The BRICS group now accounts for 45% of the world's population and 35% of its economy, based on purchasing power parity, though China accounts for over half of its economic might.
PUTIN SAYS HE WILL NOT GIVE UP SEIZED PARTS OF UKRAINE Putin's answer was, in short, that Moscow would not trade away the four regions of eastern Ukraine that it says are now part of Russia, even though parts of them remain outside its control, and that it wanted its long-term security interests taken into account in Europe. 普丁表示他不會放棄被扣押的烏克蘭部分地區 簡而言之,普丁的回答是,莫斯科不會放棄烏克蘭東部的四個地區,儘管其中部分地區仍處於俄羅斯的控制之外,但俄羅斯稱這些地區現在屬於俄羅斯,並希望將其長期安全利益考慮在內。
On the eve of the BRICS summit, Putin met with United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan for informal talks that went on until midnight at his Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow. 在金磚國家高峰會前夕,普丁在莫斯科郊外的新奧加廖沃官邸會見了阿拉伯聯合大公國總統謝赫穆罕默德·本·扎耶德·阿勒納哈揚,進行非正式會談,會談一直持續到午夜。
BRICS' share of global GDP is forecast to rise to 37% by the end of this decade while the share accounted for by the Group of Seven major Western economies will decline to about 28% from 30% this year, according to data from the International Monetary Fund. Russia is seeking to convince BRICS countries to build an alternative platform for international payments that would be immune to Western sanctions. 國際經濟研究所的數據顯示,未來十年,金磚國家佔全球GDP的比重預計將上升至37%,而七國集團佔全球GDP的比重將從今年的30%下降至28%左右 俄羅斯正在尋求說服金磚國家建立一個不受西方制裁的替代國際支付平台。
But divisions abound inside BRICS. China and India, the top purchasers of Russian oil, have difficult relations, while there is little love lost between Arab nations and Iran 但金磚國家內部分歧依然存在。中國和印度是俄羅斯石油最大的購買國,兩國關係緊張,而阿拉伯國家和伊朗之間卻幾乎沒有恩怨情仇。
Defense Secretary Austin visits Ukraine amid Russian gains and ahead of imminent US election 在俄羅斯取得進展和美國大選即將到來之際,國防部長奧斯汀訪問烏克蘭
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin arrived in Kyiv early Monday morning, as the future of US aid to Ukraine hangs in the balance of the imminent US presidential election and as Russia continues to make small but steady gains on the battlefield.
A US defense official said that during their meeting, Austin emphasized to Zelensky the importance of Ukraine defending the territory it has taken inside Russia’s Kursk region and capitalizing on those gains, as well as fending off the Russians in the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk. They also discussed how Ukraine can shore up its manpower, as the military has struggled lately with force regeneration and recruitment.
Russian troops have continued to take Ukrainian territory, are outfiring the Ukrainians 3-to-1 on the battlefield, and maintain a “significant” advantage in personnel and munitions, a senior NATO official said last week. Meanwhile, Iran has sent Russia three shipments of ballistic missiles this year, and North Korea has provided 11,000 containers of ammunition and appears to be preparing to deploy troops to fight for Russia in Ukraine. China also continues to be a “critical enabler” of Russia’s war effort, the NATO official said.
To be sure, the war has come at a steep cost for Russia, which suffered more than 1,250 casualties per day in September, the highest rate since the war began, the official said. But Moscow is also mobilizing 30,000 new troops per month and manufacturing more than 3 million munitions per year, a pace it can likely continue for at least “the next few years,” the official added.