SCMP: Putin has already won, whether you like it or not. 南華早報：不管你喜歡與否，普丁已經贏了 By Alex Lo in Toronto Canada

https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3283932/vladimir-putin-has-already-won-whether-you-it-or-not?

So much for being the international pariah that the West has made him out to be. At Kazan as host of the Brics summit, a beaming Vladimir Putin this week welcomed the heads of state and other top officials from 32 countries, including the bloc’s four new entrants – Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates – as well as UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. 西方國家讓他成為了國際賤民。作為金磚國家峰會東道主，弗拉基米爾·普丁本週在喀山歡迎了來自32 個國家的國家元首和其他高級官員，包括金磚四國的四個新成員——埃及、埃塞俄比亞、伊朗和阿拉伯聯合大公國——以及聯合國秘書長安東尼奧·古特雷斯.