Ton of BRICS? Putin defies West with global summit

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    Period22 Oct 2024

    Media coverage

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    • TitleThe Debate
      Degree of recognitionInternational
      Media name/outletFrance 24
      Media typeTelevision
      Duration/Length/Size41:40
      Country/TerritoryFrance
      Date22/10/24
      DescriptionIt's been not too shabby a week so far for Russia’s leader of 24 years, sandwiched between a Moldova referendum where the pro-EU camp underwhelmed and a crucial general election in fellow former Soviet state Georgia.
      Forget International Criminal Court arrest warrants. Vladimir Putin is rolling out the red carpet for dozens of leaders by the banks of the Volga in Tatarstan's capital Kazan.
      Despite Western sanctions over Ukraine and the sputterings of a slowing Chinese economy, new names are lining up at the BRICS summit to join the club of emerging world giants whose fortunes seem tied to the whims of world commodity prices. If, as billed, it is much more than a trade talking shop, then what are the BRICS all about in 2024?
      And if Putin's having a good week so far, what about in two weeks if Donald Trump returns to the White House? We ask our panel how the former Soviet world sees that prospect.

      Guests of "THE DEBATE" are: Regis Gente- RFI and FRANCE 24 Tbilisi correspondent, Jacques Rupnik- Director of Research Emeritus at Sciences Po Paris, Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova- Head of Riga Stradins University China Studies Centre.
      Producer/AuthorAndrew Hilliar, Rebecca Gnignati and Annarosa Zampaglione
      URLhttps://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-debate/20241022-ton-of-brics-putin-defies-west-with-global-summit?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=x&utm_source=shorty&utm_slink=f24.my%2FAgb2
      PersonsUna Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova

    Keywords

    • BRICS Summit
    • Russia
    • China

    Field of Science

    • 5.6 Political science