The economic bloc is working to harmonize criteria and principles for admitting new members, the Russian foreign minister said More than a dozen countries have expressed an interest in joining the BRICS group, which incorporates some of the world’s major emerging economies, as the bloc gains more global standing, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said…

Green politician Joschka Fischer cited the need to deter Russia and added that the bloc should also invest in air defenses The European Union needs to get its own nuclear arsenal to better deter Russia, a former Foreign Minister of Germany, Joschka Fischer, has argued. The now-retired official has also warned that the bloc should…

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