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🔥 BRICS Summit 2025: Get Ready to Rock’n Roll
Pepe Escobar is on the ground in Rio de Janeiro, and will be providing video updates and analysis from the biggest geopolitical meeting of the year.
Top on the agenda — Trump and Israel’s attack on Iran, a key recent addition to the BRICS family.
Stay tuned!
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Rio tightens security ahead of BRICS 2025 summit
17,000 troops reportedly deployed to secure the venue, according to local reports
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🚨🇨🇳🇨🇺 BREAKING — China has begun rebuilding the Cuban Electric System.
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🚨RECOGNITION OF AFGHANISTAN: RUSSIAN CHECKMATE MOVE IN EURASIA
Russia’s official recognition of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is a huge move, unlocking new opportunities for Greater Eurasian cooperation.
But what’s in it for everyone involved?
KABUL PASSED THE TEST
Kabul "has demonstrated not just in words, but in practice, that it is not only a legitimate force capable of governing the country, but can also ensure security and combat the terrorist threat," Middle East expert Kirill Semenov tells Sputnik.
2/8
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From Pepe Escobar:
Friday morning in Rio. Another frantic pre-BRICS networking day.
Top NDB meeting in progress.
The NDB, the BRICS bank, will launch a new investment fund, in direct competition with the World Bank.
That will be part of the BRICS summit statement out next Monday in Rio.
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If it's anything like most of China's other construction projects abroad (particularly those of the Belt and Road Initiative, not to mention construction in China itself), it will be failing and falling apart very soon.
See starting at 56 minutes into the video here :
TOTAL HAVOC! China’s Buildings Are Falling Down and We Found Out Why - Episode #270
The China Show
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Streamed live 7/4/25
"We figured out why China is collapsing."
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🇧🇷🇻🇳 Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his spouse will lead a high-level delegation to Brazil from July 4–8 to attend the expanded BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro and conduct bilateral engagements. Recently admitted as a BRICS partner, Vietnam will participate in summit discussions and development collaborations.
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🇧🇷 At the NDB’s 10th anniversary, Lula called the 31% use of local currencies the bank’s hallmark, cutting dollar reliance and boosting BRICS sovereignty. He praised its equal-vote model and rejection of Western conditionalities.
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Russia delivered 4 million tonnes of fertilizer to the BRICS countries in 2024.
Exports by Russian giant PhosAgro were primarily destined for South Africa, Brazil, and India, its deputy director announced.
Faced with new EU duties on Russian fertilizers, effective July 2025, PhosAgro will prioritize demand markets.
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Exactly. This is what's happening right now and the pace is getting faster and faster. I don't know if anyone noticed but after Covid-fiasco was over, everything changed almost immediately. I'm almost certain that the Finnish television almost said that the covid is no longer a threat. And couple of days after that, it was all about how Russia has invaded Ukraine. It almost made me laugh that no one seemed to notice it. Everyone was scared. So it didn't took too long for Finland to join NATO (so now we had chosen our side). I do think however that our destiny has been pre-planned and our leaders didn't want to believe it.. But it still happened.Quote:
Posted by Bill RyanBut America isn't the 'Free World' any more — and neither is Canada, the EU, the UK, Australia or New Zealand. Freedom needs to come from elsewhere now.Quote:
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So now we have this situation all around the world: "Choose your side because you are either on our side or you're on wrong side". So we have two sides. Thats what the media is saying all the time. You are either or not on our side. There is no middle. But I do believe the elite is always on the same side no matter what. It's about us really, we need to do something so that all of the wars are not going to spread any further.
I used to like Sauli Niinistö even though he was the one who wanted us to join to NATO. The former president is not at all what I wanted. He's too arrogant and actually is provoking Putin too much.
Pre BRICS Summit update from Pepe Escobar.
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🇧🇷 Pepe Escobar reports from Rio as the 2025 BRICS Summit approaches, revealing a quiet rebellion against Western hegemony.
Plans are underway to launch a BRICS media network—the first step in building a Global South narrative machine to challenge the monopoly of Western information warfare.
The New Development Bank, now a decade old under Dilma Rousseff’s leadership, signals BRICS’ maturing financial independence. The Beijing Club, a revitalized think tank, is convening top minds from Tsinghua and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences to map a post-Western world.
