Vladimir Putin is hosting China’s Xi Jinping, India’s Narendra Modi, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Iran’s Masoud Pezeshkian among other world leaders at Kazan meeting

Brazil's president was following medical advice to avoid long-haul flights after hurting his head in an accident at home.

Brazilian President Lula da Silva suffered a head injury, which forced him to cancel his trip to the city of Kazan, the aggressor country of russia, for the

BRICS summit in Kazan brings together Putin, Xi, Modi, Erdogan, and Pezeshkian, reflecting Russia's defiance of Western isolation and the bloc's growing influence.View on euronews

Russia wants the BRICS summit to showcase the rising clout of the non-Western world, but Moscow's partners from China, India, Brazil and the Arab world are urging President Putin to find a way to end the war in Ukraine.

As more and more countries line up to join BRICS, Chinese leader Xi Jinping is looking to use the summit to showcase an alternative world order and Russian President Vladimir Putin looks to show that he isn’t diplomatically isolated.

The announcement of Lula’s absence is significant for Brazil, especially as the BRICS bloc continues to gain global attention.

President Vladimir Putin will play host to Russia’s biggest gathering of world leaders, including the heads of 32 countries, since the invasion of Ukraine.

President Vladimir Putin will play host to Russia’s biggest gathering of world leaders since the invasion of Ukraine and use the BRICS summit to show the US and its allies that he’s no pariah.