The BRICS – a cooperation of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – has evolved from a mere slogan to a real-world economic bloc, preparing for its next summit in Johannesburg. The group controls a major development bank and is now thinking of expansion.

What is BRICS, what does it want, and how powerful is the group today?

#russia #india #china

00:00 Intro
01:01 How did BRICS start?
03:15 What does BRICS want?
04:59 How united is BRICS?
07:06 Why does BRICS want to expand?

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