Behind closed doors, China–India frictions and Beijing’s growing footprint in Brazil are being openly debated.
The summit kicks off Sunday, but the real action has already begun.
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🇧🇷🇨🇳 BREAKING: BRAZIL BREAKS RANKS WITH BRICS
✅ Interview with PEPE ESCOBAR
@RealPepeEscobar
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🇷🇺💬 BRICS Bank was not created to confront other institutions, says Russian Finance Minister to Sputnik Brazil
Russia's Finance Minister, Anton Siluanov, stated that the New Development Bank (NDB), also known as the BRICS Bank, was not established as an institution aimed at confronting other financial organizations, but rather to promote projects of the group's countries.
In response to Sputnik Brazil, when asked whether the NDB is an alternative to other institutions, Siluanov said that the bank's goal is to contribute to the development of the nations that are part of the organization.
"We did not create a new bank as an alternative or challenge to some international institutions. We created it so that the bank would help implement infrastructure projects, mainly in the territory of the NDB's participating countries."
Siluanov admitted that the BRICS Bank faced difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic and with trade wars. However, currently, the NDB sees the loan portfolios of the countries growing, making it possible to set new goals for the organization.
🇷🇺💬 Banco do BRICS não foi criado para enfrentar outras instituições, diz ministro das Finanças russo à Sputnik Brasil
O ministro das Finanças da Rússia, Anton Siluanov, declarou que o Novo Banco de Desenvolvimento (NBD), também conhecido como Banco do BRICS, não foi criado como uma instituição que visava enfrentar outras organizações financeiras, mas sim fomentar projetos de países do grupo.
Em resposta à Sputnik Brasil, ao ser questionado sobre o NBD ser uma alternativa a outras instituições, Siluanov disse que o objetivo do banco é contribuir no desenvolvimento das nações que fazem parte da organização.
"Não criamos um novo banco como alternativa ou desafio a algumas instituições internacionais. Nós o criamos para que o banco ajudasse a implementar projetos de infraestrutura, principalmente no território dos países participantes do NBD.”
Siluanov admitiu que o Banco do BRICS passou por dificuldades ao longo da pandemia de COVID-19, e com guerras comerciais. Porém, atualmente, o NBD vê as carteiras de empréstimos dos países crescendo, possibilitando traçar novas metas para a organização.
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That was a very interesting short interview, but the slightly extreme Twitter/X title given to it might have been undeserved. I'm looking forward to this longer and more in-depth interview with Pepe, who'll be reporting everything to Nima Alkhorshid in a new livestream 3 hours from now. (But Nima's video title also seems rather over-dramatic!)Quote:
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Pepe Escobar: BRICS Bombshell STUNS Trump – China, Russia & Iran Make their Move!
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🇷🇺🇧🇷 Putin is scheduled to speak via videoconference at the BRICS Summit in Brazil later today (Moscow time), while Maxim Oreshkin, Deputy Head of the Russian Presidential Administration, is representing Russia in person in Rio de Janeiro.
Oreshkin emphasized the growing momentum of BRICS as a global force:
“From summit to summit, steady work is underway. New initiatives emerge, gain momentum, and are transformed into concrete cooperation agreements among BRICS countries—and more broadly, among the nations of the Global South and East. This is the driving force of the global economy.
The future of not only our countries, but of the entire world, depends on how these nations feel and how they move forward.”
He also pointed to shifting global dependencies:
“The developed Western economies are, in fact, far more dependent on BRICS countries than BRICS is on them.”
Oreshkin highlighted BRICS’ growing leadership role:
“BRICS countries are demonstrating technological leadership in key sectors and are forming an alternative to Western industrial centers.”
“A new system of global development is emerging from within BRICS itself—not imposed from the outside, as it was during the era of old globalization.”
Turning to Russia’s economic resilience, he noted:
“The Russian economy is showing steady growth despite sanctions, outpacing the global average.”
“Russia has not only withstood unprecedented sanctions pressure but has also carried out a deep transformation of its economy.”
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🇷🇺 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in Rio de Janeiro to lead the Russian delegation at the 17th BRICS Summit, taking place July 6–7. President Vladimir Putin will join the plenary session via video link.
