 Both countries advocate observance of human rights, democratic values, respect for national sovereignty, primacy of international law, reform of institutes of global economic and financial governance, and consolidation of the central role of the United Nations Security Council.In 2014 the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, visited Brazil to participate in the VI BRICS Summit.The following year the Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff, participated in the VII BRICS Summit in Ufá.