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By Rhod Mackenzie

Russia's economic indicators currently leave no doubt: the restructuring of the Russian economy is now over. Russia is easily circumventing the sanctions and has begun to earn good money again from its oil exports. Not only Russian economists, but also Western analysts and the m...

By Rhod Mackenzie

There are increasing signs that the Chinese economy is stabilising. August was the first month in more than a year that the profits at the leading industrial companies rose. According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of China, profits in the last month of the summer ros...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Serbian parliament has called for a public debate on the possibility of republic's entry into the BRICS alliance. At least three political parties are in favour of joining the structure, one of which is part of the ruling coalition, according to a an MP in the Parliament. In...

By Yaroslav Lissovolik

The 2023 BRICS summit has clearly been one of the most historic and transformational BRICS summits on record – a major expansion was unleashed by the bloc, with six new members forming part of the BRICS core starting from January 1, 2024: Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, t...

By Frank Eleanya

Many Nigerians and members of the international community were surprised that Nigeria, the largest economy in Africa, was not invited as one of the new members of the regional economic bloc BRICS.

However, Haruna Manta, Nigeria’s High commissioner in South Africa, said Nigeria w...

By Dr. Ibrahim Karatas

The global agenda is concerned with the enlargement of BRICS, a non-formal economic organization consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Though the group does not have an official status, it functions as an international organization and accepts or reje...