The Russian city of Kazan is hosting leaders from the world's emerging economies, including those from a new batch of members that joined BRICS this year.

President Vladimir Putin will play host to Russia’s biggest gathering of world leaders since the invasion of Ukraine and use the BRICS summit to show the US and its allies that he’s no pariah.

As Russia battles North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato)-backed Ukrainian forces and China faces increasing pressure from United States’ efforts to curb its growing military and economic power, bot