Russia assumed the one-year rotating chairmanship of the 10-member BRICS intergovernmental group on January 1, 2024. On Moscow’s watch, BRICS will carry out over 200 events covering a wide range of issues. The key event of Russia’s chairmanship will be the BRICS summit in October 2024 in Kazan, Tatarstan, in Russia’s Volga region.
"This work - we know - is increasingly worrying the United States and its allies, who understand that if this work is successful, and we achieve this , it will seriously question the mechanisms of globalization that are currently functioning under the leadership of the West."
Lavrov
According to minister Lavrov , Russia is interested in increasing the role of the BRICS states in the international monetary, financial and trading systems, developing interbank cooperation, expanding the use of national currencies and creating its own exchange
