From "The Analyst":

PEACE CONFERENCE: RUSSIAN INFLUENCE STILL WEIGHS HEAVY

The Peace Conference in Switzerland at which Russia wasn’t present, had a primary purpose. 91 nations came together to work out a way to communicate to both sides a way forward to end the war.
It achieved what it was likely to achieve: nothing of value. In the end it tried to come up with a final communique - and it did. But only 80 of the 91 signed it. Those that did not, including India, South Africa and Brasil, all have long standing and yet largely political historic relationships with the old Soviet Union they cannot let go of. South African ANC leaders were almost all educated in the Soviet Union and supported by Moscow as they worked for the fall of Apartheid. India saw the Soviets as anti-imperialist and have long standing weapons trades with Russia they may well now regret. It’s also about India saying no to either of the blocs when it suits it and carving its own path. Brazil’s socialism and India-like desire to break away from either East or Western domination influenced them.
But their combined reasoning frankly disgusts me. The excuse they and the others - including Indonesia - stated was that, ‘it was unhelpful to blame Russia for the war’.
By which the mean that Ukraine is to blame for not giving in when the Russians occupied Crimea and the Donbas, and if they had just accepted it the war would never have happened.
They also imply that if you accuse Russia of responsibility then its sensitive president won’t be able to cope with being told it’s his fault and will sulk in the corner. After all you don’t want to tell him the truth.
So the conference achieved very little except that those who support Ukraine - 80 nations - made it clear that they continue to do so.
Zelensky made it clear that all Russia has to do is withdraw from the occupied territory and peace talks can start straight away.
Russia of course is set on the path Putin decided on. He’s stuck between the proverbial rock and a hard place. He can’t be seen to lose and he can’t win.
The people of Russia are literally paying for his designs on Ukraine. Facing rises of 7% in taxation on already high taxes, almost every category of income from personal to corporate will pay the extra from July 1st. The money has to come from somewhere as sanctions grip ever more deeply.