... security czar Vladimiro Ilich Lenin Montesinos, who some say is still a behind the scenes player. Like the burgeoning Odebrecht scandal in Colombia that continues wreaking havoc with the peace process and governance, little to none of the news surrounding Brazil's most powerful company- which has maintained close relations with the Pentagon into for over a decade- gets reported by the media in Brazil. UPDATE 4 Jan 2019 A particular quaientness of Peru-style democracy is that the president neither selects ...
... real cooperation. By now the list of common projects is as follows:
1. Russia’s Global Navigation Satellite System has a ground control station in Brasilia (Brazil) while Brazil is currently
developing
the second launcher family with the help of Russian partners.
2. In 1988 China and Brazil concluded an
agreement
on cooperation in S&T sphere followed by initiating China Brazil Earth Resources Satellite (CBERS) program — a long-term driver of joint cooperation. Remote sensing satellites are a prerogative of bilateral collaboration....
... cooperation development within BRICS in such key areas of interaction as policy and security, economy, trade and investment, agriculture, science and innovation, education, health, culture, etc. has passed. The first summit of the heads of state from Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) was held on the initiative of Russia in 2009 in Yekaterinburg. The format was considered successful, and summit meetings became annual. In 2011, the most economically developed state of Africa, South Africa, became an official ...
... consults initiated by Russia, preceded the summit and they will also follow it; all in all, they will be held
in over 30 areas
. Particular mention should be made of the BRICS Think Tank Council (BTTC) which brings together BRICS strategic centers in Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Expert recommendations drafted at the scheduled meeting of the
Goa BRICS Academic Forum in September
were brought to the attention of the heads of state.
What changes did take place in a little over a year between ...
... technologies.
[25]
Nuclear and hydropower prevails in joint Russia–Argentina projects, and Argentina also imports a large share of Russian fertilizers. Of course, the military and technical industry remains an area of interaction with the region.
[26]
Russian Mi-171 helicopters are constantly in demand by the governments of Peru, Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico.
[27]
In 2013, Mexico purchased 20 Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft for its domestic air transportation.
[28]
Russia signed a contract to build the Chihuido I Hydropower Plant in southwest Argentina, becoming one of the largest ...
... interest in this integration process as well.
Is there something Eurasian Economic Union can learn from Mercosur?
Eurasian integration is very young and has clear leadership of Russia. We see certain similarities with Mercosur and the leadership of Brazil. The main lesson Russia should learn is that the role of “big brother” is not as efficient as it seems. I am convinced that there can be no real integration if only one country has its interests fulfilled.
Is there interest on behalf of Latin American countries to ...
... small release on the meeting in Brasilia between president Dilma and Patriarch Kiril. Still, there was no coverage by major online and print media of the visit of Patriarch Kiril and his delegation of government and business officials aimed at promoting Russia-Brazil bilateral relations.
Speaking at the Antioquina Metropolitan Church in São Paulo Kiril said that “Brazil can successfully build a just society but only if unites the power of knowledge, education and technology with the power of prayer ...
...
historical domains
of the Antarctic powers, which the USSR was about to recognize in the 1940s, may serve as a workable precedent for the Arctic.
There are scant obvious dividends for Russia from the internationalization of the Antarctic.
Fourth, Russia could win more allies for resolving Arctic issues, primarily the Latin American states of Chile, Brazil, and Argentina. Consultations with New Zealand also appear likely, given the broadly positive nature of the bilateral relationship (regrettably, the opposite is the case with Australia). In the long view, Russia might even enter into talks with ...
... most infrastructural issues. Accordingly, the development of large-scale infrastructure projects is an
absolute priority
(
Table 1
).
Table 1.
Infrastructure Development Level in BRICS countries and their Priority Partner countries (2010—2014)
Russia
Priority Partners (average)
1
Brazil
Priority Partners (average)
2
China
Priority Partners (average)
3
Number of
air transport
registered carrier departures (2014)
67440
22027
958782
59948,18
3,073,450
–
Electricity consumption (kW per capita, 2010 – 2014)
6486
2423
...
... they are more willing to hire local staff. The presence of large and deeply rooted Indian diaspora in Africa makes it easier for Indian companies and enterprises to find local partners.
www.rb.ru/blog/africangold
Aleksei Vasilyev, Evgeny Korendyasov:
Russian-African relations in
ten years: a new start
Brazil cannot compete with China in terms of finance and investment, but its “fortes” are technical assistance, new technologies and agriculture. Since 2012, the country has conducted a national programme for the development of farming enterprises ...
