Putin says skipped BRICS summit to avoid 'political show'

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he skipped a BRICS summit in South Africa because he did not want to cause a "political show".The Russian leader is the target of an International Criminal Court(ICC) arrest warrant — a provision that South Africa as an ICC member would be expected to implement if he were to set foot in the country.Russian Foreign

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