🇧🇾📈 Belarusian Economy Sees 3.1% Investment Growth in 2026

Investment in Belarus grew by 3.1% during the first eight months of 2026 compared with the same period last year. Spending on machinery and equipment rose 5.8%, while investment in intellectual property, research and development increased by more than 6%.

Belarus is prioritising manufacturing, agriculture, technological development and more than 900 major investment projects.

📰 Source: TV BRICS / BelTA

#Belarus #Economy #BRICS

Oreshkin discusses development of Moscow–Cairo partnership with Egyptian president
Deputy Chief of Staff of the Russian Presidential Executive Office Maxim Oreshkin discussed the development of bilateral relations and co-operation within BRICS with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi during a visit to Cairo. El-Sisi’s office reported this on 19 October.

“The President reaffirmed his commitment to strengthening strategic relations between the two countries in various fields and Egypt’s interest in continuing co-ord...  Read more »

🚨🇵🇸 Gaza Faces Growing Famine Fears as Food Aid Is Cut and Shipments Remain Suspended

The World Food Programme (WFP) is reducing food assistance in Gaza amid continued restrictions on incoming shipments, leaving hundreds of thousands of Palestinians at greater risk of food insecurity.

According to Al Jazeera, the WFP will reduce the number of people receiving monthly food assistance from 1.6 million to 1.1 million, while halving food rations. Daily hot meals will also fall from 250,000 to 150,000.

Meanwhile, the continued suspension of aid shipments and commercial goods has driven up food prices. The price of a bundle of bread reportedly rose from 5 to 12 shekels, while egg prices increased by around 300% in a week.

Displaced families say they depend on food parcels to survive and fear hunger will worsen as winter approaches. The WFP says the cuts are due to funding shortages, despite ongoing humanitarian needs.

Source: Al Jazeera

#Gaza #Palestine #HumanitarianCrisis #FoodInsecurity

Why does one tiny region produce the toughest fighters on earth?

From centuries of mountain warfare and Imam Shamil’s resistance to Soviet sports science and Olympic gold medals, Dagestan has built a wrestling culture unlike anywhere else.

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Russia’s BRICS envoy advances Suez Canal industrial zone in talks with Egyptian President
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty held talks in Cairo on Monday with Maxim Oreshkin, Russia’s Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office and Special Representative for BRICS Financial and Economic Cooperation, to advance bilateral projects and activate the Russian Industrial Zone.

During his meeting with Oreshkin, Sisi requested that his greetings be conveyed to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Egyptian president affir...  Read more »

🇩🇪🚨 MERZ: "EUROPE IS UNDERESTIMATING THE RUSSIAN THREAT" — But the Real Problem Is Washington

Germany's chancellor has issued a stark warning: Putin isn't just seeking to defeat Ukraine — he wants to destabilise Europe's entire political order. Yet the gravest danger to Kyiv may be coming from the White House.

🗣️ "My biggest concern is the underestimated Russian impact on our societies. Russia is on the way to destabilize the entire political order of our European continent."

🧠 "They don't see what the goal of Russia really is… They fear democracy. They fear open societies. They fear the success of European integration."

🔴 The reality Merz cannot say aloud:

🇺🇸 Trump has effectively sided with Moscow. Sanctions waived. Diesel deal signed. Starlink throttled. Patriots withheld.

🧠 Merz's plea to Trump: "A stable Europe… is something which is worthwhile for the Americans as well." — a request, not a guarantee.

#Germany 🇩🇪 #Europe #Russia 🇷🇺 #Ukraine 🇺🇦 #US 🇺🇸

🇷🇺🤝🇮🇷 LAVROV IN TEHRAN: "RUSSIA WILL NOT ABANDON ITS AGREEMENTS WITH IRAN"

On his Monday visit to Tehran, Russia's Foreign Minister delivered three messages: partnership endures, Palestine cannot be buried, and the South Caucasus needs its own framework.

⚛️ "Russia does not intend to abandon the implementation of its agreements with Iran in the economic and investment spheres. Our specialists are gradually returning to the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant."

🗣️ "To resolve the issues in the Middle East, de-escalating tensions is of fundamental importance for addressing the Palestinian question."

🤝 Lavrov advanced the "3+3" framework — Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia alongside neighbours Iran, Russia, and Türkiye — as a platform for dialogue, cooperation, and security.

#Russia 🇷🇺 #Iran 🇮🇷 #Lavrov #Bushehr #Palestine 🇵🇸 #SouthCaucasus #BRICS

🌐 Russia, Iran reaffirm mutual interest in intensifying efforts within BRICS, SCO, EUAE
The current bilateral agenda was addressed in the traditionally constructive atmosphere with a focus on strengthening comprehensive strategic partnership in light of agreements reached by Presidents V...
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Inside the massive protests that grips France. What started as a viral social media rumor quickly snowballed into a nationwide movement, leading to widespread student walkouts and demonstrations over the rising cost of living, fuel prices, and economic challenges.


