site.btaBrussels: Russia Fails to Get Support from BRICS Countries

Russia is failing to get the support it seeks from BRICS countries, a spokesman for the European Commission said here on Thursday in response to a question related to the summit in Kazan. The spokesman added that this shows Moscow's international isolation.

The meeting was an attempt by (Russian President Vladimir) Putin to misuse the Russian chairmanship of BRICS to overcome international isolation, the spokesman said. In his words, there was no single position on the war in Ukraine in the joint declaration adopted at the meeting.

“The Kazan Declaration does not apply to us. EU sanctions are based on legal decisions under the current legislation,” the spokesman said.