In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on educational and museum complexes via a videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on June 25, 2025. (Photo by Gavriil Grigorov / POOL / AFP)
Moscow: Vladimir Putin will not travel to Brazil for next month's BRICS summit due to the outstanding International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant on the Russian president, the Kremlin said Wednesday.
"The president will participate via video link. This is due to certain difficulties in the context of the ICC's requirements," Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters, adding that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov would travel to the July 6-7 gathering in Rio de Janeiro.
