Since 2009 BRICS has achieved tangible results and has gained a reputation as a powerful and independent bloc: established coordination mechanisms within itself that are conducive to effective cooperation in politics, trade, finance, sport and culture

Russia has viewed both India and China through the lens of its relationship with the West. And that may not be a bad thing in the future.

The current global crisis has revealed a number of deficiencies in the global governance framework, whether at the level of global institutions, or at the level of regional integration blocks. With respect to the latter, the lack of response to the crisis from the regional institutions was exacerbated by the lack of contingency measures to strengthen the impact of these anti-crisis stimuli for the regional partners of the leading heavy-weights in the global economy

The exercises are set for September 4-5, according to the source

BRICS foreign ministers to meet on Sept 4, discuss topical international issues

During the initial days of the pandemic, some expressed hope that the world would come together to fight the common enemy—like COVID-19—given its visible and immediate consequences. Instead, there was a rise of national egoisms and intensified conflicts all over the world, preventing an efficient joint response