New Delhi, July 6 -- RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Against the sun-drenched backdrop of Copacabana and a region reeling from global realignment, the 17th BRICS Summit opened in Rio de Janeiro with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov leading the Moscow delegation. President Vladimir Putin, is addressing the summit via secure video feed. The gathering comes at a critical geopolitical [.]

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