Russia’s Putin attends BRICS summit in South Africa remotely while facing war crimes warrant

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Russia's Putin stays away over arrest warrant as leaders of emerging economies meet in South Africa
apnews.com

Russian President Vladimir Putin will be notably absent when Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders from the BRICS group of emerging economies start a three-day summit in South Africa on Tuesday.

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Doesn't belong there anyway, he's in charge of a submerging economy.

South Africa isn't an emerging economy either. It's also submerging. Rolling blackouts, failing infrastructure, unemployment north of 30% (officially, unofficially it's probably closer to 60) and rising. It's a failed state, it just doesn't know it yet.

Oh, we know it, and the ones that can are leaving the sinking ship. I really miss it tho, it'll always be home. One of the most beautiful countries with amazing people destroyed by greed and corruption.

Agreed. The country itself is beautiful. It's the ppl running the show which are the problem

Why Sourh Africa is in the emerging economies club ?