In the coming days, Russian President Vladimir Putin will be shaking hands with multiple world leaders, including those from China, India, Turkey and Iran.

Two dozen world leaders will meet in Russia next week for a summit of the BRICS group, an alliance of emerging economies that the Kremlin hopes will challenge Western "hegemony".

Several world leaders will meet in Russia next week for a summit of the Brics group, an alliance of emerging economies that the Kremlin hopes will challenge Western "hegemony." The summit will be the biggest in Russia since the Ukraine conflict began and comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin seeks to show Western attempts to isolate Moscow over the two-and-a-half-year offensive have failed.

Serbia's government has come under pressure from Western countries to align with the bloc and impose sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. Vucic said on Sunday that Se

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić called Russian leader Vladimir Putin for the first time in 2.5 years. He thanked him for the gas. In the published video, Vučić said that he and Putin had a “very good conversation.

Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, tensions between NATO countries and the Kremlin have continued, with NATO leaders increasingly warning that direct conflict with Moscow is a realistic possibility. This comes after Putin and senior Russian officials have repeatedly threatened a nuclear escalation in the war against Kyiv and its Western partners.

Russia has stated that it will only bring the war to an end if it can officially claim the Ukrainian land it currently occupies.

Vladimir Putin has vowed to prevent Ukraine from acquiring nuclear weapons after Volodymyr Zelenskyy revealed that his military no longer uses the Soviet arsenal, as Kyiv seeks to join NATO. The Russian leader warned that if Ukraine manages to develop a significant nuclear arsenal,