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Sergei Katyrin: “CCI is focused on SCO and BRICS”
Sergei Katyrin, the head of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Russia, speaks about the prospects of Russian business development within SCO and BRICS and other aspects of international cooperation.

Traders and manufacturers under sanctions
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Russia is adapting to activities within SCO and BRICS

Experts: BRICS significance is growing
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador and member of the Russian Council on International Affairs, Gleb Ivashentsov, and an expert of the National Research BRICS committee, professor of the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Federation and leading researcher at the IMEMO (of the Russian Academy of Sciences), Andrei Volodin, speak about the acute issues of BRICS activities, decisions of the BRICS summit in Fortaleza in July 2014, their implementation during the chairmanship of Russia, new priority directions of cooperation, and the potential and motivations of members of the union for c

Four external challenges for Russia
Ukraine is a guarantee of non-restoration of the USSR for the US
Russian Foreign Ministry rounds up 2014
The Russian Foreign Ministry has rounded up the developments of 2014. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that resolution of global security and stability problems needed joint efforts. He called attempts to isolate Russia pointless. The minister emphasized that no new Cold War would start, urging Washington to resume a constructive approach.

Vladimir Jabarov: “We don’t take revenge, but if you don’t want to trade with us, it is your choice”
Interview by Vladimir Nesterov. Exclusively to Vestnik Kavkaza

Russian senator says anti-Russian sanctions are useless
Vladimir Jabarov, a Russian senator from the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, has visited Vestnik Kavkaza and discussed the situation around South Stream, Mistral ships in France, relations with Kiev, anti-Russian sanctions. He noted that sanctions could not change the political course of the country.

Vladimir Davydov: “It is high time for consolidation inside BRICS”
Ahead of the 7th BRICS summit which will take place on July 9-10th in Ufa, Vladimir Davydov, the director of the Institute of Latin America, a corresponding member of the RAS, speaks about the prospects and strategic priorities of BRICS.

BRICS is not five countries, it is five leading civilization areas
Vladimir Davydov is sure

G20. Consequences
A round table devoted to the last G20 summit and the possible consequences of the decisions which were made at it. Experts also discussed BRICS countries and their future.
Askar Akayev: “I know how hard it was for Putin to be in Brisbane”
Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the G20 summit in Brisbane that the next BRICS summit and an informal meeting of its leaders will be held in Ufa on July 8-9. Askar Akayev, a senior scientist of the M.V. Lomonosov MSU, an ex-president of Kyrgyzstan, described the prospects of BRICS, efforts against ISIS and the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process in an interview with Vestnik Kavkaza.- How would you evaluate the results of the G20 and BRICS summits?

BRICS is more important than G20
Russia, Brazil, India, China, and South Africa want to resist the monopolar structure of the world

Russian vice prime minister hopes sanctions end soon
Russian Vice Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich expressed hope that sanctions would soon end and relations with partners would be restored. He noted that Russia was focused on strategic ties with BRICS members, developing dialogue with other partners, RIA Novosti reports.

Moscow intensifies international youth contacts
through soft power

Which Runet sites will be closed
Moscow will resist threats to national security in the information sphere

Putin invites investors
The Russian president has outlined foreign economic priorities

Dr. Jack Rasmus: “There will be a settlement in the Ukraine crisis before winter”
By Vestnik KavkazaThe President of the U.S. and the Chancellor of Germany believe that the U.S. and the EU should consider the possibility of launching additional sanctions against Russia due to the situation in Ukraine, according to the press service of the White House. Dr. Jack Rasmus, Professor of Political Economy at St. Marys College, Moraga, CA, told Vestnik Kavkaza how the Western sanctions affect Russia and Russian counter-sanctions affect the West.

Who are Russia's friends?
Taking a risk, Baku consciously avoided doubling of supplies