All right, Alexander, let's talk about what is happening in Kazan, Bricks Kazan. And Putin had,

he attended many events, gave speeches, talked to the media, talked about the special military

operation, talked about the statements that Zelensky made about NATO and nuclear weapons talked a lot about

bricks and a lot about the future of bricks, the countries that want to enter bricks, as well as

the payment system, the financial architecture that many people believe is going to be announced

at the BRICS summit in Kazan.

So where would you like to begin as far as talking about everything that Putin talked about

at these events before the BRICS summit takes place?

By the way, just at a side note, I believe Modi has confirmed that he will attend, but Lula,

his office has stated that Lula will not be able to attend in person.

He'll attend via video because he suffered a head injury last weekend.

He can't, I want to understand, his doctor said he can't travel.

That's what they're saying with regards to Touloula.

So anyway, I just wanted to throw that out there.

Where should we begin with all the events around Briggs-Kazan?

I mean, the first thing to say was that it's, I was watching Putin in action.

He was in all sorts of talking, as you said, in all kinds of venues.

He looked, again, supremely confident and on top of things.

And obviously the Russians as chair, because they've been the Bricks chair this year,

have been working very hard in putting it

all together and i think um he feels that everything is coming together in terms of the bricks

quite well he had an awful lot to say about the bricks he had an awful lot to say about the

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