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(Photo: EPA-EFE / Kim Ludbrook)</em></p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1817480\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/india-arrive5.jpg\" alt=\"brics summit\" width=\"720\" height=\"460\" /> <em>Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi at Waterkloof Air Force Base in Pretoria, South Africa on 22 August 2023. With him is deputy president Paul Mashatile. (Photo: Jacoline Schoonees / Dirco)</em></p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1817400\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/F4JR15TWoAAJXCx.jpeg\" alt=\"brics summit\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" /> <em>South African National Defence Force personnel carry the South African flag alongside the flag of Eritrea as President of Eritrea Isaias Afwerki is welcomed at OR Tambo International Airport on 22 August 2023. (Photo: Twitter / @NationalEr_Int)</em></p>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The missing head of state is of course Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russia will be represented by its minister of foreign affairs, Sergey Lavrov. Putin will take part in talks via video link, unwilling to risk attending in person after the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for him and Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova on 7 March, following an investigation into war crimes committed during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.</span>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1817385\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/JIX_6147.jpg\" alt=\"brics summit\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" /> <em>Members of the South African Police Service were addressed by Minister of Police Bheki Cele (not pictured) and the National Commissioner of SAPS General Fannie Masemola (not pictured) on 21 August 2023 before they were deployed to BRICS events. 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Sandton will no doubt be the safest area of Johannesburg this week while the rest of the city will be forced to contend with the gap in policing.</span>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Our protest today with <a href=\"https://twitter.com/AmnestySAfrica?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AmnestySAfrica</a> and the <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HelenSuzmanFdn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HelenSuzmanFdn</a> to call on the world leaders attending the <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BRICS?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BRICS</a> summit to demand that russia stops its war in Ukraine, to return Ukrainian children, and to stop sabotaging Ukrainian agricultural exports</p>\r\n?: <a href=\"https://twitter.com/jaans_kepaans?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jaans_kepaans</a> <a href=\"https://t.co/E1IX2hP8uE\">pic.twitter.com/E1IX2hP8uE</a>\r\n\r\n— Ukrainian Association of South Africa (@UkrainianAfrica) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/UkrainianAfrica/status/1693983563530838244?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22, 2023</a></blockquote>\r\n<script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A handful of demonstrators gathered to call for an end to the war in Ukraine and human rights abuses by Russia. Protesters from the Helen Suzman Foundation, the Ukraine Association of South Africa and Amnesty International were forced to keep their distance; the closest they were allowed to brandish their placards and shout slogans was more than 3km from the venue where leaders were holding talks.</span>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1817388\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/F4JVM7zWcAA2_KD.jpeg\" alt=\"brics summit\" width=\"720\" height=\"421\" /> <em>President of South Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit at OR Tambo International Airport. He was received by Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla. (Photo: GCIS)</em></p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1817494\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/F4JR1J_XIAAk6Yo.jpeg\" alt=\"brics summit\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" /> <em>Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki arrives in Johannesburg on 22 August 2023. 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Putin will take part in talks via video link, unwilling to risk attending in person after the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for him and Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova on 7 March, following an investigation into war crimes committed during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.</span>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1817385\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"720\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-1817385\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/JIX_6147.jpg\" alt=\"brics summit\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" /> <em>Members of the South African Police Service were addressed by Minister of Police Bheki Cele (not pictured) and the National Commissioner of SAPS General Fannie Masemola (not pictured) on 21 August 2023 before they were deployed to BRICS events. (Photo: GCIS)</em>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1817381\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"720\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-1817381\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ED_464659.jpg\" alt=\"brics summit\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" /> <em>The police presence in Sandton on 22 August 2023 ahead of the BRICS Summit at Sandton Convention Centre. (Photo: Gallo Images / OJ Koloti)</em>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The people in blue (and brown) are out in full force. On Monday, in the lead-up to the event, Police Minister Bheki Cele addressed hundreds of law enforcement officers. He said the security contingent would make the lives of criminals “very difficult”. Sandton will no doubt be the safest area of Johannesburg this week while the rest of the city will be forced to contend with the gap in policing.</span>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Our protest today with <a href=\"https://twitter.com/AmnestySAfrica?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AmnestySAfrica</a> and the <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HelenSuzmanFdn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HelenSuzmanFdn</a> to call on the world leaders attending the <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BRICS?