Putin at BRICS Summit: ‘The West Is Trying to Regain Lost Leadership’

Source: la Repubblica | Original Published At: 2026-09-11 22:00:00 UTC

Key Points

• Vladimir Putin attended the BRICS summit in New Delhi and stated that BRICS is not against anyone.
• Putin said Western competitors are trying to regain lost leadership through measures he described as sanctions, attacks on energy infrastructure, and threats of secondary sanctions.
• He presented more than 30,000 sanctions against Russia as a punitive tool that could affect any country pursuing an independent policy.
• Putin said new engines of development are replacing the old leaders of economic growth and sought new economic agreements among BRICS powers.
• The article notes his meetings with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping amid the Russia-Ukraine war and Ukrainian attacks on Russian infrastructure.