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By Alexey Poroshin

The choice of six new countries to join the BRICS five is not accidental. Egypt is an old ally of Russia, which has the largest army in Africa. Russia has a long history of cooperation with Ethiopia. It is the largest state on the continent in terms of population: 123 million pe...

By Anna Koroleva

The Turkish president is going to discuss with the Russian president a return to the grain deal on new terms. The UN has indeed put forward proposals that look attractive, but the organization's ability to enforce them is questionable. Russia will outline its priorities at the mee...

By Viktoria Panova

On August 24, 2023, the BRICS summit in Johannesburg ended, its overall significance will be realized later - currently there are too many variables at stake - but nevertheless, it is already possible to put aside the first emotions and evaluate the obvious consequences of the...

By Viktoria Panova

BRICS has received an impulse to make a real transition to a new, more just world order. The ability of the new BRICS to fully realize itself and fulfill the mission of the transition depends on how our descendants will remember the 21st century, writes Viktoria Panova.

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By Olga Samofalova

Ukraine has demanded that the US and Europe stop buying oil products by countries that use and process Russian oil like India despite the fact that Ukraine itself continues to earn revenue on the transportation of Russian oil. If the US and the EU listen to Kiev, then this wil...

The Russian Federation may extend the reduction in oil exports that began in the summer to October, but there is no final decision yet. In July-August, the country reduced supplies abroad by 500,000 barrels per day (b/d), and in September it promises to keep the decline at 3
00,000 b/d. The expecte...