South Africa says Putin will skip a summit next month because of his ICC arrest warrant

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Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Saratov region Governor Roman Busargin during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) CAPE TOWN – Vladimir Putin has agreed not to attend an economic summit in Johannesburg next month after being asked to stay away by host country South Africa, which was facing a major legal quandary over whether to arrest the Russian president on an International Criminal Court warrant. The August summit brings together Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — a bloc of developing economies known as...