Why Russia Just Flew Armored Limousines Into Brazil — and What It Means for the Rest of the World

2026-02-02 - 12:35

Key Points Brazil and Russia hold their first top-level government summit in over a decade on February 5, with Russian planes delivering armored limousines to Brasília on routes that deliberately avoid all of Europe. Since 2022, Brazil has quietly become the world’s third-largest buyer of Russian fuel and depends on Moscow for over a quarter