If that's isolation I want some of it

Putin is hosting the emerging world's leaders at a BRICS summit. The US election is also going his way. There is little evidence of Western planning for these looming disasters

For an isolated pariah state, Russia appears to have plenty of friends at the moment. President Putin is currently hosting an expanded BRICS summit, with Xi Jinping, Narendra Modi and Cyril Ramaphosa all in attendance. Brazil’s president Lula had to cancel due to a medical issue but the group’s new members are also there: the leaders of the UAE, Egypt, …