Putin welcomes Iran, India, China to BRICS Summit to discuss 'new world order' to challenge the West

This week, Russian President Vladimir Putin convened more than two dozen countries in Kazan, Russia, to discuss a "new world order" free from Western hegemony and the global dominance of the U.S. dollar.

Thursday culminates the three-day BRICS Summit of this year, providing Putin with his biggest global platform since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.

By reducing reliance on the dollar, the alliance hopes to evade sanctions imposed by the U.S. and the West.

"The dollar is being used as a weapon," Putin said at the summit. "We really see that this is so. I think that this is a big mistake by those who do this." 

In a pivotal move, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the summit to showcase their hopes for a more harmonious relationship after decades of cross-border strife. 

It came days after China and India agreed to a deal meant to bring to a close their four-year military standoff over the disputed Himalayan region. 

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