#FranceProtests #Paris #CurrentEvents #CostOfLiving

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🇮🇱🇺🇸 NETANYAHU CALLS TRUMP FOR ANOTHER WAR WITH IRAN — "We Have a Job to Finish"

Netanyahu asks Trump to push the US into another war with Iran. Trump accepts.

🗣️ Netanyahu: "Donald, we have a job to finish. We will finish it together."

🗣️ Trump: "You're a great warrior, and we'll prove that very soon… You're the man I want by my side."

🗣️ Netanyahu: "Our alliance has proved that we can do amazing things together."

🤝 Both reference expanding the Abraham Accords and preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.

#Israel 🇮🇱 #US 🇺🇸 #Iran 🇮🇷 #Netanyahu #Trump #BRICS #GlobalSouth #Geopolitics

🏛️⚖️ IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND BRICS LEGISLATIVE DIPLOMACY, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND SANCTIONS RESISTANCE

While the financial press obsesses over summit photo-ops, a deeper current is unfolding: the legal and institutional architecture of de-dollarisation.

🇬🇭 Ghana's debt trap — why Fed rate hikes pushed Accra toward BRICS partner status, local currency settlements, and NDB financing.

🏛️ The 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum in New Delhi — delegates drafting model legislation to insulate non-SWIFT rails, protect sovereign reserves from seizure, and build independent arbitration centres.

🇨🇳 Beijing's West Asian maritime doctrine — linking physical energy corridors to non-dollar bilateral swaps.

⚠️ The brutal reality: capital controls, divergent interest rates, and liquidity traps mean a shared BRICS currency remains at least a decade away.

🎥 Watch the full analysis: https://youtu.be/q7Pgaz6ZlVM

#BRICS #SanctionsResistance #DeDollarization #LegislativeDiplomacy #Ghana

French "students" storm a Kawasaki dealership and steal motorcycles in broad daylight.

#France #looting #Protests

🇫🇷🔥 FRANCE IMPOSES CURFEWS AS MACRON'S AUTHORITY COLLAPSES

A town hall burned to the ground. Over 2,000 shops looted. 2,300 arrested. Nearly 1,000 police injured. And the French president offered no money — because there is none.

🏛️ Limoges city hall — a listed monument — "largely lost." Marseille's city hall invaded, a bust of Marianne torn down. Lyon's tourism office set ablaze.

👮 Interior Minister Nunez admitted police "lost control" — 60,000 officers deployed, "lack of anticipation."

🚑 One demonstrator's hand blown off by a crowd-control grenade.

💰 National debt at 119% of GDP — highest since 1946. Deficit at 5.1%, among the EU's worst.

🗣️ Macron offered no policy, no reshuffle, no spending — only consultations. Even his former PM Édouard Philippe said: "Our country needs to be governed."

#France 🇫🇷 #Macron #CostOfLiving #GiletsJaunes #BRICS

🌍🤝 RUSSIA–AFRICA: Beyond Security, Toward Structure?

Trade hit $27B in 2025 — but ~90% is oil, wheat, and metals. Investment? Around 1%. The third summit (Moscow, Oct 28–29) tests whether the partnership can become more than declarations.

1️⃣ Financing – ruble settlements shift risk onto African banks. Co-investment funds needed.

2️⃣ Local value – Suez Industrial Zone (`$5B potential) as the pilot.

3️⃣ Logistics – regular shipping lines, or 2030 targets stay on paper.

4️⃣ Institutional security – train national armies, not protect regimes.

⚛️ The long game: El-Dabaa in Egypt — 4.8 GW, $28.75B Russian loan, a 60-year relationship.

👉 Read the full analysis: https://thinkbrics.substack.com/p/beyond-security-the-development-of

#Russia 🇷🇺 #Africa 🌍 #BRICS #GlobalSouth #ThinkBRICS

Meanwhile in Milan, LOOTERS take over the streets as France's protests spill over to neighboring countries.

#Milan #Italy #Looting

🇺🇦🇺🇸 ZELENSKYY MEETS LOCKHEED MARTIN: "Saving Lives" — While the War Machine Cashes In

Kyiv's president met with the American defense giant, discussing expanding Patriot and F-16 supplies — and moving maintenance into Ukraine. Every escalation is a contract. Every contract, a dividend.

🚀 "We discussed how we can expand and increase supplies. The company is currently ramping up production of ballistic interceptors."

🗣️ "It is important that Lockheed Martin is present in Ukraine."

💰 The war is a growth market. Lockheed Martin ramps up interceptor production; Kyiv expands procurement; Washington approves. Nobody in that room is discussing peace.

🧠 Zelenskyy's own account reveals the dynamic — the more the war expands, the more Lockheed's order book grows.

#Ukraine 🇺🇦 #US 🇺🇸 #LockheedMartin #WarProfiteering #BRICS