The BRICS group will generate most of the global economic growth in the coming years thanks to its size and relatively fast growth compared with that of developed Western nations, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.Putin hopes to build up BRICS - which has expanded to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates as well as Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - as a powerful counterweight to the West in global politics and trade.The Kremlin leader is due to host a BRICS summit in the Russian city of Kazan on Oct. 22-24.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.“The countries in our association are essentially the drivers of global economic growth. In theforeseeable future, BRICS will generate the main increase in global GDP,” Putin told officials and businessmen at BRICS business forum in Moscow.“The economic growth of BRICS members will increasingly depend less on external influence or interference. This is