The BRICS Summit in the Russian city of Kazan signals that the world is “tired”of the dictates of the US-led collective West, RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan has said. The gathering also exposes the West’s failed attempts to isolate Russia, she added.     

Speaking on Tuesday at an event marking the anniversary of diplomatic relations between Russia and China, the RT editor-in-chief recalled the words of Chinese President Xi Jinping, who once said that his country does not need foreign “masters” who attempt to interfere in internal affairs on the pretense of human rights concerns. The same can be heard in Russia from President Vladimir Putin, Simonyan stated.   

“We know the price of their [the West’s] hypocrisy when they talk about human rights, and this is being said by the same people who used drug trafficking and the most brutal, most disgusting ways to enslave a nation in an effort to force China not to be China – which they did during the Opium Wars,” Simonyan said.   

She emphasized that the ongoing BRICS Summit in Kazan demonstrates the clear friendship between the countries attending the event, but also provides evidence of the West’s failed attempts to isolate Russia from the rest of the world.   

“It shows our fatigue – with them, with their hypocrisy, with their dictates. With their attempts to turn us into something different, with their attempts to chop off pieces from us,” Simonyan said. 

“We are all tired. Thank you for the fact that we are tired together and will eventually rest together when the truth prevails and this unipolar world, which is already in tatters, ceases to exist.”  

Leaders from around the world have gathered in Kazan for the 16th BRICS Summit on October 22-24.   

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who is also attending, noted the significance of the summit for his organization, as the economic grouping represents nearly half of the global population.   

Guterres’ presence at the BRICS Summit has sparked criticism from Kiev, especially after he skipped this year’s Swiss-Ukraine ‘peace conference’.  

The BRICS Summit is set to host high-level bilateral talks and diplomatic discussions focused on multilateralism, with dozens of nations expressing interest in joining or working with the group.   

BRICS currently comprises Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates. The group represents approximately 46% of the world’s population and over 36% of global GDP, according to estimates from leading financial institutions.

https://www.rt.com/russia/606218-world-tired-western-dictate-simonyan-brics/

MEANWHILE THE NYT BULLSHIT DENIGRATES THE MEET WHICH IS CHANGING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS:

Unable to travel abroad, ‘pariah’ Putin has Xi, Modi come to him [THIS IS BULLSHIT. PUTIN RECENTLY TRAVELLED ABROAD]

By Valerie Hopkins and David Pierson

Kazan, Russia: Isolated by the West for his war in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has scored a diplomatic victory by welcoming the leaders of China, India and South Africa at the opening of a summit of emerging market countries bidding to rebalance a world order now dominated by the United States.

Putin, who cannot travel freely abroad because of a warrant for his arrest issued by the International Criminal Court, was able to cast himself as a global statesman by rolling out the red carpet for the likes of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Xi’s plane was escorted by a Russian fighter jet before he landed in Kazan to red-carpet treatment, which included an honour guard and women in traditional costumes bearing plates of Tatar snacks known as chak-chak.

Putin received the visiting leaders at the historic Kazan Kremlin, an ornate centuries-old castle.

Meetings with foreign leaders have become rarer for Putin, and he sought to use the gathering to show that he has powerful allies and influence in the world.

“Russia-China co-operation in international affairs is one of the main stabilising factors in the world,” he told Xi, whom he addressed as a “dear friend” at the beginning of a bilateral meeting. “We will continue to collaborate to establish a just world order.”

The summit is perhaps the highest-profile international event in Russia since Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, or even in Russian history, according to the state RIA News Agency. Over three days, Putin will also host Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the first NATO member to indicate interest in joining the group of countries, and the United Nations secretary-general, Antonio Guterres.

Ukraine has condemned Guterres’ planned meeting with Putin, which the Russian leader is expected to use to further reinforce his point that Russia is far from the global pariah the West has cast it as.

“For Russia to have 22 leaders and representatives of over 30 countries coming to Kazan 2½ years into this war does not only show that Putin is not isolated internationally and the ICC warrant is of limited utility, but also that the war in Ukraine has become a new normal, something accepted as a feature of international reality,” said Hanna Notte of the James Martin Centre for Nonproliferation Studies in California.

Known as BRICS – an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – the grouping expanded this year to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates. Together, the group represents almost half the world’s population and more than 35 per cent of global economic output, adjusted by purchasing power.

Still, Putin has not been able to escape the shadow of the war in Ukraine.

“We have been in constant touch over the conflict between Russia and Ukraine,” Modi told Putin after giving him a warm hug. “We believe that disputes should only be resolved peacefully. We totally support efforts to quickly restore peace and stability.”

Modi has navigated the two combatants in the war carefully. This is his second visit to Russia in three months, but he also travelled to Ukraine in August. India has helped prop up Russia’s economy by buying discounted oil from Russian companies that have been placed under sanctions by the United States and Europe.

The day before the summit, India and China reached an agreement on patrolling their shared Himalayan border, potentially easing the icy hostility between the Asian giants after a deadly skirmish between their troops four years ago.

Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said the agreement had come after weeks of intense talks between diplomatic and military negotiators from both sides. The agreement, Misri said, was designed to lead to “disengagement and a resolution of the issues that had arisen in these areas in 2020″.

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Lin Jian, said: “Now both sides have arrived at a resolution on the relevant matter, which China views favourably. Going forward, the Chinese side and Indian side will implement those resolutions.” 

Some countries, among them China, Russia and Iran, want to use BRICS to challenge the power of the United States, particularly its ability to wield economic sanctions. Others, such as India and Brazil, are more interested in reforming global institutions like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund to better serve the needs of the developing world.

The inclusion of more member states will probably make it more difficult for the group to reach consensus, diplomats and analysts say.

A key topic for the summit will be trying to build a global payments system similar to the global banking network known as SWIFT, which Russia was excluded from because of its invasion of Ukraine. Talks are also under way to add more countries to the group, including a new “partner” category that would require less involvement from interested states.

However, Notte said that much of the activity at the summit is “more show than substance”, asserting that it will have a limited effect on Russia’s war effort.

“All these partners in BRICS, and its associates, have thrown lifelines to Russia’s economy, support of which has been meaningful and allowed Russia to prolong the war in Ukraine,” she said. “But it is not enough to put Russia into position to actually win the war.” She cited problems with manpower and ammunition.

Kazan is the capital of Russia’s Tatarstan region, which is about 1200 kilometres from the front line with Ukraine. Despite the distance, the region has been subject to long-range Ukrainian drone attacks, including in April. Security in Kazan is particularly tight, with schools and universities closed and movement around the city limited.

This article originally appeared in The New York Times.

https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/unable-to-travel-abroad-pariah-putin-has-xi-modi-come-to-him-20241023-p5kkmg.html

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