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  • BRICS post-Kazan: A Laboratory of the Future

    The much-awaited BRICS heads of state meeting in Russia’s Kazan did not disappoint. The multilateral institution has finally brought bite and substance to many of the global financial and political conundrums that have long-challenged a genuine reshaping of the global order.

    By Pepe Escobar at The Cradle.

    The Russian presidency of BRICS 2024 could not have chosen… Continue reading

  • BRICS Make History – Can They Keep the Momentum?

    The Kazan Declaration is no less than a detailed diplomatic manifesto to propose real reform, moving in practice towards in-depth institutional changes and to reject Hegemony, in particular the post-WW2 Anglo-American levers of global control.

    By Pepe Escobar at Sputnik.
    The not so simple twists of fate always allow certain cities to make their mark in History… Continue reading

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  • Pepe’s Page: on the Post-BRICS Summit Era

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    Good morning from Kazan!
    And welcome to the future.
    Especially the new 13 BRICS partners:

    ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
    ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus
    ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด Bolivia
    ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Cuba
    ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia
    ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstan
    ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia
    ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria
    ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand
    ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkiye
    ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Uganda
    ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Uzbekistan
    ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Vietnam pic.twitter.com/y8dAtgv35k

    โ€” Pepe Escobar (@RealPepeEscobar) October 24, 2024

    George Galloway sends a message from Kazan at the BRICS summit – this may be the most… Continue reading

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  • BRICS Offers Hope in a Time of War

    A date with Destiny .. “Well, Doctor, what have we got, a New Start or more Tyranny?” “A new start… if you can keep it.”

    By Pepe Escobar at Sputnik.ย 
    This is it. A date with destiny. All set for the most crucial geopolitical/geoeconomic gathering of the year and arguably the decade: the BRICS Summit under the… Continue reading

  • Danny, Pepe, Ritter: Lebanon, BRICS, 404

    Pepe Escobar & Scott Ritter join Danny Haiphong: Israel’s Lebanon War Backfires, Russia Crushes Ukraine, BRICS Bombshell

    Journalist and geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar (https://x.com/RealPepeEscobar ; https://t.me/rocknrollgeopolitics) joins the show to break down new developments leading into the upcoming BRICS Summit and how geopolitical shockwaves in Lebanon and Ukraine will affect its course.

    In the second half of… Continue reading

  • 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.ย 
    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

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  • 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

  • BRICS+ Cities Unite in Kazan

    200 heads of municipalities from 21 countries met at the Forum of Cities of the BRICS+ Countries in the Russian city of Kazan, ushering in a new era of cooperation.

    By Pepe Escobar at Sputnik.
    The idea, by Kazan mayor Ilsur Metshin, was as simple as quite revolutionary. Why not profit from the year of the Russian… Continue reading

  • Swans of the Apocalypse

    ๐Ÿ”นRussian President Vladimir Putin visited the Kazan Aviation Plant named after S. P. Gorbunov, a branch of PJSC Tupolev, during his visit to the capital of Tatarstan. During the inspection of the new aircraft, the head of State suggested naming one of the Tu-160M missile carriers in honor of the first President of Tatarstan, Mintimer… Continue reading

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