Hundreds of thousands of lives were lost and I wonder what was the purpose of it. For me personally, I don’t need this kind of victory,
He got a piece of shrapnel from a grenade in his hip and he bled to death because the hospital was very far away,
I hope that there will be some kind of peace negotiation because there will be exhaustion on one side or the other,
We believe that BRICS is a prototype of multipolarity, a structure uniting the Southern and Eastern hemispheres on the principles of sovereignty and respect for each other,
BRICS is just as much a symptom of emerging multipolarity as it is a catalyst
What BRICS is doing is gradually - brick by brick - building a bridge to a more democratic and just world order,
Russia wants to create an alternative to Western financial infrastructures,
BRICS expansion is no easy task,
It risks creating rival camps within the group,
Behind the rhetoric, there's a huge concern — even within Russia — whether the new members will become their equals,
India attaches immense importance to BRICS, and I look forward to extensive discussions on a wide range of subjects. I also look forward to meeting various leaders there,
China stands ready to work with other parties to strive for the steady and sustained development of greater BRICS cooperation, open a new era for the Global South to seek strength through solidarity and jointly promote world peace and development,
It is indicative of a collective movement away from the West, a demonstration of a fundamental shift within the world order that is seeking to challenge Western economic hegemony,
The economic growth of BRICS members will increasingly depend less on external influence or interference. This is essentially economic sovereignty,
The countries in our association are essentially the drivers of global economic growth. In the foreseeable future, BRICS will generate the main increase in global GDP,
Currently, the main glue that holds them together is the aspiration to achieve the same quality of life as in the West that they feel unable to achieve through cooperation with the West. Ultimately, BRICS+ is only anti-West in that it operates as an alternative institution. This means that it still remains to be seen what BRICS+ will provide for its member states, but increased cooperation among its members is extremely likely,
A lot of the problems Russia's economy is facing are linked to cross-border trade and payments. And a lot of that is linked to the US dollar,
The idea that they’re all going to fundamentally agree on something of great substance is bonkers really,
The clear message is that attempts to isolate Russia have failed,
In some ways it’s a good job for the West that China and India can never agree about anything. Because if those two were really serious, Brics would have enormous influence,