BRICS
Intergovernmental organization of emerging countries
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| 2025 | Victoria Panova, Head of the BRICS Expert Council—Russia, clarifies that BRICS aims to create a fairer world order, but does not seek expansion for expansion's sake, and does not intend to duplicate the UN General Assembly. |
| 2025 | Brazil is set to take over the BRICS Pro Tempore Presidency. |
| March 2025 | President Putin suggests that BRICS countries could potentially participate in the Ukraine peace process. |
| 2025 | China and Russia plan to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the United Nations establishment and the 80th anniversary of the victory in World War II, aiming to enhance their comprehensive strategic cooperation. |
| February 2025 | President Trump declared 'BRICS is dead' in a press briefing, claiming the group was silent following his tariff threat. |
| January 31 2025 | President Trump posted on Truth Social telling BRICS to 'go find another sucker Nation'. |
| January 2025 | Joseph Nye commented on BRICS, suggesting the group's expansion could bring more intra-organizational rivalries and serve as a means of diplomatic escape for Russia and Iran. |
| January 17 2025 | Nigeria joins the BRICS partnership countries. |
| January 2025 | Nine countries confirmed their partner state status by mid-January 2025, including Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Uganda, and Uzbekistan. |
| January 6 2025 | Indonesia officially becomes the 10th member of BRICS, marking the first Southeast Asian state to join the bloc. Brazil's President Lula announced their official entry. |
| January 1 2025 | The expanded BRICS group officially welcomes six new member countries, increasing its global economic and political influence from the original five members. |
| 2024 | Nearly 34 countries officially applied for BRICS membership, including Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, and many others. |
| 2024 | Russia held the BRICS Pro Tempore Presidency, with priorities including investing in BRICS countries' economies, cooperating in energy and environmental industries, supporting young children, and developing resolutions on migration and peacekeeping. |
| 2024 | Indonesia restarted its BRICS membership application process after Foreign Minister Sugiono's announcement following the 16th BRICS summit. |
| 2024 | BRICS introduced a new 'Partner states' category at the 16th BRICS summit in Kazan, Russian Federation, creating a pathway for prospective members to integrate into the bloc. |
| 2024 | Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa chose to attend the BRICS summit instead of the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa, signaling their preference for maintaining relations with China and Russia. |
| 2024 | Miguel Díaz-Canel, president of Cuba, was unable to attend the BRICS summit due to the 2024 Cuba blackout, and instead sent a representative. |
| 2024 | Aleksandar Vučić, president of Serbia, did not attend the summit due to a conflicting visit from European Union representatives, and sent a deputy instead. |
| 2024 | The 16th BRICS summit was held in Kazan, Russia, marking the first summit to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates as new members after their accession at the previous year's summit. |
| 2024 | Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced he would not attend the BRICS summit in person due to a minor brain hemorrhage following a fall, but would participate via videoconferencing. Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira led the Brazilian delegation in his place. |
| 2024 | India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar commented on BRICS' significance, stating the group's importance due to exclusion from the G7 and highlighting its role for emerging economies. |
| 2024 | Jim O'Neill publicly comments that the BRICS grouping primarily generates rhetoric and symbolism, critically assessing its substantive impact. |
| 2024 | President Putin spoke at a BRICS forum, emphasizing BRICS as a key element of an emerging multipolar world order representing the interests of the global South and East, highlighting active dialogue in the BRICS plus/outreach format. |
| 2024 | Indonesia expressed interest in joining BRICS following its presidential election. |
| 2024 | Brazil blocked Venezuela's application to BRICS due to disputed 2024 Venezuelan elections, leading Venezuela to recall its ambassador from Brazil. |
| 2024 | New Development Bank approved more than $32 billion for 96 projects since its inception, with 53 projects underway worth around $15 billion. |
| 2024 | BRICS+ reported an informality rate of 62% and a labour force participation rate of 60.8%. |
| November 2024 | Reinhold Brender of the Egmont Institute comments on the Kazan summit, emphasizing the pivot of Global South countries and calling for the EU to reconsider its approach to BRICS and international relations. |
| November 2024 | Donald Trump threatened a 100% US tariff on countries pursuing a BRICS currency or moving away from the US dollar, posting on Truth Social. |
| October 2024 | Christian E. Rieck from the Global Governance Institute analyzes BRICS' power dynamics, noting China's dominant '4+1' position and highlighting tensions between China's expansion efforts and India and Brazil's desire to maintain the group's exclusive non-western stance. |
| October 2024 | Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman described the BRICS framework as non-confrontational and constructive, presenting it as a viable alternative to existing global rules. |
| October 24 2024 | BRICS invited 13 additional countries (Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam) to participate as 'partner countries'. |
| September 2024 | Algeria rejected its BRICS membership application, becoming the second country after Argentina to decline. |
| September 2 2024 | Turkey officially applied to join the BRICS bloc. |
| June 25 2024 | Final day of related events, including departures for various sports delegations. |
| June 23 2024 | Instead of a traditional closing ceremony, participants attended the Sabantuy festival to conclude the BRICS Games. |
| June 12 2024 | Opening ceremony held at the Kazan Expo concert hall, attended by Russian Sports Minister M. Degtyarev and Republic of Tatarstan head R. Minnikhanov, with athletes and official guests present (without ordinary spectators). |
| June 12 2024 | The 2024 BRICS Games officially commence in Kazan, Russia, bringing together athletes from BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) for an international multi-sport competition. |
| June 11 2024 | Preliminary rounds begin for select sports including tennis and rowing, marking the start of related events for the 2024 BRICS Games. |
| June 11 2024 | Preliminary events for tennis and rowing begin, marking the start of related events before the official games. |
| January 2024 | Saudi Arabia delayed its planned BRICS membership and announced they were still considering the matter. |
| January 1 2024 | Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates join BRICS, significantly expanding the group's membership and global representation. |
| January 1 2024 | Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia, and Iran officially joined the BRICS bloc. |
| 2023 | BRICS announced an expansion of its membership, drawing response from the US National Security Advisor who stated it does not pose a 'serious challenge'. |
| 2023 | Algeria applied for BRICS membership. |
| 2023 | The BRICS Kazan Declaration was adopted, endorsing UN and Security Council reform, supporting the full participation of the State of Palestine in the United Nations, and agreeing to explore a cross-border settlement and depository system. |
| 2023 | Thirteen nations were added as partner countries of BRICS: Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam. |
| 2023 | BRICS members introduced BRICS Pay, a new payment system designed to facilitate transactions and financial information interchange between central banks, offering an alternative to the Western SWIFT interbank system. |
| 2023 | Indian PM Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held their first formal bilateral meeting in five years, following a deadly military clash in 2020. The leaders reached a deal resolving a four-year stand-off and achieved complete troop disengagement. |
| 2023 | Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a bilateral meeting in Kazan, discussing deep China-Russia relations and agreeing to advance economic integration between the Belt and Road Initiative and the Eurasian Economic Union. |
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