By Rhod Mackenzie
Cyber security as well as other threats in traditional and non-traditional security fields have taken the spotlight at the ongoing meetings of BRICS countries in Johannesburg, South Africa, as analysts said that amid growing global uncertainties, more developing countries are see...
By Helena Cobban
The international grouping known as BRICS—Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa—has maintained a generally low profile on the world scene since its founding in the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2008–09. But last year, the combined economic output of the five BRICS memb...
By Rhod Mackenzie
BRICS can play an important stabilizing role in international relations unlike US-led NATO, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said on Tuesday.
"Unlike US-led NATO, BRICS can play an important stabilizing role in international relations. Our five countries give...
By Ilya Tsukanov
The second Russia-Africa Summit and Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum will take place in St. Petersburg on July 27-28, with President Putin expected to meet with the leaders and representatives of 49 different African countries which have confirmed plans to take part.
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It is necessary to be friends with Africa - this seems to be understood by every politician who has ever looked at the list of fossils of the continent and at the demographic forecast that determines the source of labor and a gigantic consumer market. But how to seek contact with third world countri...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The price of oil has reached $83 per barrel. Which according to analysts, is a reaction to the market beginning to evaluate the imminent reduction in supplies from Russia and Saudi Arabia. Their domestic companies may lose out in export volumes, but will gain from the increase in...