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FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the BRICS business forum in Moscow, Russia, on Oct. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the BRICS business forum in Moscow, Russia, on Oct. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks to Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Sept. 16, 2022. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks to Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Sept. 16, 2022. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, left, arrives at Kazan International Airport the day before BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (Alexei Danichev/Photo host brics-russia2024.ru via AP)

Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, left, arrives at Kazan International Airport the day before BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (Alexei Danichev/Photo host brics-russia2024.ru via AP)

FILE - The full moon rises over the Kazan Kremlin with the Qol Sharif mosque, left, and the Cathedral of the Transfiguration, right, in Kazan, Russia, about 700 km (450 miles) east of Moscow, on July, 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Denis Tyrin, File)

FILE - The full moon rises over the Kazan Kremlin with the Qol Sharif mosque, left, and the Cathedral of the Transfiguration, right, in Kazan, Russia, about 700 km (450 miles) east of Moscow, on July, 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Denis Tyrin, File)

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva shake hands during a ceremony in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Oct. 18, 2005. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva shake hands during a ceremony in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Oct. 18, 2005. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

People walk at Kazan Expo the day before BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

People walk at Kazan Expo the day before BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

FILE – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Thursday, July 27, 2023. (Sergei Bobylev/TASS Host Photo Agency Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Thursday, July 27, 2023. (Sergei Bobylev/TASS Host Photo Agency Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands as they pose for photos during a meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, on July 3, 2024. (Sergey Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands as they pose for photos during a meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, on July 3, 2024. (Sergey Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

People walk at Kazan Expo the day before BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

People walk at Kazan Expo the day before BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

A view of the Square of Gabdulla Tukay with the Bell Tower of the Epiphany Cathedral, background left, in the center of Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan republic of Russia, a day before BRICS Summit, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

A view of the Square of Gabdulla Tukay with the Bell Tower of the Epiphany Cathedral, background left, in the center of Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan republic of Russia, a day before BRICS Summit, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed arrives at Kazan International Airport prior to the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. (Ilya Pitalev/Photo host brics-russia2024.ru via AP)

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed arrives at Kazan International Airport prior to the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. (Ilya Pitalev/Photo host brics-russia2024.ru via AP)

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet at a ceremony in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on July 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet at a ceremony in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on July 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, center, is greeted by the Head of Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, right, upon his arrival at Kazan International Airport prior to the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. (Ilya Pitalev/Photo host brics-russia2024.ru via AP)

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, center, is greeted by the Head of Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, right, upon his arrival at Kazan International Airport prior to the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. (Ilya Pitalev/Photo host brics-russia2024.ru via AP)

Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira arrives at Kazan International Airport the day before BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (Alexei Danichev/Photo host brics-russia2024.ru via AP)

Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira arrives at Kazan International Airport the day before BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (Alexei Danichev/Photo host brics-russia2024.ru via AP)

FILE - From left, Brazil's President Michel Temer, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, South Africa's President Jacob Zuma and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pose for a group photo during the BRICS summit at the Xiamen International Conference and Exhibition Center in Xiamen, in southeastern China's Fujian province, on Sept. 4, 2017. (Wu Hong/Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - From left, Brazil's President Michel Temer, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, South Africa's President Jacob Zuma and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pose for a group photo during the BRICS summit at the Xiamen International Conference and Exhibition Center in Xiamen, in southeastern China's Fujian province, on Sept. 4, 2017. (Wu Hong/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his wife Zinash Tayachew arrive at Kazan International Airport for the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. (Ilya Pitalev/Photo host brics-russia2024.ru via AP)

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his wife Zinash Tayachew arrive at Kazan International Airport for the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. (Ilya Pitalev/Photo host brics-russia2024.ru via AP)

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian pose for a photo at their meeting in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, on Oct. 11, 2024. (Alexander Shcherbak, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian pose for a photo at their meeting in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, on Oct. 11, 2024. (Alexander Shcherbak, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)