Putin Seeks To Drive a Stake Into NATO by Forming an Anti-NATO Alliance

The group known as Brics — for its five original members, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — has just wound up a three-day confab by agreeing on exactly what the Russian leader wanted it to say, beginning with removal of ‘illegal sanctions.’

Maxim Shipenkov, pool via AP
Presidents Xi and Putin attend a family photo ceremony during the Brics Summit at Kazan, Russia, October 24, 2024. Maxim Shipenkov, pool via AP

Russia’s president is forming a powerful counterweight to American-led alliances and relationships from Asia to Europe that may support the Russians in Ukraine.

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