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    Putin was meant to be at a summit in South Africa this week. Why was he asked to stay away?

    chicagoinquirerBy Africa No Comments4 Mins Read
    FILE - President of the Republic of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands before an official ceremony to welcome the leaders of delegations to the Russia Africa Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, July 27, 2023. Russia and China will look to gain more political and economic ground in the developing world at a summit of the BRICS bloc in South Africa this week. Putin will take part in the main summit on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023 via video link after an International Criminal Court arrest warrant complicated his travel to South Africa. (Sergei Bobylev/TASS Host Photo Agency Pool Photo via AP, File)

    by Gerald Imray
    JOHANNESBURG  — Vladimir Putin will be the odd one out when leaders from the BRICS economic bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa meet in Johannesburg this week.
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