Russian President Vladimir Putin will be notably absent when Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders from the BRICS group of emerging economies start a three-day summit in South Africa on August 22. The bloc, consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, is holding its first in-person meeting since before the COVID-19 pandemic, but Putin will participate via video call after his travel to South Africa was complicated by an International Criminal Court arrest warrant issued for him in March over the abduction of children from Ukraine. To read the original story by AP, click here.
Putin Stays Away Over Arrest Warrant As Leaders Of Emerging Economies Meet
Russian President Vladimir Putin will participate via video call after his travel to South Africa was complicated by an ICC arrest warrant issued for him in March over the abduction of children from Ukraine.