Russia and Iran have joined forces to create an alternative to the SWIFT payment system that could power the BRICS alliance.

During Russia’s 2024 chairmanship of BRICS, four member states of the Association of South East Asian Nations were offered partnership status in lieu of direct entry. Whereas Vietnam remains in “wait-and-see” mode,

Russia's plans on the international track in the new year, strengthening partnership with BRICS and SCO, and prospects for developing cooperation with Latin America.

Despite the threat of a trade war with the U.S., economists and analysts tell CNBC that this will not stop BRICS from expanding.

The enhanced cooperation between Iran and Russia can help counter the unipolar global order and American excessive demands, Ali Beman Eghbali, an Iranian analyst, says.

In an interview with Russian news agency Sputnik published on Wednesday, Iranian government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani announced that Iran and Russia are set to sign a comprehensive cooperation agreement on January 17.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin he believed their two countries could finalise agreements on the construction of a nuclear power plant in Iran as the tw

Indonesia has officially joined BRICS as a full member, according to an announcement by Brazil’s government on Monday.

The continents leaders are under increasing pressure to boycott events organized by the Kremlin Foreign Ministry official Anatoly Bashkin has said

ASIATODAY.ID, MOSCOW - Africa’s fourth-largest economy and the world’s sixth-most populous nation with over 228 million people, Nigeria, has been

The official announcement of Indonesia’s joining of the BRICS Organization has become important geopolitical news this week, not only for domestic audiences like me, but also for global audiences, both BRICS member countries themselves and developed countries.