Rosatom to host the 1st BRICS Quantum Forum in 2026

Rosatom State Corporation, with the support of the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education and the Russian Ministry of Digital Development, Communications, and Mass Media, will host the inaugural BRICS Quantum Forum. The event will be held in Moscow on April 14, 2026, coinciding with World Quantum Day.

The forum will bring together government representatives, business leaders, and prominent scientists from the #BRICS member states and partner countries.

"In 2025, our scholars reaffirmed Russia’s strong position in quantum research and the development of quantum computer prototypes, achieving a performance benchmark of 70 or more qubits across three machines. With this significant capability, we support fair access to advanced technologies for all nations, because the ultimate goal of scientific and technological progress is to improve quality of life worldwide. We fully endorse the desire of countries to collaborate in future-oriented technologies and to include quantum technologies on the BRICS agenda. I am confident that the BRICS Quantum Forum to be held in Russia in 2026 will be a first-class event," commented Yekaterina Solntseva, Director for Quantum Technologies at Rosatom.

A call for joint development in quantum technology as a priority was included in the final declaration of the XVII BRICS Summit, held in July 2025 in Rio de Janeiro.

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BRICS 2025: Unity is Strength

The group constantly faces persistent tensions with Western countries. What is its response?

♥️🤍 Sputnik looks back at 2025, a year dedicated to renewed partnerships and the creation of new financial mechanisms.

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Resilience and sovereignty: Lula da Silva summarised a successful year for Brazil and BRICS

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has highlighted the successes of 2025, noting the year’s positive results for the country. He emphasised the resilience of the Brazilian economy, which has demonstrated its capacity to adapt to external pressures.

Alongside domestic stability, Brazil is actively consolidating its role within the #BRICS framework. Particular focus has been placed on the group’s financial autonomy. Brazilian Ambassador to Moscow Sérgio Rodrigues dos Santos stressed that creating a common payment system, while challenging, is entirely feasible. Key steps will include integrating the national payment infrastructures of member countries and actively expanding the use of local currencies in mutual transactions.

Practical examples of the effectiveness of this strategy already exist: over 90% of trade between Russia, China, and India is now settled in national currencies. The key goal for #BRICS at this stage is to extend this model across all its members, thereby building a stable, multilateral financial system. This is seen as a direct path to reducing global reliance on the US dollar and strengthening the economic sovereignty of the group as a whole.

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⚡ The old world is no more. Destination Known x KARAGANOV

We invite you to watch a teaser for the new episode of the Destination Known podcast to get a glimpse into a broader conversation about why the old-world order has reached its end and how a multipolar world is taking shape.

Our guest is Sergey Karaganov, a Russian political scientist, strategist, and co-author of the Greater Eurasia and Global Majority concepts, who has taken part in pivotal foreign policy debates in recent decades.

This episode examines the crisis in Europe, the erosion of Western institutions, the future of BRICS, the SCO, and the UN, the role of power and deterrence in global politics, and who is shaping—and how—a new architecture for international relations.

✔Geopolitics
✔Multipolarity
✔Russia and the World
✔The Future of Global Order

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🗣️ VKontakte

⏰ Full episode coming on our channel at 7:00 PM (Moscow time)

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BRICS Expert Council-Russia wishes you a Happy New Year!

This year has shown how crucial it is to listen to each other, stay open to dialogue, and find common ground in a fast-changing world. Collaborative expert efforts, the exchange of knowledge, and trust among partners continue to be the foundation for sustainable development and long term cooperation.

May the coming year bring fresh ideas, warmth, and energy for new joint initiatives. We wish everyone good health, prosperity, and inspiration in your efforts to strengthen dialogue across BRICS.

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New BRICS Chairship: India presents strategic priorities for 2026

On January 1, 2026, the BRICS Chairship officially transferred from the Federative Republic of Brazil to the Republic of India, in line with the established rotation.

Brazil, concluding its term, achieved significant progress in strengthening the group's financial and economic independence, particularly in advancing the use of national currencies.

The incoming chair country has set key priorities for the year ahead. India’s strategic goals as the BRICS Chair include:

➖Reinforcing multilateral principles of international cooperation and promoting the reform of global governance institutions
➖Ensuring sustainable development through advancing energy and food security
➖Encouraging STI cooperation among member states
➖Intensifying joint action to counter terrorism, cross-border crime, poverty, and combat climate change

This agenda reflects a holistic approach designed both to elevate BRICS' global role and to deepen practical cooperation across a broad range of sectors.

We wish the Republic of India a productive and successful BRICS Chairship and look forward to new, constructive initiatives that will further consolidate and develop our multilateral partnership.

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Sustainable development and science in Russia and other BRICS countries: a scientometric perspective

For over a decade, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the UN General Assembly have guided collective global action toward greater economic, environmental, and social sustainability by 2030. A new study by the HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (ISSEK) represents the first attempt to measure the contribution of science to achieving all SDGs, using the ten BRICS countries as a case study, and to assess how balanced each country’s research efforts are across the goals.

Key findings:

✔Among the BRICS nations, China leads in terms of the number of research publications linked to sustainable development, followed by India and Brazil. Russia ranks fourth.

✔All ten BRICS nations show similar overall SDG index scores, with only minor variations. The most challenging goals to achieve are Goal 14 (Life Below Water), Goal 15 (Life on Land), and Goal 16 (Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions).

✔Russia records the highest SDG index scores within #BRICS for Goal 1 (No Poverty), Goal 4 (Quality Education), and Goal 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities). However, it also shows the lowest balance between research effort and socio economic progress toward the goals, as well as the smallest share of publications dedicated to SDG topics among total scientific output (25%). This may reflect that Russia’s core research agenda lies outside the SDG framework as well as point to its advanced position in achieving some of the goals.

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