Intra-BRICS trade is booming, driven by the expanded BRICS+ bloc (now including energy-rich nations like Iran, UAE, Saudi Arabia) and a strong push for de-dollarization, boosting local currency settlements and new payment systems like CIPS. Key themes include diversifying supply chains, enhancing South-South cooperation, developing local payment systems (NDB, CIPS), and fostering tech/industrial integration to reduce reliance on Western markets, with total intra-bloc trade already exceeding US$1 trillion and growing significantly. Navigate the BRICS business framework. Find news on economic cooperation, the New Development Bank, and joint investment projects. Essential for businesses leveraging the powerful BRICS economic bloc.
Russia’s State-Owned Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has announced the launch of a strategic alliance within the BRICS to jointly develop Artificial Intelligence (AI), according to Kirill Dmitriev, the RDIF chief executive. RDIF’s government mandate is to make investments in high-growth sectors of the Russian economy, as well as co-invest alongside the world’s largest institutional investors, […]
Russia has increased its exports of wheat to Africa by 35% in 10M this year, reaching over 21 million tonnes, according to the Russian Agriculture Ministry’s Agroexport center. Egypt, Algeria, and Kenya were the main importers of Russian wheat in Africa, but supplies also increased 6-fold to Morocco, and by 3.7 times to Nigeria. Of […]
The United States and European Union have green-lit a decision to pass interest earned by Russian securities frozen in the US and EU to Ukraine, to use in order to repay a US$20 billion loan. We examine the implications and the potential global fallout over this unprecedented financial development. The Total Amount Due The US […]
Russian e-commerce giant Ozon is looking at recruiting thousands of skilled workers from India, according to reports from Russian media. The move highlights Russia’s increasing focus on sourcing labour resources from friendly nations as it grapples with a shortage of workers. Ozon’s legal entity, Internet Solutions LLC, is actively working with Indian recruitment agencies to […]
PJSC Positive Group, the parent company of Russian cybersecurity group Positive Technologies, has signed a distribution agreement with Mideast Communication Systems (MCS), a Cairo-based provider of cybersecurity solutions in Egypt and other countries in the Middle East and Africa. The partnership will focus on sharing cybersecurity expertise and jointly promoting products and services in the […]
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Brazil expects to reach an agreement with Russia’s Rosatom on cooperation in the Brazilian nuclear sector by the end of 2025, according to Alexandre Silveira, the Brazilian Mines and Energy Minister. The two sides have begun negotiations on developing a partnership, utilizing Russian experience and seeking investment for exploring Brazil’s mineral potential. Brazil expects to […]
Russia’s Softline, a prominent, Moscow based, publicly traded IT developer, is opening a new office in Indonesia to promote its products and services, in addition to providing vendor solutions. It sees its expert knowledge as a good match for the development potential in Indonesia, a BRICS partner nation. Indonesia is also shortly to sign a […]
Russian and Chinese credit rating agencies are replacing Western ratings agencies as demand for financial intelligence increases throughout Asia. Companies such as Moodys, S&P, and Fitch all exited the Russian market in 2022, when sanctions were imposed. Their work in Asia, and China has also been historically erratic, with a lack of local connections and […]
The Russian-Chinese Legal Congress is taking place on December 4th, and amongst other matters, will discuss the issue of resolving maritime disputes between BRICS countries. Anastasia Simonova, of Verba Legal, has stated that “Cooperation between Russia, China and India in the field of maritime transportation, international transit of goods, in relation to the Northern Sea […]
PJSC Whoosh Holding, the holding company of Russian electric scooter and bike sharing service operator Whoosh, plans to soon enter the markets of several cities in Latin America, including Sao Paolo, Brazil, Dmitry Chuiko, the company’s CEO has said. Chuiko announced on Alexei Linetsky’s YouTube channel “We are launching in Sao Paolo literally within a […]
The Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), the regulatory authority of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the government of Tunisia have set up a working group to explore the feasibility of concluding a free trade agreement, the EEC trade department reported following a meeting between EEC Trade Minister Andrei Slepnev and Tunisian Trade and Export Development […]
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