Generation BRICS

In honour of the upcoming New Year, a festive Christmas tree has been placed in our office. It is decorated in the colours of the Russian tricolour — this symbol of unity reflects our shared spirit and readiness for new challenges.

It is in this vein that we are completing key projects for the outgoing year and, at the same time, preparing for a major event — the BRICS International School: New Generation in Nizhny Novgorod.

May the lights of this New Year tree illuminate our path into the New Year — towards bright events and new professional achievements!

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India presented key areas of work for its BRICS Chairship in 2026

During the final meeting of the BRICS countries’ sherpa/sous-sherpa meeting under the Brazilian Chairship, Indian partners outlined the strategic priorities for India's future Chairship in the group in 2026.

The main efforts will focus on the following areas: strengthening multilateral cooperation, reforming global governance institutions, and ensuring energy and food security. In addition, the agenda will include issues such as stimulating innovation and technological cooperation, combating terrorism and transnational crime, as well as eradicating poverty and countering climate change.

The program presented by India demonstrates a commitment to a comprehensive approach to addressing pressing global challenges.

#NEWS #India

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Russian Foreign Ministry: BRICS has made progress in key areas of cooperation

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and BRICS Sherpa Sergey Ryabkov took part in the BRICS countries’ sherpa/sous-sherpa meeting, which concluded Brazil's Chairship and was held on December 11-12 in Brasilia. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, the meeting summarised the results of the year and noted progress in key areas of cooperation.

"The participants reviewed this year’s cooperation outcomes. More than 260 political, economic, and humanitarian events, including the BRICS Summit and nearly 20 ministerial meetings, took place this year," the statement said. "The contribution of the Brazilian Chairship to ensuring continuity of the BRICS strategic partnership was noted, along with progress achieved across all key areas such as politics and security, the economy and finance, and cultural and humanitarian exchanges".

The Foreign Ministry highlighted the achievements of the year: the launch of the #BRICS Partnership for the Elimination of Socially Determined Diseases, the adoption of leadership statements on climate finance and global governance in the field of artificial intelligence.

Cooperation in the fields of energy, healthcare, transport, science, and innovation has gained additional momentum, as noted. Dialogue has also continued on the initiatives of the Russian Chairship in 2024, including the creation of an independent settlement infrastructure, an investment platform, and a BRICS grain exchange.

#NEWS #diplomacy

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How BRICS is shaping multipolar space

After decades of Western dominance, BRICS is steadily assembling its own space architecture, combining the technical capabilities of China, Russia, and India with the ambitions of emerging members from the Global South. Joint programmes, from satellite constellations to orbital stations and lunar missions, are shaping an autonomous space ecosystem supported by shared infrastructure and rising private-sector participation.

At the same time, the group is promoting alternative governance principles focused on inclusion and peaceful use of orbit, positioning itself against NATO’s militarisation trend. Together, these dynamics point to the emergence of a new spatial order, where astropolitics reflects the broader multipolar system taking shape on earth.

📎 Read more in the article by Andrea Alberti, Research Fellow at the Italian Space Agency under the European Space Policy Institute, Participant of the BRICS International School: New Generation 2025 published in the BRICS Business Magazine

#ANALYTICS #BRICSSchool #space

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History of Chinese writing and its significance for China's contemporary language policy discussed at Inostranka

The Library for Foreign Literature hosted a lecture titled "A Journey into China's Past: The Hidden Stories Behind China's History and Script," organised by the BRICS Expert Council-Russia in partnership with the BRICS+ Information and Cultural Media Centre. The event was held as part of the annual Chinese Mosaic Festival and a broader educational series focused on the BRICS countries.

The speaker was Maria Efimenko, Lecturer of the School of Asian Studies at HSE University and Academic Director of the HSE Chinese Club. In her lecture, she highlighted that the evolution of Chinese writing represents a continuous thread across the millennia—from the first sacred symbols of the Neolithic period to today's simplified characters.

Special focus was given to the Shang (Yin) dynasty, which provided scholars with deciphered inscriptions on oracle bones and shells. These texts followed a binary structure: questions were posed in both affirmative and negative forms so that the divine response could be interpreted from cracks as "yes" or "no." The subsequent historical layer consists of inscriptions on Western Zhou bronze vessels, where texts became formalised "documents" for ancestor veneration, recording dates, circumstances, appointments, and lists of gifts, reflecting early elements of state bureaucracy.

In closing, Maria Efimenko emphasised that the Chinese writing tradition has profoundly influenced the linguistic cultures of Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, where characters were adapted to reflect their own native languages. This experience, she suggested, holds particular relevance for comparative studies and cross-cultural projects within the #BRICS framework.

📎 More information about this event can be found on the official website of the BRICS Expert Council-Russia

#BRICSExpertCouncil #BRICSExpertCouncilRussia #EXPERT #China #inostranka

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BRICS Offers Emerging Economies Non-Interference Development Path, Says Ethiopian Economist

🌍 The rise of BRICS is reshaping global power dynamics and offering Africa a new path within a multipolar system, according to Mohamed Ibrahim, a lecturer at Assosa University.

The bloc has evolved beyond trade into a geopolitical platform encompassing potential military, maritime, and economic cooperation, built on mutual trust among nations, Ibrahim told Sputnik Africa.

