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Recommendations of the BRICS Civil Forum delivered to BRICS Sherpas
On Monday, July 6, 2015, during the working meeting of BRICS Sherpas and sous-Sherpas in Moscow, Victoria Panova, Co-Chair of the Civil BRICS Forum, handed over a set of recommendations prepared by the civil society on the most relevant issues of the Russian BRICS Presidency agenda to BRICS countries representatives

Authorities and civil society: inclusive dialogue for solution to the most important problems
On Monday the Civil BRICS Forum was opened in Moscow. The co-chairs of the Forum and the heads of the five national BRICS delegations summarized the results of the first Forum working day by holding a press-conference "Civil society of BRICS countries and authorities: is the dialogue possible?"

Political agenda to be gaining weight in BRICS — expert
MOSCOW, June 29. /TASS/. BRICS is an alliance of reformers of international relations, Executive Director of the Russian National Committee for BRICS Research Georgy Toloraya told TASS in an interview on the occasion of the group’s Civic Forum opening on Monday.

Civic BRICS recommends civil issues for summit agenda
Civic BRICS is an innovative political process to be implemented at the BRICS Summit in 2015, at Ufa. Its main objective is to ensure a constructive dialogue between representatives of civil society not only of BRICS member states, but also guest countries, on crucial human development issues; healthcare, education, culture, development, urban problems, finance and conflict settlement.

Civil BRICS Forum Begins in Moscow
Today, on 29 June, 2015, the Civil BRICS Forum has begun in Moscow, at “President-Hotel”.
It is expected that the number of guests of the Forum during three days will reach 500 delegates including the representatives of authorities, businesses, mass media and experts on civil initiatives and organizations from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

Address from the President of the Russian Federation to the CivilBRICS Forum participants
"This is very important since an effective solution to many issues of modern international relations is impossible without active mobilization of civil society. The role of public diplomacy is especially significant in ensuring trust and mutual understanding among states in search of ways to solve regional conflicts and crises peacefully."

Address from the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation to the CivilBRICS Forum participants
quot;Nowadays non-governmental organizations often generate promising ideas which are not only being discussed at a high level but also facilitate the elaboration of the most important interstate decisions"

China's top legislator calls for closer BRICS cooperation
China's top legislator Zhang Dejiang on Monday urged the world's five leading emerging economies to boost cooperation and play a constructive role in addressing global issues and promoting world peace and development.

SCO-BRICS: A Big Summit in Ufa
The summit next month will reveal much about the future of Russia’s Eurasian dream.

GDP of BRICS could surpass G7 in 2-3 years - senior Duma MP
The GDP of the BRICS countries may surpass that of the G7 within two or three years, as it has already hit $32.5 trillion and rising, claims State Duma Foreign Relations chief Aleksey Pushkov.

Moscow hosts BRICS Parliamentary Forum
On June 8, the first BRICS Parliamentary Forum was held in Moscow. Despite the fact that the grouping has existed for almost ten years, this was the first time its parliamentarians met in such a format.

Russia cements lead role with BRICS presidency
BRICS is an important instrument in Russia's foreign policy. The presidency gives Russia a chance to expand the economic, political and strategic scope of the five-nation grouping.

West pulled out $3.5trn from BRICS to thwart group – Russian Security Council
Western countries have withdrawn from BRICS countries more than $3.5 trillion over the last 10 years to suppress the group, said Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev, adding that nearly half of the sum was pulled out in the last 3 years.

Russia offers to discuss BRICS prototype of SWIFT global system
The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) has proposed a discussion about establishing an analogue to the SWIFT global network for transmission of financial information that processes $6 trillion worth of communiqués daily.

NATO, EU may try to break BRICS into national parts — legislator
EU and other international structures in future will try to make out of BRICS a threat to the existing world order and to drive wedges among its members, head of the international committee at the upper house of the Russian parliament Konstantin Kosachev told the BRICS Academic Forum on Friday.

The Brics Meets in an Academic Forum in Russia
Moscow, May 22 (Prensa Latina) The multi-polarity in international relations and notions of sovereignty, equality and law in the conditions of today''s world focus the reflections of experts in the Brics VII Academic Forum, which meets today in Russia.

BRICS bank to complement Washington-based development institutions – Presidential aide
The BRICS New Development Bank is not an alternative to the IMF and the World Bank but rather a complement, said Presidential aide Sergey Glazyev. It will address the challenges that Western institutions currently ignore.

Kosachev expects external attempts to cause division in BRICS
Konstantin Kosachev, the head of the Federation Council committee on international affairs, predicts that the geopolitical opponents of BRICS will try to artificially cause division in BRICS.

Civic BRIСS process of elaboration of recommendations for the BRICS leaders
Tuesday, May 19, 2015, in Multimedia press center MIA «RUSSIA TODAY» press conference «Civil BRICS: Russian Presidency innovative process» was held.

BRICS may engage in new int’l orbital station project – Russian space chief
Speaking in an interview with Russian newspaper “Rossiyskaya Gazeta” due to be released on Friday, Komarov said that a new orbital station is under discussion to replace the International Space Station (ISS).