BRICS

South Africa said Thursday that the BRICS summit will go ahead as planned, amid speculation that it may be moved to China to allow Russian president Vladimir Putin to attend. The Russian leader was accused by the International Criminal…

Egypt has officially applied to join BRICS, Russia’s ambassador in Cairo told reporters on Wednesday. The Arab Republic of nearly 100 million people would be a significant addition to the bloc of the largest developing economies that…

Senior members of South Africa’s ruling party ANC are on a "working visit" to Russia. In a statement, the African National Congress party said the visit followed an invitation from Russia’s ruling party and ally the United Russia Party.…