🇧🇷 Chaired by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, this year’s summit is the largest in BRICS history. In addition to the 10 full member states—including new members Egypt, Iran, the UAE, Ethiopia, and Indonesia—nine partner nations have also been invited. Key participants include:
▪️ 🇮🇳 India: Prime Minister Narendra Modi
▪️ 🇿🇦 South Africa: President Cyril Ramaphosa
▪️ 🇪🇬 Egypt: President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi
▪️ 🇪🇹 Ethiopia: Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali
▪️ 🇮🇷 Iran: President Massoud Pezeshkian
▪️ 🇮🇩 Indonesia: President Prabowo Subianto
▪️ 🇦🇪 UAE: President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
▪️ 🇳🇬 Nigeria and 🇺🇬 Uganda as African partner countries
Lavrov will also take part in multilateral discussions where delegates will assess BRICS progress in three main areas: politics and security, economy and finance, and cultural-humanitarian cooperation.
As outlined by Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, the summit will center on three strategic pillars:
▪️ Reform of global governance
▪️ Strengthening economic ties
▪️ Ensuring international security
The agenda will also cover a broad range of global issues, including trade, healthcare, climate change, AI governance, and peacebuilding.
The expansion of BRICS directly challenges Western interests. The bloc is positioning itself as an alternative center of power, promoting multipolarity and rejecting dependence on the U.S. dollar. Notably, Saudi Arabia has so far paused on formal accession—carefully navigating between U.S. and Eastern alignments.
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🇲🇾🇧🇷 Anwar Ibrahim at the BRICS Business Forum 2025 in Rio
In Rio, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim delivered a quiet thunderclap: BRICS 2025 is not merely a summit—it’s a historic turning point in the unfinished struggle for post-colonial justice.
He invoked the legacy of Sukarno, Nehru, Zhou Enlai, and Nkrumah—founders of a vision long obstructed by the chokehold of Western institutions. The Non-Aligned Movement and G77 laid the groundwork, but too often the Global South was spoken about, not with. Those days, he suggested, are numbered.
What sets today’s BRICS apart, Anwar argued, is not just political will, but the convergence of state leadership with the energy of the business community, youth, women, and civil society. This is no longer about theory or protest—it’s about implementation, trade, currency sovereignty, and technological parity.
He saluted President Lula for defying the scripted roles assigned to Southern leaders and advancing a vision rooted in dignity and independence. That era—of waiting for permission from Washington or Brussels—is over. As Anwar put it, “We cannot continue complaining but not executing.”
The message was unmistakable: the Global South is no longer a passive bloc—it is a strategic South, ready to engage the world on its own terms, with its own voice, and on equal footing.
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It is a historic moment. For those of you who have been following the course of history, we realize that the attempt to save the voice of newly emerging economies and countries—post-colonialism—was led by Sukarno of Indonesia, Zhou Enlai of China, Jawaharlal Nehru of India, and Nkrumah of Africa.
It was a bold attempt to ensure that the voice of conscience—of those struggling for freedom and justice—would be heard. It did not achieve much success. But it was a bold attempt.
Then we had the Non-Aligned Movement. Preceding that, we had the G77—still not achieving the desired results.
Now, I salute you, President Lula, for having the courage to proceed with a clear vision, a clear commitment, to voice the concerns and aspirations of the people, particularly of the Global South.
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But why are we particularly encouraged? Because it is no longer an effort purely of political leadership. Political leaders have a role to initiate this reform. But what is spectacular about BRICS is the participation of the business community—the private sector—that complements this effort, ensuring that the voice of reason, the voice for justice, is not only heard, but also implemented.
Together with political leadership, the business community, women, youth, and the private sector—we salute you all for this effort.
[applause]
I see this conference in a more positive light. We’re not here to complain or lament those who believe in unilateral actions—tariffs, protectionism. Here, we raise a voice for multilateralism, for collaboration. We work with countries of the South, but still engage with countries in the North as friends in this new alliance.
But we want to make sure we speak from a position of strength—not as weak, ex-colonial countries, but as independent nations with a clear position. And now you see—from aerospace to AI, from food tech to green technology—you have this new strength emerging from emerging economies.
And I believe this BRICS initiative will succeed in ways that could alter and redirect the course of human history.
Thank you very much for this effort.
[applause]
I come from Malaysia. And in ASEAN, we deliberate these issues. First, we must be cohesive. We must speak as one—based on multilateral arrangements—and we must promote the principle of centrality: befriending all, supporting just causes.
