Colombia intends to join the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) in 2025, according to Hector Arenas Neira, Colombia’s Ambassador to Russia. Neira said that the decision on this issue was made after talks with NDB head Dilma Rousseff, saying that “the decision has been made. Our president met with the president of the BRICS bank, […]
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has met with the Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in Moscow as part of the Victory Day celebrations. Bilateral discussions were also held at the Kremlin. Both countries are founding members of the BRICS group, with Brazil holding the Chairmanship during 2025. This is what they had to
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro have signed a strategic partnership agreement to expand cooperation across key sectors, the Kremlin has announced. The deal was sealed on Wednesday (May 7) in Moscow after talks between the two leaders. Maduro had arrived in the Russian capital to attend the May 9 Victory
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Russia and Cuba commemorate their 65th anniversary of diplomatic ties on May 8th, in what has been a fascinating diplomatic relationship over the decades. To mark the occasion, the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, wrote a specific article for the event. This is what he had to say: “On May 8, the Russian Federation and
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The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, met with Bolivian Foreign Minister Celinda Sosa Lunda on the sidelines of the BRICS Foreign Ministers Council meeting in Rio de Janeiro on April 29. Bolivia has recently joined the BRICS as a Partner nation. The Bolivian government has been facing pressure over its awarding of strategic lithium mining
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The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, has been visiting the Caribbean nation of the Dominican Republic in the first visit to the country by a Russian Minister. Lavrov has been in Santo Domingo, the capital, arriving from Brazil where he attended a BRICS foreign ministers meeting. He held meetings with his Dominican counterpart, Roberto Alvarez,
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The countries of the Global South, which include 133 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East, will trade more actively with China in the next decade, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has stated in their latest report. They note that trade turnover between China and the Global South will grow by 5.9%
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Russia has resumed exporting beer to a number of countries, including Burkina Faso and Uruguay, in the first quarter of 2025. The Agriculture Ministry’s Agroexport center said that Russia shipped around 16 tonnes of beer to Burkina Faso for the first time since 2021. Russia also resumed shipments of around 21 tonnes of beer to
Ecuador is discussing the construction of the country’s first low-capacity nuclear power plant with Russia, while France and the United States are also in the running for its NPP construction contracts, according to Fabian Calero, the Ecuadorian Deputy Energy Minister. Calero said that Ecuador is currently working on a new law on nuclear energy and
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The Russian auto manufacturer Sollers has begun the assembly of UAZ vehicles in Cuba, the company has stated. The project has been implemented by Sollers, UAZ distributor Echo-Export LLC, and with the Cuban company EISA. Modern assembly equipment has been installed at a factory located in the industrial zone of the Cuban capital Havana, and
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