Putin’s participation in the BRICS summit has become one of the key topics of the world media

The participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the BRICS summit has become one of the key topics for leading Western media. After the informal meeting of the leaders, which ended late at night, world publications started talking about the beginning of a global reconfiguration of economic processes. However, the main statements in South Africa will be made today. Correspondent “Izvestia” Alexey Lazurenko is broadcasting from Johannesburg.

The first day for the BRICS leaders ended under the cover of the African night. After meeting with the business circles of the countries, the President of South Africa invited the guests to an informal meeting. Emphasizing her status by friendly patting the approaching on the shoulder.

In the so-called family photo, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov joined the presidents and the prime minister. And Vladimir Putin also joined the communication, which was closed to the press, via video link from the Kremlin. The President of Russia participates in all key dialogues of the summit. And this is of particular concern to the world of the Western press.

“Vladimir Putin delivered a video message to the participants of the BRICS summit. And surprisingly, when the broadcast began, the audience erupted into loud applause.‘, Briar Stewart told CBC News.

In the European media – a real hysteria. Opposing themselves to the dictatorship of the West, the BRICS countries are building a new world order, leading German newspapers are full of headlines. And they themselves ask themselves: what will happen if this five turns into an “anti-dollar cartel”?

“I do not see anything good in the fact that the BRICS countries unite and take over the world, leaving the West behind. Do we need to worry? Certainly! Yes, they supply us with food, they are our creditors. US debt to the BRICS countries is at a peak level over the past 16 years”– said on the air of the Real America program.

“The greatest rivalry will not be with the G20, but with the G7, which includes the rich countries of the West. I think it remains to be seen which association will take over in the coming years.“, – says the head of Russian-African projects at the Institute of International Relations of South Africa, Steven Gruzd.

Without waiting for the defeat, the head of the German Foreign Ministry goes on the attack on the unity of the BRICS.

“It makes no sense to have close cooperation within the BRICS framework with the Russian president, who literally undermined the grain deal”– said German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock.

This despite the fact that Putin the day before, including for people like Burbock, once again reminded: Russia will return to the grain deal when the conditions for the supply of our fertilizers and grain are met. The share of which in the African market for six months equaled the indicators of the entire 2022. The absence of Ukrainian food was felt only by the rich countries of Europe, where it went. And BRICS intends to fight this hypocrisy. Creating, among other things, new forms of settlements with each other.

“From our point of view, this will lead to the fact that if not a full-fledged currency will appear in the BRICS system (it will take a long time), then some kind of quasi-instrument that will be used for settlements between countries”– said Vladimir Ilyichev, Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.

“Today is the main day of the summit in Johannesburg. The leaders of the five will discuss, among other things, the tools for expanding the alliance, which is increasingly asserting itself as a guarantor of honest rules in politics and the economy”– said the correspondent of “Izvestia”.