THE KAZAN DECLARATION

Putin has not, yet again, gotten his way at the latest BRICS summit in Russia.
Chinese leader Xi (whose internal position at home is believed to have been severely weakened by the military and may be on weaker political ground than he has been for years), called for deescalation and warned third parties not to get involved - a Chinese rebuke of N.Korea.
The Iranians declared themselves committed to closer ties to Russia and China - hoping perhaps for some kind of diplomatic and military support as they sit waiting for an Israeli strike. Nothing was forthcoming.
The Brazilian president is said to have conveniently fallen in the bath and didn’t go at all.
If Putin thought he was going to strengthen or gain any international leverage for a change in the World Order - which is what he keeps trying to make happen, nothing changed.
While these countries try to act like they’re unified in some purpose, they’re often as opposed to each other - China and India for example - as they are in sharing any common goal that goes beyond meaningless words.
BRICS has lofty goals and yet has achieved nothing. Many of the democratic members are firm neutrals on the global stage and don’t want in on Autocracy Inc. They have no desire to support Ukraine and the west but they also don’t want to be seen supporting naked aggression.
Putin was desperate to be seen on the world stage as a viable recognised leader not on the pariah state list. He may have managed that in state controlled propaganda land, but Kazan has changed nothing inside the global order.
These countries are too disparate and even Russia and China have serious differences under the surface.
Once the war is over Russia will have to face the consequences of its over reliance on China and how it’s become a second class member of that alliance. It needs China, China doesn’t need it.

‘The Analyst’ MilStratOnX