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.

The 2024 BRICS Summit will commence today in Kazan, Russia, in one of the preeminent policy meetings in the world. The summit is expected to focus on a variety of strategies to increase the intergovernmental organization’s influence and maximize economic efficiency so that it can continue to compete against the economies of Western nations.

Russia is hosting a BRICS summit for the first time, with 4 new members. But efforts to rival the West will be hard, geopolitics experts told BI.