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By Rhod Mackenzie

The foreign ministers of the BRICS countries will meet in Nizhny Novgorod in the summer of 2024. This was announced by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on 13th December at a government session of the Federation Council.
The Russian foreign minister also noted that Russia, as the c...

By Zamir Ahmed Awan

BRICS is an intergovernmental organization comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. It encompass about 27% of the world’s land surface and 42% of the global population. Brazil, Russia, India, and China are among the world’s ten largest countries by population...

By Sofwan F Arrasyid

The global economy always moves in ever-evolving dynamics, every economic actor, whether countries, groups of countries, multinational private companies or international organizations, has a significant role. One group that is increasingly prominent in the world economic lands...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Russia will help African countries to gain independent control over the extraction and development of their resources. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in his address to the participants of the opening ceremony of the International Congress "Africa in Sea...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on official business.

In Abu Dhabi, Putin engaged in talks with UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan that discussed the current state and potential future of the mu...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The market practically overlooked the thirty-sixth meeting of the relevant ministers of the OPEC+ oil club countries on November 30. Although there were production cuts announced of 2.2 million barrels per day (mbd), oil prices briefly increased before decreasing again, ultimatel...