👆Sputnik correspondent reports live from the BRICS Summit venue in Rio as official delegations arrive for Day One of the event

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🇷🇺 Russia will achieve freedom and justice, the right to independently choose its path of development – Putin

Highlights of Putin’s speech at the All-Russia Public Fund exhibition:

🔸 Putin asked for a moment of silence to honor Hero of Russia Mikhail Gudkov and all fallen soldiers

🔸 The fallen deputy navy commander Gudkov is a true Russian officer

🔸 Gudkov fulfilled his duty to Russia to the very end

🔸 54.5 billion rubles ($693 Mln) in public funds were raised in support of the special military operation through the "Everything for Victory" campaign

🔸 The entire country, without exaggeration, is supporting the front; the slogan "Everything for Victory!" has become the symbol of our time

🔸 "Russian inventors sometimes come up with things for the front that surpass in quality the 'hardware' from NATO countrie

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🚨🇷🇺Russian finance minister UNVEILS how Russia manages to navigate through external pressure

Anton Siluanov told Sputnik Brasil at the BRICS Summit about the measures Russia has taken to control national debt (15%, the lowest in the G20) and maintain high economic growth rates (4%+).

✅Responsible budget policy
✅Redirecting financial resources to supporting people amid sanctions
✅Progressive tax scale
✅Technological sovereignty
✅Import substitution

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✍️Western taxpayers, take note: Putin reveals $2Bln in NATO gear destroyed by Russian drones

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📹Putin visits 'Everything for Victory!' exhibition

The event is dedicated to the three-year work of humanitarian institutions that support military personnel and provide humanitarian assistance to people affected by the fighting in new regions and border areas.

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🔊LIVE NOW: 🇷🇺Vladimir Putin speaks at the 17th 🌍🌍🌍 summit

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🌍🌍🌍 Authority and influence of BRICS in the world is growing year by year – Putin

Other statements by Russian President at the BRICS Summit in Rio:

🔸 BRICS countries continue to deepen cooperation in key areas

🔸 BRICS countries possess enormous political, economic, and human potential

🔸 BRICS significantly surpasses some other alliances, such as the g7, in terms of purchasing power parity

🔸 BRICS has many like-minded partners among the countries of the global south and east

🔸 The world is undergoing radical changes, unipolar system of international relations becoming thing of the past

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🌍🌍🌍 Heads of delegations at BRICS Summit in Rio gather for family photo

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