Putin Chickens To Go To BRICS Summit In South Africa

The Russian delegation will be represented by Lavrov.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not go to the BRICS summit, the office of the President of South Africa said. The Russian delegation will be represented by Sergey Lavrov, ВВС reports.

Formally, if Putin came to South Africa, the country's authorities would have to arrest the Russian president and hand him over to the International Criminal Court, which issued a warrant for Putin's arrest back in March.