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Oct 21 2024 
Medvedev: To the XVI BRICS Summit
To the XVI BRICS Summit: https://t.me/medvedev_telegram/536
The formal English translation has a slightly different headline: On the eve of the 16th BRICS Summit
Remember: “…there can be no alliance between Russia and the West either for the sake of interests or for the sake of principles, that there is not a single interest in the West, not… Continue reading
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Oct 21 2024 
BRICS RISING – Pepe Escobar, Scott Ritter & Mark Sleboda (with a side of Slip Slidin’ Away)
Joe Lauria interviews first Pepe Escobar with some limited comments from Scott Ritter. Mark Sleboda follows.
In addition (Slip Slidin’ Away)
SLIPPIN'N SLIDIN' Talk about a beauty of timing. Lula slipped in the bathroom, fell on the floor, hit his head, and according to his doctor this "domestic accident" precludes him from… Continue reading
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Oct 18 2024 
Benjamin Norton on the detailed financial proposal for the BRICS Kazan summit
BRICS plans to challenge US dollar dominance and transform the international monetary and financial system by developing infrastructure for cross-border payments using local currencies.Russia made a detailed proposal for the BRICS Kazan summit this October.In this video, I… pic.twitter.com/dHAI8R1Olt— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) October 18, 2024
With Ben’s explanation as a background, this is how… Continue reading
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Oct 18 2024 
Vladimir Putin addressed the plenary session of the BRICS Business Forum
The transcript is not fully complete. Now complete and updated.
The forum is taking place in Moscow ahead of the BRICS Summit, which will be held in Kazan on October 22–24 and will include the new participants in the association for the first time. On January 1, 2024, Egypt, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia became full participants in BRICS alongside Brazil, India, China, Russia and South Africa.
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President of the Russian Chamber… Continue reading
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Oct 18 2024 
BRICS Business Forum: Putin’s Full Speech
✅Watch Putin’s full speech at BRICS Business Forum. I trust we will have a full transcript available very quickly. The notes do not do justice.
https://t.me/geopolitics_live/35225
Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed participants of the BRICS Business Forum ahead of the 2024 BRICS Summit in Kazan due to open early next week.
Here are Putin’s main statements at the… Continue reading
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Oct 17 2024 
16th BRICS Summit: Briefing Maria Zakharova
16th BRICS Summit
I would like to brief you on a major event which Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will attend. It will be held at the highest level. It is a BRICS summit scheduled to take place in Kazan on October 22-24. The 16th summit of the group, it will be held in Russia, which holds… Continue reading
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Oct 12 2024 
BRICS o BRICS
Some days ago, I found a little information on the financial track via Roscongress (the organizers of big trade and other conferences in Russia)
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov will present the results of the Russia’s BRICS Chairship on the financial track at the final Meeting of BRICS Ministers of Finance and Central Bank Governors. He… Continue reading -
Oct 10 2024 
Russian Finance Minister: BRICS working on own payment system
First posted at RT
The group’s members want to bypass “politicized” Western platforms, Anton Siluanov has told RT.
The BRICS countries are working to create their own international payments system. The use of western infrastructure and platforms is increasingly being politicized, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told RT in an exclusive interview with RT Arabic on Wednesday.… Continue reading
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Oct 07 2024
BRICS: Here is when we will know something on the financial and economic work.
There is more media and information on BRICS available now and it is increasing as the BRICS summit is on the horizon: Kazan, Russia, 22 October 2024 – 24 October 2024.
Roscongress, who is responsible for the summit organization, put out this report, and we will have a summary of the financial track and their work… Continue reading
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Sep 25 2024 
BRICS is casting a wider net, tackling not just economic issues but also shared security concerns
First posted at Al Mayadeen.net by F.M. Shakil
In a conference focused on security and national security, Iran suggested forming a “BRICS Security Commission”; a distinct security framework within the BRICS group.
Iran’s proposal at the BRICS high-ranking security officials summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, on September 11 not only addresses the misuse of advanced technology but… Continue reading
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Sep 23 2024 
Will a BRICS Bretton Woods Take Place in Kazan?
Is BRICS ready to become an actor in Kazan next month, and what should be on the table in terms of the strategy to establish an alternative payment system?
By Pepe Escobar at Sputnik.
With less than a month before the crucial BRICS annual summit in Kazan under the Russian presidency, serious informed discussions are raging in… Continue reading -
Sep 17 2024 
The Russian Digital Ruble & BRICS Bridge
Leaving the dollar-based system for good: What are the digital ruble and BRICS Bridge?
By July 1, 2025, the largest Russian banks will have to provide their clients with the ability to conduct transactions in digital rubles, according to the Russian Central Bank. Pilot testing of the digital currency is underway with 12 banks participating in… Continue reading
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Sep 14 2024 
BRICS, the Rise of China & Indivisible Security
The first meeting of security experts/National Security Advisors under the expanded BRICS+ format in St. Petersburg unveiled quite a few nuggets.
By Pepe Escobar at Strategic Culture Foundation.
The first meeting of security experts/National Security Advisors under the expanded BRICS+ format at the Konstantinovsky Palace in St. Petersburg unveiled quite a few nuggets.
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Sep 01 2024 
Bridges to the East. Algeria. Part One | RT Documentary
RT has just opened a regional office in Algeria. Algeria has also been authorised to become a member of the BRICS New Development Bank, Dilma Rousseff, the bank’s President, said this Saturday. They will become a shareholder member of the BRICS Bank with an amount of $1.5 billion, Ennahar TV quoted Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune… Continue reading
