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October 24, 2024

BRICS 2024 Heads of State ‘Kazan Summit Declaration’ – Contents & Analysis

The 2024 BRICS summit has concluded with a ‘Kazan Summit Declaration’, with 134 points covering 43 pages. The key topics include further development of the association, position on various global issues, sanctions, settlement of regional crises, including in Ukraine and the Middle East, in addition to a comprehensive reform of the United Nations (UN), including […]

October 24, 2024

BRICS, Russia and Turkiye:  2024 Developments and Implications

Vladimir Putin has met with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the President of Turkiye at the BRICS Summit in Kazan. This is what they had to say: Putin: “Once again, I would like to welcome everyone to Kazan and to repeat how much I appreciate it that you have accepted the invitation to attend the BRICS Plus/Outreach […]

October 24, 2024

BRICS, Russia and Iran: 2024 Developments and Implications 

Vladimir Putin has met with Masoud Pezeshkian, the President of Iran at the BRICS Summit in Kazan. This is what they had to say: Putin: “This visit to Russia is your first as President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and this has great symbolic importance. Iran has become a full participant of BRICS, and […]

October 24, 2024

BRICS, Russia, and Egypt: 2024 Developments and Implications

Vladimir Putin has met with Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the President of Egypt at the BRICS Summit in Kazan. This is what they had to say: Putin: “Thank you for attending the BRICS forum. The fact that you are taking part in it having completed the formal accession procedure during Russia’s chairmanship of this group sends […]

October 24, 2024

BRICS, Russia and China: 2024 Developments and Implications

Vladimir Putin has met with Xi Jinping, the Chinese President, at the BRICS Summit in Kazan. This is what they had to say: Putin: “Chinese comrades and friends, I extend a warm welcome to all of you here in Russia, particularly in the Republic of Tatarstan, in Kazan, the capital of the Republic. This region […]

October 24, 2024

BRICS, Russia, and India: 2024 Developments and Implications

Vladimir Putin has met with Narendra Modi, the Indian Prime Minister at the BRICS Summit in Kazan. This is what they had to say: Putin: “I am delighted to welcome you to Russia, this time to Kazan, a magnificent historical city on the Volga. I warmly remember your visit to Moscow and our fruitful talks […]

October 23, 2024

BRICS and the New Development Bank: 2024 Progress Report and Potential Expansion

The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has met with the President of the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB), Dilma Rousseff. The NDB acts as a BRICS development platform and invests in infrastructure projects, often in the green sector, in BRICS nations. Equity investors include Algeria, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Russia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, […]

October 23, 2024

Chinese and Vietnamese Banks Interested In Opening Branches In Russia

Chinese and Vietnamese banks are interested in expanding into and opening branches in Russia, according to Anatoly Aksakov, the Chairman of the State Duma’s Financial Market Committee. Aksakov is also the head of the Association of Banks of Russia’s council. He said “Several credit organizations from China, not the top tier or largest ones, are […]

October 23, 2024

Russia’s Unusual, British, Slippery, and Fishy Bilateral Eel Trade

Russia has been buying millions of eels from the UK’s only eel supplier, according to a report in the Guardian newspaper. It is a bilateral trade that raises almost as many questions as the surprising nature of the trade itself. The European eel (Anguilla anguilla) is a protected, red-listed species, with the number of elvers […]

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