Russian President Vladimir Putin has criticized the U.S. for sanctions against Russia and China. Putin mocked U.S. efforts to stop China's economic rise by saying "It's impossible to do, just as it's impossible to tell the sun not to rise." Putin was speaking ahead of the BRICS Summit set to take place in Russia's Kazan next week.
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00:00Russian President Vladimir Putin says U.S. efforts to constrain China's economic growth
00:06have failed.
00:07The U.S. is 15 years late. They won't be able to stop China's development. It's impossible
00:16to do. It's impossible to say to the sun, don't get up.
00:22Speaking ahead of next week's BRICS summit, Putin called U.S. sanctions against Russia
00:27and China politically motivated. Leaders of the BRICS countries are set to gather in
00:33Russia's Kazan on Tuesday for the group's 16th annual summit.
00:37BRICS, originally founded by China, India, Brazil, Russia and South Africa, is now looking
00:42to expand, with over 30 countries interested in joining.