Putin’s absence at the summit has been announced by the South African presidency, ending months of speculation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the summit of the BRICS group of nations in South Africa in August “by mutual agreement”, South Africa’s presidency said on Wednesday.

“By mutual agreement, President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation will not attend the summit, but the Russian Federation will be represented by Foreign Minister Mr [Sergey] Lavrov,” Vincent Magwenya, a spokesman for President Cyril Ramaphosa, said in a statement.

South Africa faced a dilemma in hosting the summit because, as a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC) which issued an arrest warrant for Putin in March for alleged war crimes, it would theoretically be required to arrest him if he were to attend.

The dilemma led to intense debate in South Africa and the West about whether the warrant would be executed, given South Africa’s stance of neutrality on the war in Ukraine and Pretoria’s historic ties to the Kremlin.

In 2015, South Africa also failed to arrest then-Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir, who was also the subject of an ICC warrant.

The leaders of Brazil, India and South Africa will attend the summit, the presidency said.

BRICS, a bloc of emerging economic powers comprising Brazil, Russia, India and China was formed in 2019 as BRIC. South Africa joined the following year after an invitation from China, expanding the group.

Ethiopia, Iran and Argentina have also applied to join the bloc.

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  • CarcosaEnglish
    -10•1 year ago

    Chinese homeownership is 89% compared to the united states 65% under Xi Jinping’s tenure

    Chinese poverty has continued to decrease under Xi Jinping’s tenure

    Chinese literacy rate has continued to increase and is higher than the United States

    Chinese maternal mortality rate has continued to decrease while the Untied States is increasing

    China’s homicide rate has continued to decrease while the United States is increasing

    China’s suicide rate has continued to decrease while the United States is increasing

    https://www.macrotrends.net/

    I feel sorry for those that live in the west, maybe if you vote hard enough your oligarch will grant you a crumb or a low interest morgage

    • @rustyfishEnglish
      5•1 year ago

      Having to compare oneself with the capitalist hellhole that is the United States just to look good is really telling for China.

      Also more copypasta. I give up.

      • CarcosaEnglish
        0•1 year ago

        Couldn’t be because you have nothing substantial to say must be bacuse i’m a copypasta tankie wumao

      • CarcosaEnglish
        -2•1 year ago

        Chinese homeownership is 89% Germany’s is 49.5

        Germany’s Suicide Rate is 12.3 average compared to 8.1

        China gdp growth rate for 2021 was 8.11%, a 5.87% increase from 2020.

        Germany gdp growth rate for 2021 was 2.63%, a 6.32% increase from 2020.

        Per: http://datatopics.worldbank.org/world-development-indicators/

        Germany does have lower crime, better literacy, and a lower maternal mortality rate however I would like to add that China’s vast rural areas have improved immensely from 1949 onward.

        • @ikiddEnglish
          0•1 year ago

          The quality of these “homes” might want to be taken into account. When the building falls down because there’s no real inspection process, are the survivors compensated by the state that failed them?