 Putin returns to world stage hosting 36 leaders at Brics summit in Russia

Putin returns to world stage hosting 36 leaders at Brics summit in Russia

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Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
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West infuriated as UN secretary general accepts invitation to meeting of countries including China, India and Iran

Vladimir Putin, ostracised by the west and labelled a possible war criminal by the international criminal court, has played host to 36 world leaders from nations including China, India and Iran as part of a summit of the Brics group designed to display Moscow as anything but isolated.

One of the main aims of the summit will be to speed up ways to reduce the number of dollar transactions, and so mitigate the US ability to use the threat of sanctions to seek to impose its political will.

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