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Russia Proposes Intra-BRICS Grain Trading Platform

Agriculture, BRICS, Finance, Trade

Russia is suggesting to fellow BRICS countries that the organisation establishes a grain exchange system, a proposal that would give Moscow greater control over international prices for its agricultural exports. Frustrated by low global wheat prices, Russia, the world’s largest wheat exporter, has attempted to limit exports at low prices through international intermediaries. Moscow recommended […]

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EU Sanctioned Russian Fertilizer Held In Latvia For Two Years Finally En Route To Sri Lanka

Agriculture, BRICS, Trade

One of the many criticisms of the manner in which Brussels has managed its sanctions policy against Russia has been the knock-on effect it has had on third party countries. This has actively damaged the European Union’s credibility in the eyes of numerous countries, many of them in the global south. An example is a

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BRICS Pay Launches, Will Be A Global Payments Game Changer 

BRICS, Economy, Finance, Trade

The BRICS Pay system has been launched, with immediate implications for the future role of the US dollar, and the use of financial sanctions upon other countries. The system bypasses the US controlled SWIFT payments system, disregards the US dollar as a preferred currency and allows instant settlement in sovereign currencies instead.  It is likely

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Calls For Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Independent Payments Mechanism: Implications For BRICS, SWIFT, US Dollar, Euro and British Pound

BRICS, Economy, Finance, Infrastructure, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Trade

Readers will be familiar with discussions amongst the BRICS countries to establish a SWIFT alternative payments and settlements platform, however the concept is now spreading. Russia is calling for the removal of obstacles to the implementation of plans to increase the share of national currencies in mutual settlements between the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries

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Serbia Abandons EU in Favour of BRICS: Other European Union Candidates Progress and the BRICS Alternative

BRICS, Economy, Trade

The Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stated that the BRICS is a more welcoming and member-oriented group than the European Union, commenting on the possibility that Serbia could seek to join the BRICS bloc. His comments came after Belgrade said that instead of EU membership, it would explore the option of joining BRICS, which is

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Russia-Turkiye 2024 Relations: BRICS, Black Sea and US$100 Billion Trade Discussions

BRICS, Energy, Security, Trade

Russia’s Deputy Foreign Ministers Sergei Vershinin and Alexander Grushko met with Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Mehmet Kemal Bozay in Moscow, for consultations to discuss the implementation of strategic economic and energy projects along with regional agenda items. The Russian Foreign Ministry has said that “The two parties had a substantive exchange of opinions on key

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Zimbabwe Academic Compares IMF With BRICS Bank

BRICS, Economy, Finance, Trade

Kudzai Dominic Chiwenga, an associate professor at the University of Zimbabwe, has spoken about currency strategies and compared the World Banks ‘International Monetary Fund’ (IMF) with the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB). The NDB, he has said, provides more flexible and supportive terms than the IMF. Chiwenga, who is also the Chairman of the Zimbabwe-Russia

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Russian Remarks At The Conclusion Of The East Asia Summit: Q&A and Analysis

BRICS, Eurasian Economic Union, Security, Trade

Russia has been participating in the annual East Asia Summit in Vientiane, Laos, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov representing the Russian Federation. Other attendees included all the ASEAN nations (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam) together with Australia, Japan, South Korea, the European Union and the United States.  The

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Putin Meets With Iranian President Pezeshkian; Discusses Security, Trade and Strategic Partnership Agreement

BRICS, Energy, Eurasian Economic Union, Security, Trade

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian in Ashgabat. Their first face-to-face meeting since Pezeshkian was elected President of Iran in July, although they had telephone conversations during this time. The talks come at a key time for Middle-Eastern relations, with Israel expanding its military aggression, Yemen attacking Western shipping in

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Russia – East Asia 2024 Multilateral Relations – Update

BRICS, China, Security, Trade

The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, has been in Laos, attending meetings of the East Asia Summit, which included 18 partners, including Russia, being the United States, the European Union, Japan, Australia, South Korea, India and China, and the members of ASEAN. This also includes Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and

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