PM Narendra Modi arrived in Kazan. He is also expected to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Russia is looking to show it's not isolated internationally, inviting leaders to an expanded BRICS+ summit. Ukraine has criticized the UN chief for attending and not coming to its Swiss peace summit.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday arrived here to attend the 16th BRICS Summit, where he is likely to hold bilateral meetings, including with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese Preside

During the summit, PM Modi is expected to hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts from BRICS member nations and other invited leaders.

The 16th BRICS Summit takes place in Kazan Russia and marks the first summit since the expansion of the bloc to include five additional countries.

Russia wants the BRICS summit to showcase the rising clout of the non-Western world, but Moscow's partners from China, India, Brazil and the Arab world are urging President Putin to find a way to end the war in Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a news conference following the BRICS summit Russia is hosting in Kazan on Thursday, Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said on Monday. Delegations from 36 countries - 22 of them represented by heads of state - and six international organisations will be present in Kazan,

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BRICS summit in Kazan brings together Putin, Xi, Modi, Erdogan, and Pezeshkian, reflecting Russia's defiance of Western isolation and the bloc's growing influence. View on euronews