SCO & BRICS latest news and insights
By Rhod Mackenzie
According to a statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs earlier this week, Egypt intends to negotiate a transition from the US dollar to national currencies for trade settlements with other BRICS countries.
The ministry stated that using national currencies would r...
By Vitaly Trofimov
In 2024, Russia will hold the presidency of BRICS, an international organization that has emerged from the quadrilateral format of economic cooperation. Over the past 18 years, it has become an alternative to the G7 and a prototype of the future world order.
During an internat...
By Rhod Mackenzie
According to the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Russia's primary objective in global trade is to establish a long term partnership with China. Lavrov believes that the 75-year relationship between Russia and China is currently at its best level in history.
Alexander Ba...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Denis Manturov, stated that only 100 out of 500 European companies have officially left the Russian market. Manturov made this statement during the plenary session of Industry Day...
By Rhod Mackenzie
In 2023, the Russian Federation became the leader in terms of trade turnover growth among China's partners. This was announced on February 11 by Ivan Zhelohovtsev, the director of the first Asian department of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
He noted in an interview with RIA Novo...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Russia has become the leading economy in Europe and the fifth in the world in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP). It has not only overtaken Germany, but is also preparing to catch up with Japan. What does PPP mean? And how has Russia achieved such a rise?
Russia has become t...