👉 The economist contrasted this with the interventionist approach often tied to Western domestic policies, presenting BRICS as an alternative development model free from such interference.

"I believe many countries, many emerging economies, can participate in this [BRICS] system. Therefore, its expansion is truly significant," he stated.

Africa's growing ties with Asia through BRICS demonstrate significant technological and economic influence, Ibrahim highlighted, adding his belief that the continent holds its future as a hub of innovation.

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"Dialogue for the Future – 2025": Key Role of BRICS and New Contours of Global Governance

From December 5 to 9, 2025, the research and educational programme "Dialogue for the Future – 2025," organised by the Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund, was held in Moscow. Over five days, young researchers and experts from various countries discussed pivotal issues on the contemporary international agenda: the self-organisation of the Global Majority, regulation of artificial intelligence, the UN reform, and the transformation of global governance.

An important part of the event was the discussion "UN Reform in the Interests of the Majority," which featured Victoria Panova, Head of the BRICS Expert Council-Russia, Vice Rector at HSE University, and Sherpa of Russia in the Women 20 (W20). Her presentation made a significant analytical contribution to the debate, focusing participants’ attention on key issues of Global Majority representation and the role of BRICS in reshaping the global architecture.

Victoria Panova stressed that the demand from developing nations for a more equitable voice in global governance is stronger than ever. The UN structure, established after World War II, is increasingly misaligned with 21st-century realities, and reforming the Security Council while elevating the role of the Global South remain essential to the legitimacy of this institution. She noted that the #BRICS countries, owing to their economic and political momentum, have a unique opportunity to champion new approaches to global governance that respect the interests of a broad range of states.

📎 More information about this event can be found on the website of the BRICS Expert Council-Russia

#NEWS #EXPERT #UN #diplomacy

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Eight countries participated in a BRICS working group meeting in Tehran

Eight nations—China, Russia, India, Brazil, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, Iran, and Indonesia—took an active part in the meeting of the #BRICS Working Group on Research Infrastructures and Mega-Science Projects, which opened on December 9 in Tehran. This was announced by Zahra Farahani, Head of Cooperation with International Organisations at the Presidential Centre for International Scientific Cooperation.

"This working group, established in 2015, aims to identify practical and operational forms of collaboration and joint research to address global issues and challenges, particularly in the Global South countries," she was quoted as saying by the Mehr News Agency.

The Tehran meeting will focus on developing joint scientific cooperation among the BRICS countries, improving funding mechanisms for large scientific projects, and strengthening the role of research institutes as drivers of innovation, sustainable development, and science diplomacy.

#NEWS #science

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BRICS is at the center of the decision-making process — Lavrov

'It is becoming an increasingly prominent group that reflects the diversity of today's world'

We are glad to share the key points from the lecture "A Journey into China's Past: The Hidden Stories Behind China's History and Script," delivered by Maria Efimenko, Lecturer of the School of Asian Studies at HSE University, at Inostranka.

⚪This lecture is a journey through time: from the Neolithic period and the first symbols on pottery to the modern system of simplified characters and Standard Mandarin.

⚪The earliest signs were simple crosses, circles, and "flower-with-eye" motifs; these were sacred symbols applied to ritual objects, not used for administrative record-keeping as in Ancient Sumer.

⚪The transition to the Shang (Yin) dynasty provided us with deciphered inscriptions on oracle bones and shells: questions were phrased in affirmative and negative pairs so the gods’ answers—interpreted through cracks—could be read as “yes” or “no.”

⚪The Western Zhou period featured inscriptions on bronze vessels: essentially administrative records with dates, circumstances, appointments, and lists of gifts—a document intended for ancestors, preserved at the bottom of a ritual vessel.

⚪Chinese characters evolved from pictograms (“horse,” “tree,” “woman”) to ideograms and then to phono-semantic compounds, combining a semantic clue with a phonetic indicator within a single character.

⚪A primary challenge for Europeans is the disconnection between writing and sound: a character does not directly represent sound; it cannot be read phonetically “letter by letter,” as in Cyrillic or Latin scripts.

⚪Chinese writing left a lasting legacy in Japan, Korea, and Vietnam: local writing systems based on Chinese characters were adapted to record not the Chinese language, but their own native tongues.

📎 Click here to watch a video of this lecture

#EXPERT #inostranka

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Registration for the first regional BRICS International School: New Generation in Nizhny Novgorod is now open!

We invite young leaders, experts, and professionals from all BRICS countries to be part of this unique educational event.

📆 Date: December 19, 2025
📍 Location: Nizhny Novgorod — the first city in Russia to be awarded the status of "Youth Capital of Russia."

🌐 The following are invited to participate: scientists, analysts, diplomats, representatives of ministries and state agencies, think tank experts, entrepreneurs, journalists, and leaders of youth and civil society organisations from the BRICS countries.

💭 Age: 18 to 35 years old.

How to register?
Submit your application on the official registration page

🔥 Deadline: December 15, 2025

This is your chance to contribute to the dialogue between young BRICS leaders, develop your professional skills, and exchange ideas with future colleagues from different countries.

#BRICSinNizhnyNovgorod #BRICSNewGeneration

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