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By Peter Skorobogaty,Alexander Smirnov and Elena Gorbacheva

The intrigue on the eve of the BRICS summit in South Africa was fundamental. The 23 states from all parts of the world that stood on the threshold of BRICS, by the very fact of being interested in an alternative platform for resolving iss...

By Pepe Escobar

After a long-running buildup pinpointed by immense expectations all across the Global South, Global Majority, or “Global Globe” (as coined by Belarus President Lukashenko), the BRICS summit in South Africa, on its first day, revealed a “lost in translation” incident that should be...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The attractiveness of the BRICS countries demonstrates that the West has lost its former integration strength, and the world has entered a phase of development of a multipolar world order. This opinion was expressed on August 26 by the member of the Bundestag from the Alternative...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The jubilee meeting of the Five and its adherents in Johannesburg will obviously cost Western leaders more than one sleepless night. The members of the union celebrated the 15th anniversary with landmark decisions and signals to the whole world. At the same time, the BRICS inter...

By Sergey Manukov

Over the past few months, the Chinese Ministry of Finance has been aggressively selling US government bonds. As a result of this sale, as of the end of June, China had “only” $835 billion left, according to Business Insider. Of course, this is a lot, but not for China. The last t...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The United States purchased 416 tons of uranium from Russia in the first half of 2023, which is 2.2 times more than in the same period last year. On Thursday, August 24, RIA Novosti reported with reference to US statistics.

According to the agency's calculations, Washington's p...