The summit’s final document said little about the Ukraine war, but several participants were still searching for a way to end it diplomatically.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has presented himself as the leader of an international coalition of states at the BRICS summit in Kazan, a city of millions on the Volga River. In the official opening photo,

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the newly expanded BRICS group showed that a “multipolar world” is being created, in a challenge to the US-dominated global order.BRICS “meets the aspirations of the main part of the international community,