Russian Media Highlights India’s BRICS Leadership Amid US-Venezuela Tensions
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Source: Lokmat Times | Original Published At: 2026-01-06 14:32:31 UTC
Key Points
- India assumes BRICS presidency in 2026 with expanded 11-member format including Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Ethiopia
- Russian media highlights India's potential to balance China's influence and US pressures while advancing Global South agenda
- Venezuela raid cited as example of global governance failures BRICS could leverage to promote multipolar world order
- US opposition to BRICS highlighted through Trump's 'BRICS is dead' rhetoric and threats of 100% tariffs on member countries
- India's simultaneous trade negotiations with US complicated by Trump's 50% punitive tariffs on Indian goods over Russia oil purchases