The BRICS summit in Russia will be the "the largest foreign policy event ever held" by Russia, Kremlin foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov has said. The summit with include 36 countries with over 20 represented by heads of state. Russian President Vladimir Putin has positioned the BRICS summit as a counterweight to the West.

According to the "Daily Mail" website, the BRICS summit, held from October 22 to 24, is the largest diplomatic event in Russia since the invasion of Ukraine more than two and a half years ago. Moscow attempts to demonstrate that Western efforts to isolate and punish it have been ineffective.