But it's no longer enough to rely on rhetoric and political platitudes. What we need is concrete action.
That’s why one of ASEAN’s pillars is the business community. We must increase intra-ASEAN trade. And now, we must also increase intra-BRICS trade.
We have enormous potential, and we must act on it. Because only with that strength can we negotiate—safely, fairly, and justly—with all other partners, multilaterally.
We must demand reform: a democratic, just, international, and multilateral order—from the United Nations to the WTO, to the IMF and the World Bank.
Again, I support the position taken by President Lula—one of the few courageous leaders today—voicing the concerns of those who have long gone unheard.
So thank you, my friend.
[applause]
In ASEAN, we’ve not only worked on enhancing inter-ASEAN trade; we’ve also experimented with financial settlement systems. We’ve started using local currencies.
Of course, we’re not talking about full de-dollarization yet—that’s still a long road. But we’ve started: Malaysia with Indonesia, Malaysia with Thailand, and now also with China. Even beginning with 10 or 20% makes a difference.
We cannot continue to complain without implementing our own plans among ourselves and our friendly neighbors.
And I believe that what President Lula said—and what the chairman of the confederation emphasized—about ensuring the private sector takes these items seriously will truly make a difference.
But let me return to the central point: BRICS in 2025 is not the first attempt.
The Bandung Conference in 1955—it began when we were still struggling. No industry. No new technology. No real capacity—except for our shared humanity, our national aspirations, and political leadership.
Now, we have political leadership with vision, and we have a strong business community. I believe that this collaboration—between women and youth, between governments and the private sector, and with civil society—will make a difference.
I thank you again, Mr. President. See you in Kuala Lumpur in October.
Thank you.
[applause]
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From Pepe Escobar,
🇧🇷 Reporting straight from ground zero of multinodality—Pepe Escobar takes us inside the BRICS Business Forum in Rio.
“This is when you feel the heartbeat of the Global South. Everybody's interacting with each other.”
From Pier Mauá at sunset, with the Rio-Niterói Bridge and port behind him, Escobar captures a day charged with alliance-building and deal-making ahead of the official BRICS Summit. This gathering is reshaping global power dynamics in real time.
Today’s multinodality was on full display. Women-led business rounds forged new alliances—multinodality made tangible. Escobar met outstanding businesswomen from Egypt, the UAE, Russia, and China, who had also met with President Lula the day before.
In the morning, Anwar Ibrahim and Lula shared the stage. The Malaysian Prime Minister delivered a brilliant 10-minute speech—a powerful symbol of Malaysia-Brazil synergy.
Throughout the day, the forum served as a vibrant networking hub, with nonstop deal-making that bypassed traditional Western corridors, showing how BRICS nations and partners are building new economic routes.
Escobar highlights the determination of Global South leaders to build a multinodal, multipolar world—an ambition echoed in every interaction.
A key geopolitical signal came from President Lula’s announcement that he will attend the ASEAN Summit this October in Kuala Lumpur, chaired by Malaysia. This marks a milestone in South America–Southeast Asia cooperation.
Stay tuned for tomorrow’s update from Day 1 of the BRICS Summit. History isn’t
just being watched in Rio—it’s being rewritten by the Global South.
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🇧🇷🇻🇳 At the BRICS Summit in Rio, Brazil’s President Lula met Vietnam’s PM Pham Minh Chinh to celebrate growing ties. They marked first beef and tilapia exports, backed a MERCOSUR–Vietnam trade deal, signed a tech MoU, and pledged business missions to boost trade and investment.
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The follwing are Comments, main points about Putin’s speech via video conference,
Maimunka News,
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‼️🇷🇺🇧🇷 #Putin at BRICS Summit Planery Session — Key Points:
➡️ The unipolar system has long served the interests of the so-called "golden billion", but the era of liberal globalization is coming to an end.
➡️ BRICS economies now significantly surpass the G7 in real terms — as of 2025, the combined GDP of BRICS is roughly 25% higher.
➡️ Trade in national currencies among BRICS members continues to grow steadily, reducing reliance on the U.S. dollar and euro.
➡️ BRICS has gained widespread support across the Global South and East, positioning itself as a credible alternative to Western-dominated institutions.
➡️ A just, multipolar world order is replacing the outdated unipolar model centered around Western dominance.
#BRICSSummit #BRICS2025
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