According to the online publication Mediazona, the leaked lists of accommodation of athletes in hotels and dormitories on the campus of the Kazan (Volga region) Federal University indicate that representatives of 37 foreign states were registered, including from partially recognized states, sub-national entities, and occupied regions, as well as foreign students studying at Russian universities.

[4][5] The BRICS Games were used by Russian athletes as an alternative to participation in the 2024 Summer Olympics, where the country is not allowed to attend by decision of the International Olympic Committee (with the exception of a small number of individual athletes in non-team disciplines) due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and various doping in Russia controversies.

The opening ceremony was held on 12 June 2024 in the concert hall of the international exhibition complex Kazan Expo with the participation of the Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation M. Degtyarev and the head of the Republic of Tatarstan R. Minnikhanov in the presence of athletes and official guests without ordinary spectators.

The games are presented by ambassadors led by figure skater Alina Zagitova, football player Gökdeniz Karadeniz, saber fencer Sofia Velikaya, and gymnast Yana Batyrshina.

The main broadcasters of the games are the television and radio companies Match TV and TNV.