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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...

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...

By Elena Gorbacheva

After Argentina, Ethiopia, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Iran officially join the BRICS next year, its combined GDP will be 37% of the world's. In addition, it will control almost 50% of world oil production and 40% of its exports. The control of energy reso...

By Sergey Manukov

The deliveries of Russian oil by sea on August 21-27 reached, according to Bloomberg, 3.4 million barrels per day. This is 880 thousand barrels per day. more than a week earlier. Russian oil exports in the penultimate week of summer reached the maximum for 8 weeks, i.е. almost tw...

By Yaroslav Lissovolik

The 2023 BRICS summit is over and it is clear that it is one of the most historic and transformational BRICS summits on record. While there has not been much progress on critical issues such as BRICS+ trade liberalization or the creation of a new reserve currency, a major ex...

By Sarmad Khan

BRICS membership will boost the UAE economy, strengthen its trade relations with the Global South, and also allow it to maintain economic ties with other major partners globally, the Minister of Economy has said.

The Arab world’s second-largest economy continues to maintain its fo...