JOHANNESBURG - The 16th annual BRICS summit kicks off in Kazan, Russia, on Tuesday.
It's the first gathering since the bloc’s expansion last year.
At last year’s gathering in South Africa, the bloc admitted six more countries.
In Kazan leaders will discuss a further expansion to include partner-countries.
It's expected the summit will adopt the Kazan Declaration shaping the future path of the bloc.
To discuss the significance of this year’s summit is political economist, Patrick Bond.