Putin appoints Maxim Oreshkin as special representative for BRICS cooperation

Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed Deputy Chief of Staff Maxim Oreshkin as a special representative for cooperation with BRICS and the New Development Bank.

Oreshkin will deal with issues of financial and economic cooperation with the BRICS countries.

Russia will chair BRICS in 2024. This year, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia joined the association. BRICS also includes Brazil, India, China, and South Africa. The corresponding decree was published on the legal acts portal.

In September, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said that the BRICS summit, which will take place from October 22 to 24 in Kazan, will most likely not see the organization expand.

According to him, the BRICS member countries agreed to adopt a provision on a new status at the Kazan summit: partner state. Such countries will not have the right to vote in making key decisions within the BRICS. However, over time, in the event of their active participation in the organization’s activities, they will be able to receive an invitation and become full members of BRICS.