... assistance to countries like Egypt and its neighbours thanks to its surplus production and steady supply of fertilizers from Russia.
At the same time, India’s firm stance on food security has faced challenges. Prime Minister Modi
announced
a review ... ...
Despite facing challenges with its agricultural practices, India has a valuable opportunity to support developing nations in the Global South. India can significantly enhance global food security by sharing its agricultural knowledge and collaborating with ...
... more than 100 countries to share vital challenges and priorities on a common platform.
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Liudmila A. Pechishcheva: Dear Dr. Shoaib Khan! I appreciate your interest in my questions on one of the most up-to-date issues related to India-Russia strategic cooperation as well as India’s role in the Global South. I would like to thank you for your time. What are the positive aspects in cultural, educational, and scientific cooperation between Russia and India?
Dr. Khan: Russia has been a longstanding and time-tested partner for India. Development ...
... simultaneously executed nuclear reactor construction projects. The company also controls around 20% of the global market for enriched materials for NPP fuel supply. Important forms of promoting Russian nuclear technologies in the energy markets of the Global South include the participation of Russian entities in international organizations such as the IAEA. New platforms for international cooperation include BRICS and BRICS+ formats—in particular, the
establishment
of a nuclear platform within the group. Russia traditionally holds a strong ...
... focuses on digital sovereignty and bridging the digital divide, combating digital neo-colonialism and data neo-colonialism to make the digital space truly inclusive, placing these issues as its top priority. Not wishing to politicize the dialogue, many global South countries joined the Pact with the GDC as its annex, expressing solidarity with the Secretary-General in his effort to overcome the UN systemic crisis, especially since the Pact is non-binding.
Russia did not support the GDC, distancing itself from the consensus, while its own text received predominantly negative assessments in Russian society, both at the level of officials and among the expert community. For Russia, a pioneer in the discussion ...
... CEOs of major international organizations. Clearly, the Russian leadership intends to demonstrate that, despite continuous efforts by the West, Russia is not isolated in the international community and it can claim a lot of friends and partners in the Global South.
Even more importantly, Russia did it homework to the extent possible in paving the way to the summit with numerous ministerials, official consultations at lower levels, parliamentary, business and expert meetings. At all these events they should have worked hard in order to ...
... BRICS or Not to BRICS: the Group’s Future After Expansion
This is probably one of the main reasons why many nations of the Global South want to join BRICS. An important feature of BRICS is that the entrance ticket is free, and there are no membership ... ... within a larger group of members, immensely complicate the decision-making process.
Judging from the preliminary results of Russia's 2024 chairmanship within BRICS, it would be reasonable to conclude that the ambitions of the group are indeed higher ...
... watching it closely due to the agenda and discussion points.
In conclusion, the BRICS can follow whatever path it chooses. However, it must be cautious and try to avoid an alliance mentality and Western mistakes. For example, many experts believe that Russia’s suspension from the G-8 in 2014 sharpened the divide between the Global South and North. It also intensified the crisis in the Eurasia region. Second, if the BRICS decides on an alternative currency, then the currency must not be the national currency of any member country. The world has already been facing the worst ...
... engagement holds global significance.
Russia’s Commitment to Gender Equality
Alexander Korolev:
To BRICS or Not to BRICS: the Group’s Future After Expansion
In the context of building a multipolar world and strengthening cooperation across the Global South and beyond, Russia’s BRICS+ gender agenda recognises the important role women play in addressing global challenges and enhancing global cooperation, trust and gender parity. Russia prioritises empowering women and enhancing their global representation in international ...
... the West cannot and does not want to provide resources for development.
One of the important reasons why the countries of the Global South are increasingly looking towards BRICS is that their relations with traditional leaders in the West are changing ... ... clarity will only be signs of attempts by individual countries to mislead others and thereby gain unilateral advantages. For Russia, maintaining uncertainty is not a problem: in the end, we are now dealing with a constant freedom of choice, which is best ...
... rather from the production capacity limitations of the national defense industry. Moreover, in 2023 there was a fast recovery in household consumption after a downturn a year earlier.
The pressure of Western sanctions was steadily increasing not only on Russia itself, but also on its key partners in the Global South through various instruments of ‘secondary sanctions’; however, this pressure did not prevent a continuous rise of Russia’s trade with China (up to USD 240 billion) and India (USD 65 billion).
According to the very recent data released ...
