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By Ivan Timofeev

The creation of new financial mechanisms through BRICS is one of the most promising fields for the development of the association. In the final declaration of the BRICS countries after the 2023 Summit, financial policy was given quite a lot of attention. In particular, it was sta...

According to Saudi Aramco's 2023 financial results, the company's net profit decreased by 24.7% to $121.3 billion from a record $161.1 billion in the previous year.

The company's free cash flow also decreased by 31.9% to $101.2 billion, while capital investments increased to $49.7 billion from $38...

By Rhod Mackenzie

OPEC+ members, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, have agreed to extend voluntary oil production cuts until the second quarter of 2024. This decision is a three-month extension of the cartel's previous decision made on November 30th of last year.

Saudi Arabia, the leader of OPEC,...

The total investable wealth currently held by the BRICS member states amounts to $45 trillion, according to Henley & Partners' inaugural BRICS Wealth Report.

The BRICS group of emerging economies, which previously comprised Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, underwent a major expansio...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Russia will promote the issue of improving the BRICS settlement and payment system independent of Western infrastructure - this could be, for example, payments in digital currencies; Russia is ready to test this with China, the EAEU and the Gulf countries, Russian Finance Ministe...

At first glance, the planned BRICS expansion seems unlikely to radically reshape the geopolitical status quo. But against the backdrop of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and mounting tensions between China and the US, the move may well have wider implications for the existing global order, writes Rachel...