A photo has gone viral showing a lively conversation between some world leaders, almost all on some scale of autocracy. In it, Turkish President Recep Erdogan talks with Vladimir Putin, Azerbaijani dictator Ilham Aliyev, Tajik Emomali Rahmon, who has presided over his country since 768, Belarusian dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko and also Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. All these leaders are gathered at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. At this summit we already have something new and a possible answer to a big question that needs to be asked about the war in Ukraine.
