President Vladimir V. Putin, hoping to prove he is not the pariah that the West has tried to make him, this week welcomed leaders from China, India and Iran, among other nations. Then, there was the NATO member.
Author: Valerie Hopkins and David Pierson
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The Russian leader wants to cast himself as a global statesman, even as the U.S. and its Western allies try to isolate him.
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The Russian leader hopes to use the meeting of the so-called BRICS group, which includes China and India, as a counterweight to the West.
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