Russia is rolling out the red carpet to its allies on Tuesday, as it hosts the latest BRICS summit in a show of strength to the West. The group, which includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa,

President Vladimir Putin will play host to Russia’s biggest gathering of world leaders, including the heads of 32 countries, since the invasion of Ukraine.

China’s Xi Jinping, India’s Narendra Modi and other global leaders have arrived in the Russian city of Kazan for a summit of the BRICS bloc of developing economies that the Kremlin hopes to turn into a rallying point for defying the Western liberal order.