All right, Alexander, let's talk about the BRICS summit in Brazil.

And the talk about this summit, a lot of people are talking about the fact that Xi Jinping

is not present at this event, nor is Russian president of Vladimir Putin.

Vladimir Putin not being present at this brick summit, I don't think it's the

first summit that Putin has missed. He's not attending because of the ICC warrant. I personally

personally believe that he doesn't attend these summits that are quite a distance from Russia

because I think the Russians, rightly so, are concerned

about the flights from Moscow to Brazil and the Neocons and the collective West.

Who knows what they would do with a flight of such a distance?

Anyway,

He's Jinping's a different story.

This is the first summit that he has missed.

Yes.

And a lot of people are asking questions.

What is going on?

Is China not interested in bricks anymore?

Are things going that bad in China that he has to stay there for some sort of domestic emergencies.

Has Bricks lost its number one?

It's its main partner, its main member in China.

What are your thoughts on this summit? Well, I'm going to just say a few things here. First of all, I've been looking carefully at the

Chinese media over the last couple of days for some signs that Xi Jinping's position might be

slipping. I see absolutely no evidence of this at all. Usually in this kind of political

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