Three Leaders to Skip BRICS Summit Despite Putin the Terrible's Invite. One of them is the B(razil) in BRICS

That is surprising as the current President of Brazil is a hard lefist! Well, Lula is 78 years old, maybe he is no feeling well.

Cuba, a Soviet Union era favorite, is a surprise too! So is former communist Serbia!

"Presidents Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil, Miguel Diaz-Canel of Cuba, and Aleksandar Vucic of Serbia will not be attending the BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, according to Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov."

Three Leaders to Skip BRICS Summit in Kazan Despite Putin’s Invite "The BRICS meeting is seen as a key moment for Russia to reinforce alliances amid Western efforts to isolate Moscow following its invasion of Ukraine."