Russian President Vladimir Putin was received on Thursday at a virtual summit with the presidents of China, India, Brazil and South Africa in a forceful reminder of the limits of US-led efforts to ostracize Moscow.
The Brics Nation Summit, organized virtually by Chinese President Xi Jinping, gave Mr. Putin his most prominent international stage in the four months since his forces invaded neighboring Ukraine, and used it to denounce economic sanctions and call for unity among developing economies. , a call echoed by Mr. Xi.