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Putin’s grotesque summit has exposed the West’s pretence of isolating Russia

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Leaders of some 20 countries have gathered for a summit that is nothing less than a diplomatic coup for Vladimir Putin .

Far from being shunned as an international pariah, he is chairing a meeting of the so-called BRICS .

Several of the countries attending are signatories to the Rome Statute setting up the International Criminal Court .

Putin has set himself up as a representative of post-colonialism even as he hosts a summit in an ancient Khanate annexed by Russia .

The Ukrainians are furious that Guterres has been invited to Kazan , because they can see where this is all leading.

But this is a summit of great importance to the balance of global power and to the future of Ukraine .