SCO & BRICS latest news and insights
By Oleg Barbanov
It remains unclear whether a new round of BRICS enlargement will occur or not. Should this happen, the BRICS leaders would utilize their own criteria, which are not public. It is likely that a decision will be reached by consensus, implying that the interests of all BRICS members...
By Pepe Escobar
BRICS doubled its membership at the start of 2024, and faces huge tasks ahead: integrating its newest members, developing future admission criteria, deepening the institution's groundings, and most importantly, launching the mechanisms for bypassing the US dollar in international f...
By Rajiv Bhatia
On 1 January 2024, the chairship of BRICS shifted from South Africa to Russia, with a full agenda in tow. BRICS, a multilateral forum of five nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – made history by accepting the applications of six other states – Argentina, Saudi...
The first meeting of BRICS Sherpas and Sous-Sherpas, organised by Russia as the group's chairman, was held in Moscow. Representatives of the five new members of the association: Egypt, Iran, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia and Egypt are taking part in it for the first time.
One of the priorities of BR...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated that approximately 30 countries plan to establish partnerships with BRICS and strengthen their ties with the association.
On December 26, he addressed the commission of the General Council of United Russia on international coope...
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...
