Security is tight and preparations are at their peack in the remote Russian city of Ufa, more than a thousand kilometres east of Moscow

#Russia’s #Putin welcomes leaders at #BRICS and #SCO summits amid standoff with West http://t.co/aORsCjjwlx #Ufa pic.twitter.com/U8K6f5tIxl— Federica Giovannetti (@fed_giovannetti) 8 Juillet 2015

Leaders of the world’s developing economies are gathering for a two-day summit for the world’s emerging economies, known to their friends as the BRICS.

#BRICS Business Council meets in #Ufa http://t.co/LxoUqDTEna pic.twitter.com/iwli92IU8S— BRICS2015 (@BRICS2015) 8 Juillet 2015

Russian Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev told reporters that the subject of aid to Greece is not on the agenda. “However, what is being discussed,” he went on, “is the situation in the Eurozone triggered by the Greek debt problem. The ongoing crisis poses a risk for everyone at this summit.”

The BRICS - or Brazil, Russia,India, China and South Africa, are planning a develo