Why won’t Putin go to South Africa?

Russian President Vladimir Putin really needs to avoid countries that belong to the ICC and have domestic courts that enforce the rule of law.

Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he won’t be going to South Africa for next month’s summit of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), although all the other leaders will be there. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

July 24, 2023

LONDON, U.K.—Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he won’t be going to South Africa for next month’s summit of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), although all the other leaders will be there. In fact another couple o...

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