But Putin will be notably absent from a key global forum this week, the BRICS summit in Johannesburg.
His no-show speaks volumes about Russia’s isolation – and Putin’s shrinking horizons.
Bolstering such support against the background of the war on Ukraine was a key aim of Putin’s recent Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg.
The Kremlin, of course, bristles at any implication that Putin is ducking out of the BRICS summit because of an ICC warrant.
Russia, after all, is waging a war on Ukraine that Putin has justified in starkly imperial terms.
Persons:
Vladimir Putin, Putin, he’ll, Alexander Lukashenko, Cyril Ramaphosa, Xi Jinping, Luiz Lula da Silva, Narendra Modi –, Sergey Lavrov, Omar al, Bashir –, Darfur –, Dmitry Peskov, ”, Lavrov, “
Organizations:
CNN, Kremlin, Putin, South, Indian, International Criminal, ICC, Hague, Russian, UN Security Council
Locations:
Ukraine, Moscow, Beijing, Central Asia, Iran, Minsk, Belarusian, Russia, Johannesburg, Russian, Africa, St . Petersburg, Latin America, Asia, South Africa, Darfur, BRICS, United States