The BRICS summit in Russia will be the "the largest foreign policy event ever held" by Russia, Kremlin foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov has said. The summit with include 36 countries with over 20 represented by heads of state. Russian President Vladimir Putin has positioned the BRICS summit as a counterweight to the West.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin hailed the rise of a “multipolar world order” on Wednesday as he hosted 36 countries for talks in defiance of western efforts to isolate his country because of the war in Ukraine.

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday (Oct 23) touted the creation of a new “multipolar world order” at the Brics summit, a gathering of world leaders he hopes will show that Western attempts to isolate Moscow over its Ukraine offensive have failed.