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Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said after the emergency meetings that Greece and its creditors were "heading toward a deal".
Since her re-election in October, left-leaning Rousseff has cut spending and raised taxes to regain investors' trust.
The group’s growth rate is still above that of the global average and its economic and political weight is increasing.
All options are still on the table for Greece, writes a former deputy speaker of the Belgian Parliament.
Putin stressed that Russia and China are connected not only by Russia's energy resources, but also China's financial capabilities.
"If EU wants Greece to pay its debts it should be interested in growing the Greek economy," Putin said.
The economic center of the planet has shifted, said the Greek Premier in Russia.
Putin earlier this year promised Tsipras “hundreds of millions of euros every year” for gas transit to the EU if Greece signed on.
Economists have warned against rushing in to use the new numbers to craft policy.
Some media pundits have criticized the Obama administrations "minimal incrementalism" in Iraq.