BRICS

India will be attending the G20 under a new name, Bharat. According to Harnath Singh Yadav, a member of the Indian Parliament in the BJP party, the name India was one given to the country by the British, while Bharat...

The BRICS alliance just announced its enlargement to include Ethiopia, Argentina, Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE this morning. The alliance (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), was founded in 2010 in order to create an economic discussion that...

The Indian Space Research Organisation, IRSO, has just landed on the Moon's south pole, making it the fourth country to land on the Moon after Russia, China, and the United States. Just days after the failed Russian Moon mission that...

South Africa has indicated that it will allow Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend an upcoming BRICS summit held in the country in August. As a signatory to the International Criminal Court (ICC), South Africa may be obliged to arrest...

Greece’s close relationship with Russia, or at least its portrayed close relationship, is not likely to earn the crisis-stricken country special treatment anytime soon. On Tuesday, Andrey Kostin, President and Chairman of the Management Board of the second largest Russian Bank, VTB, said...

The Greek issue may be discussed informally at the meeting of finance ministers and central banks of the BRICS countries, according to TASS. The Russian news agency report cites a Russian official who is a member of the Russian delegation:...

China is confident that Greece's economy will turn around, after the outcome of Sunday's referendum. Deputy Chinese Foreign Minister Cheng Guoping said that he believes the Greek debt crisis would be "appropriately resolved." According to Reuters, Cheng Guoping said that with...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said that the efforts his government put toward securing the emergency Euro Summit on Monday has proved to be a "success." Eurozone country leaders announced a Monday summit to resolve Greece's prolonged debt crisis that threatens...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras discussed energy and the “Greek Stream” gas pipeline project with Gazprom chief Alexei Miller during a meeting in St Petersburg on Thursday. Tsipras also met with representatives of the new development bank for BRICS countries, who...

"Greece has not asked Russia's Finance Ministry for financial assistance," Russian Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak told Reuters on Thursday referring to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' visit to St. Petersburg. "Greece's Prime Minister is visiting Russia to discuss joint projects,...