🎙 President of Russia Vladimir Putin's remarks at the meeting of the 18th BRICS Summit in the BRICS Outreach/Plus format (September 13, 2026)

💬 Vladimir Putin: The broad representation at today’s meeting confirms that the international community’s interest in BRICS continues to grow.

Our fundamental values and ideals – such as commitment to an independent and autonomous course, striving to solve problems collectively while relying on international law and the key provisions of the UN Charter – appeal to many in the world.

The BRICS group has always advocated that all countries without exception should have equal and unlimited opportunities for consistent and balanced economic and social growth, for ensuring their populations’ wellbeing, while being able to preserve unique national cultures and traditions and to adhere to their own sovereign development models. <...>

I would like to emphasise that today BRICS is a powerful driving force behind the strengthening of genuine multilateralism in international relations, and plays a major role in shaping a new, fairer and multipolar world order.

It is worth noting that the BRICS nations are seeing steady population growth and strengthening domestic markets; they have established robust industrial, technological, financial and academic hubs, as well as modern transport, energy and digital infrastructure. Trade within our association has already reached $1.2 trillion. Member states account for almost a quarter of global exports, and it is BRICS that, at 49 percent, provides most of global GDP growth.

That said, the potential for the further development of BRICS is far from exhausted. One of the main untapped resources so far is the complementarity of the member states’ economies. The differences in their structure and specialisation offer vast opportunities for practical cooperation, for creating new production chains, technologies, services, and markets. <...>

I also invite everyone to take a closer look at the promising initiatives put forward by Russia to streamline our cooperation. These include establishing a BRICS payment, depository and clearance infrastructure, as well as setting up a reinsurance mechanism and a grain exchange within the association. I am convinced that both member states and partners of BRICS will be able to employ all these tools in the future. Further strengthening the capacity of the BRICS New Development Bank and updating its business model is a pressing task. <...>

Naturally, technological transformation is a key driver of global growth and sovereign development. With the widespread adoption of artificial intelligence, the development of autonomous systems, and the rise of digital trade platforms and financial solutions, the very model of economic value creation is shifting.

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The President's address to participants and guests of the 2026 International Youth Festival

I have no doubt that you, the younger generation, will succeed. It is your time. Follow your dreams with Russia! 

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🎙 President of Russia Vladimir Putin's greetings to participants and guests of the 2026 International Youth Festival (September 13, 2026)

💬 Dear Friends! I am delighted to welcome participants and guests of the International Youth Festival.

This year, you have gathered in the capital of the Urals, Yekaterinburg – the city where Europe and Asia meet and where history literally lives in every stone.

For centuries, the Urals have produced ideas that changed our country for the better. First plants, Russia’s first industrial revolution, and hundreds of modern scientific breakthroughs. Where else but here, one of the centres of Russia’s industrial, cultural and intellectual legacy, would young leaders from different countries discuss how our life is changing with the arrival of new technology and what kind of world we want in the future?

🌏🤝 In the Russian language, the word “mir” means friendship, peace and accord; but at the same time, it means the world, the planet: humanity, all the countries and peoples on Earth.

That explains so much about the character of Russia’s multi-ethnic nation, our decisions and actions.

If we are friends, our friendship is strong and enduring. If we are neighbours, we seek fairness and respect for one another.

We want every person to remain human and for their fate be determined by things other than nationality, a wallet packed with money, status or background. We strongly believe that every nation is free to choose its path independently and is entitled to equal access to medications, food, water, energy and education opportunities, and to the use of the latest technology that must be available to all humanity.

It is our aspiration, our cause and our dream. If you share these aspirations, let’s change the world together.

We will welcome those who decide to join our projects in Russia. We are equally happy to see you build our shared new, open and, hopefully, just world in your own home countries.

I have no doubt that you, the younger generation, will succeed. It is your time.

🇷🇺 Follow your dreams with Russia.

I wish you the best of health, good luck and all the best.

⚡️ On September 12, the XVIII BRICS Summit adopted the New Delhi Declaration “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability”.

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1. We, the Leaders of #BRICS countries, met in New Delhi, India, from September 12 to 13, 2026 for the XVIII BRICS Summit held under the theme: “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability”.

2. We reaffirm our commitment to the BRICS spirit of mutual respect and understanding, sovereign equality, solidarity, democracy, openness, inclusiveness, collaboration and consensus.

Building on two decades of BRICS, we further commit ourselves to strengthening cooperation in the expanded BRICS under the three pillars of political and security, economic and financial, cultural and people-to-people cooperation, and to enhancing our strategic partnership for the benefit of our people through the promotion of peace, a more representative, fairer international order, a reinvigorated and reformed multilateral system, sustainable development and inclusive growth.

3. We recognise the valuable contribution of Partner countries to BRICS cooperation. We underscore our strong belief that advancing the BRICS partnership with Emerging Markets and Developing Countries (#EMDCs) will further contribute to strengthening the spirit of solidarity and international cooperation for the benefit of all.

We reaffirm our commitment to fostering inclusive, mutually beneficial and development-oriented partnership with Partner countries. We encourage their increasing participation in BRICS engagements and practical cooperation in areas of shared interest.

4. We commend India for hosting the Outreach/BRICS Plus Dialogue segment of the XVIII BRICS Summit, which injects new impetus to strengthen international cooperation and solidarity.

7. On the landmark occasion of the 2️⃣0️⃣th anniversary of BRICS, we reiterate our commitment to reforming and improving global governance by promoting a more just, equitable, agile, effective, efficient, responsive, representative, legitimate, democratic and accountable international and multilateral system in the spirit of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits.

Bearing in mind the need to adapt the current architecture of international relations to better reflect the contemporary realities, we reiterate our commitment to strengthening multilateralism and multipolarity and to upholding international law, including the Purposes and Principles of the UN Charter in their entirety and interconnectedness in a balanced and inclusive manner, as its indispensable cornerstone, and the central role of the #UN in the international system.

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139. We commend India’s BRICS Chairship in 2026 and express our gratitude to the government and people of India for holding the XVIII BRICS Summit in the city of New Delhi.

140. We extend full support to China for its BRICS Chairship in 2027 and the holding of the XIX BRICS Summit in China.

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