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BRICS</a> summit to demand that russia stops its war in Ukraine, to return Ukrainian children, and to stop sabotaging Ukrainian agricultural exports</p>\r\n?: <a href=\"https://twitter.com/jaans_kepaans?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jaans_kepaans</a> <a href=\"https://t.co/E1IX2hP8uE\">pic.twitter.com/E1IX2hP8uE</a>\r\n\r\n— Ukrainian Association of South Africa (@UkrainianAfrica) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/UkrainianAfrica/status/1693983563530838244?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22, 2023</a></blockquote>\r\n<script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A handful of demonstrators gathered to call for an end to the war in Ukraine and human rights abuses by Russia. Protesters from the Helen Suzman Foundation, the Ukraine Association of South Africa and Amnesty International were forced to keep their distance; the closest they were allowed to brandish their placards and shout slogans was more than 3km from the venue where leaders were holding talks.</span>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1817388\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"720\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-1817388\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/F4JVM7zWcAA2_KD.jpeg\" alt=\"brics summit\" width=\"720\" height=\"421\" /> <em>President of South Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit at OR Tambo International Airport. He was received by Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla. (Photo: GCIS)</em>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1817494\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"720\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-1817494\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/F4JR1J_XIAAk6Yo.jpeg\" alt=\"brics summit\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" /> <em>Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki arrives in Johannesburg on 22 August 2023. (Photo: Twitter / @NationalEr_Int)</em>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 40 countries want to </span><a href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/more-than-40-nations-interested-joining-brics-south-africa-2023-07-20/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">join the BRICS club</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including Cuba, the United Arab Emirates, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia and Gabon.</span>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1817505\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"720\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-1817505\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Brics-Photo-Essay-Day1-inset-9.jpg\" alt=\"brics summit\" width=\"720\" height=\"507\" /> <em>President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg on 22 August 2023. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Kim Ludbrook)</em>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1817506\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"720\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-1817506\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Brics-Photo-Essay-Day1-inset-10.jpg\" alt=\"brics summit\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" /> <em>Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi at the 15th BRICS Summit on 22 August 2023. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Kim Ludbrook)</em>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1817392\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"720\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-1817392\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/F4HKXrCW8AAIaMd.jpeg\" alt=\"brics summit\" width=\"720\" height=\"475\" /> <em>Performers welcome Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde of Democratic Republic of the Congo (not pictured), who arrived at Lanseria International Airport for the BRICS Summit. 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Chinese President Xi Jinping is welcomed by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa after landing at OR Tambo International Airport on 21 August 2023. Ramaphosa and Xi are due to discuss diplomatic and trade relations between their respective countries. Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma looks on. (Photo: GCIS)
South African performers welcome Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov who will represent Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin will join the BRICS Summit virtually. (Photo: Twitter)
Russian President Vladimir Putin appears on a monitor as he delivers a recorded speech off-location during the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, 22 August 2023. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Kim Ludbrook)
Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi at Waterkloof Air Force Base in Pretoria, South Africa on 22 August 2023. With him is deputy president Paul Mashatile. (Photo: Jacoline Schoonees / Dirco)
South African National Defence Force personnel carry the South African flag alongside the flag of Eritrea as President of Eritrea Isaias Afwerki is welcomed at OR Tambo International Airport on 22 August 2023. (Photo: Twitter / @NationalEr_Int)
Members of the South African Police Service were addressed by Minister of Police Bheki Cele (not pictured) and the National Commissioner of SAPS General Fannie Masemola (not pictured) on 21 August 2023 before they were deployed to BRICS events. (Photo: GCIS)
The police presence in Sandton on 22 August 2023 ahead of the BRICS Summit at Sandton Convention Centre. (Photo: Gallo Images / OJ Koloti)
President of South Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit at OR Tambo International Airport. He was received by Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla. (Photo: GCIS)
Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki arrives in Johannesburg on 22 August 2023. (Photo: Twitter / @NationalEr_Int)
President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg on 22 August 2023. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Kim Ludbrook)
Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi at the 15th BRICS Summit on 22 August 2023. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Kim Ludbrook)
Performers welcome Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde of Democratic Republic of the Congo (not pictured), who arrived at Lanseria International Airport for the BRICS Summit. (Photo: GCIS)