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Alex Barnicoat@AlexBarnicoat_ · Oct 24, 2024

🚨🇷🇺 BRICS SUMMIT The BRICS Summit in Russia just finished Here's a thread covering everything you need to know that…

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At the BRICS Summit in Russia, India's PM Modi met with Iranian and Russian leaders while pledging to help end the Ukraine war; BRICS collectively condemned Israel and called for a ceasefire; Iran became a full member and 13 new partner nations were added; Putin proposed a BRICS grain exchange and cancelled his Brazil G20 trip.

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    🚨🇷🇺 BRICS SUMMIT The BRICS Summit in Russia just finished Here's a thread covering everything you need to know that happened ⬇️ (🧵 1/13)

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    1. The Indian Prime Minister held a meeting with the new Iranian President, to discuss relations and global affairs. This comes at the same time that India is supplying drones, weapons and explosives to Israel. (🧵 2/13)

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    2. Indian Prime Minister Modi also held a meeting with Russian President Putin. In that meeting, he vowed to help Russia end their war with Ukraine. Below is my own video, from tiktok, covering this: (🧵 3/13)

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    3. The members of BRICS, posing for a photo: (🧵 3/13)

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    4. The entirety of BRICS collectively condemned Israel and called for a ceasefire. (🧵 4/13)

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    5. For the first time in 5 years, India and China held a bilateral meeting. This came a day after a historic agreement was announced between the two countries, to end their disputed border crisis. (🧵 5/13)

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    5 (extra). I've attached my own video, giving more info on that same agreement between India and China: (🧵 6/13)

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    6. The Saudi Crown Prince did not attend the BRICS summit, despite being invited. Instead, he had a meeting with the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken. (🧵 7/13)

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    7. Putin announced Iran has "become a fully-fledged member of the BRICS." Attached is the video of him saying this: (🧵 8/13)

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    8. One of the most important points: Putin was gifted a mock up of a "BRICS bill" at the summit. (🧵 9/13)

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    9. BRICS officially added 13 new nations to the alliance as partner countries (not full members): Algeria Belarus Cuba Indonesia Malaysia Nigeria Turkey Uganda Uzbekistan (🧵 10/13)

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    10. Russian President Putin proposes plan to create a BRICS-based grain exchange. "A number of BRICS countries are among the world's largest producers of grain, vegetables, and oilseeds. We propose opening a BRICS grain exchange. This would facilitate predictable price indicators for products and raw materials, taking into account their special role in ensuring food security." (🧵 11/13)

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    11. Putin announced he is cancelling his trip to Brazil for the G20 summit, next month. Attached is my own video talking about this: (🧵 12/13)

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