BRICS' new declaration shows Russia's war still can't get the international backing that Moscow wants

• BRICS' Kazan Declaration connected Wednesday contained 134 points — and only 1 discussed nan Ukraine war.
• That constituent was a telephone for each parties to abide by UN standards, contempt Russia hosting this year.
• It shows that Russia still has problem getting friends countries connected committee pinch nan war, per nan ISW.

Over 2 twelve world leaders astatine this year's BRICS acme ended Wednesday's talks pinch nan Kazan Declaration, a 134-point summary of their agreements.

The warfare successful Ukraine was only mentioned erstwhile successful nan 43-page document, and though Russian leader Vladimir Putin hosted nan event, its wording is simply a acold outcry from nan Kremlin's preferred rhetoric.

That azygous paragraph contained nary of Russia's accustomed talking points, alternatively urging each parties to enactment successful accordance pinch United Nations standards — a much neutral connection often utilized by nations for illustration China.

"We stress that each states should enactment consistently pinch nan Purposes and Principles of nan UN Charter successful their entirety and interrelation," nan archive reads. "We statement pinch appreciation applicable proposals of mediation and bully offices, aimed astatine a serene solution of nan conflict done speech and diplomacy."

The Institute for nan Study of War wrote connected Wednesday that nan connection successful nan archive shows that Russia, contempt its starring position astatine nan summit, still isn't capable to style nan stances of friends world leaders connected its war.

"The Kazan Declaration notably only mentioned Russia's warfare successful Ukraine once," nan Washington-based deliberation vessel wrote.

Russia has denied nan sovereignty of Ukraine and said its penetration is justified arsenic a counter to NATO's description and owed to debunked allegations that Ukraine is simply a Nazi-run state.

The declaration "demonstrated that Russia has not yet secured nan world support nor created nan replacement information building that nan Kremlin desires," ISW added.

That's important because Moscow has been trying to get its friends connected committee pinch its penetration while nan West isolates nan Russian system successful response. The US and Ukraine person many times accused China, a founding BRICS member, of supplying Russia pinch weapons parts and economical support.

Yet respective founding members of nan BRICS group, specified arsenic Brazil and India, still support beardown economical ties pinch nan US amid its support for Kyiv.

The Kazan Declaration, meanwhile, condemned Israeli actions successful nan Middle East successful 5 points, including disapproval of a onslaught connected nan Iranian consulate successful Syria, Tel Aviv's penetration of confederate Lebanon, and nan war successful Gaza.

World leaders besides spent 2 paragraphs discussing nan South Sudanese Civil War.

The acme besides exposed nan difficulties that Western sanctions person inflicted connected life successful Russia. Leaders met successful Kazan, which is successful nan southwestern Republic of Tatarstan region.

Business Insider's Huileng Tan wrote that organizers said card transactions there would beryllium unavailable owed to restrictions connected Mastercard and Visa cards issued extracurricular Russia.

Attendees were alternatively asked to bring rate successful US dollars aliases euros — nan aforesaid currencies that Putin has been trying to get his allied countries to driblet — to speech for rubles astatine Russian banks.