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BRICS expansion: Nine new partner countries set to join in January 2025 (economymiddleeast.com)

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Belarus, Bolivia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Cuba, Malaysia, Thailand, Uganda, and Uzbekistan will join BRICS as partner countries.

Ushakov noted that these nations have expressed their eagerness to attain this status and mentioned that Moscow is awaiting a response from an additional four countries.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Anybody who thinks joining BRICS will give them financial or physical security is a fool, tbh, but I can't find it in me to condemn proper incentivized diplomacy.

Good for them.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

they’ve already seen how predatory World Bank and IMF are

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Idk, they've bailed out entire nation's failing economies. It's not like they started repossessing furniture or anything, lol.

EDIT: I do admit they can be weaponized by refusing to work with nations on the basis of political alignment.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

IMF have usually demanded austerity which usually leads to government schemes for the poors to be cut. They also demand political alignment to western demands.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

They don't respossess the furniture but they do require it to be sold