A summit of the Brics group of emerging market countries will abstain from criticising Russia's recent actions in Ukraine, Brazilian officials said, a diplomatic victory for President Vladimir Putin.
Facing efforts to isolate Russia by leading Western nations, the Brics summit in Fortaleza this week, provides Putin with a welcome geopolitical platform to show he has friends elsewhere, economic powers seen as shaping the future of the world.
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