🇷🇺 Putin delivered a speech during the plenary session of the XVI BRICS 🤩🤩🤩 🗣 "summit in an outreach format. Key points included:

UKRAINE

✅ Ukraine is being leveraged to pose significant threats to Russia’s security.

✅ Those aiming to achieve a strategic defeat of Russia lack an understanding of the country’s history; their calculations are misguided.

MIDDLE EAST/WEST ASIA

✅ The escalating situation in the Middle East is alarming, highlighting a long-standing conflict.

✅Russia consistently opposes all forms of terrorism.

✅The rising tensions in the region risk leading to a full-scale war.

✅Russia aims to assist in stabilizing the Middle East.

✅Putin urged for an end to violence in the region.

✅A resolution must be based on widely accepted international principles.

✅Restoring peace in the region requires addressing historical injustices in Palestinian territories.

✅A comprehensive political process is essential for achieving a settlement.

✅ All BRICS nations share concerns about the situation in Gaza and hope for measures to ease tensions.

BRICS OUTREACH/PLUS

✅The BRICS outreach format has proven effective for direct and open dialogue.

✅As chair, Russia invited leaders from neighboring countries and those interested in joining BRICS to the BRICS+ meeting.

✅ Putin encouraged the development of the North-South corridor and the Northern Sea Route at the BRICS Plus gathering.

WORLD POLITICS, THE UN, AND FINANCIAL MECHANISMS

✅ Transitioning to a fair world order is challenging, and there are efforts to obstruct this process.

✅The UN should remain central in promoting peace and security.

✅ It is vital to enhance the representation of African countries in the UN Security Council, as discussed at the BRICS summit.

✅ Reforming UN development agencies and global financial systems is urgently needed.

✅ A new wave of global economic recovery is emerging in the majority world countries.

✅ Alternative financial mechanisms, independent of external control, should be established.

✅ Putin emphasized the importance of granting the Global South and East access to technologies to help them adapt to climate change.

✅ Russia plays a significant role in ensuring global food and energy security.

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🇻🇪🇮🇱 Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro slams Israel at BRICS Summit.

"Every time a high-precision missile falls on an apartment building in Gaza, Beirut, or Lebanon...killing men, women, and children...it sets fire to and destroys the United Nations system. A new world is possible."

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Belarus has become a BRICS partner state , Lukashenko said.

According to him, this is a mandatory step before full-fledged entry into the association.

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Kazan is a wonderful city, though I suspect much of what took place at the 16th BRICS summit will be revealed in the coming months.

For independent journalists, this event was very closed off with many of us not being granted accreditation making it particularly difficult. Headlines have been few and far between, though as stated, I suspect in the coming months the world will see just how significant this meeting was in the geopolitical sphere.

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🇷🇺 Russian President Putin says the entire Middle East is on the brink of disaster.

"The humanitarian situation is also exacerbated. The number of displaced persons and refugees is more than 1,000,000 people.

The infrastructure, residential areas, hospitals, schools, and social services have been greatly damaged, and the destruction continues. Russia has many questions."

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🇷🇺🇺🇳 United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the BRICS Summit in Kazan.

A positive diplomatic event, however this image alone has reportedly set social media aflame with angry supporters of Ukraine viewing this as a betrayal and sign of pending defeat.

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Georgia's ruling party wins parliamentary elections with 53% of votes. The Central Election Commission processed ballots from 70% of polling stations.

"Georgian Dream" stated that following the elections it will receive about 90 mandates (there are 150 in total). In addition, four opposition parties have overcome the 5% threshold and are entering parliament.

UPD. The Georgian opposition refused to recognize the election results and announced protests in the country for tomorrow.

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Transgender people have taken 890 medals from women in 29 different sports, according to a UN report.

Rima al-Salem says sports federations' policy of allowing men who identify as women to participate in women's competitions violates women athletes' rights

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Ranking of the world's strongest armies for 2024: Russia tops the list.

In the new ranking of the world's strongest armies for 2024, published by US News and World Report, Russia took first place, ahead of other leading powers.

Experts note that the Russian Army has strengthened its positions thanks to the experience gained during the Second World War, as well as the constant modernization of weapons and personnel training.

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Boris Johnson has promised support to the Georgian people if they 'fight for freedom' and accused Russia of interfering in the Georgian parliamentary elections

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🇷🇺 Russian Foreign Minister says if Ukraine joins NATO "either Ukraine disappears, or NATO does."

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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock flew to China... where no one met her

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