The next year 2023, South Africa, as per stipulated approved guidelines and rules, will hold the rotating presidency of BRICS, the organization of five emerging developing countries made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. This implies that South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has a lot more at hand, especially with the current global geopolitical changes to drum home, to consolidate the growing support underway for a few others to join BRICS.
Andrey Kortunov the director general of the Russian International Affairs Council is an outlier in the Russian commentariat. While most Russian commentators have written off Europe and want Russia to reorient its foreign policy towards the global majority in Asia and Africa. Kortunov insists on maintaining relations with Europe, as Russia and Europe occupy the same
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The Russian arms dealer is back in Moscow after the prisoner swap for Brittney Griner. Kremlin officials say it’s a ‘capitulation by America’ – but other believe Bout is a declining asset