BRICS expansion: Nine new partner countries set to join in January 2025
BRICS expansion: Nine new partner countries set to join in January 2025
BRICS expansion: Nine new partner countries set to join in January 2025

Belarus, Bolivia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Cuba, Malaysia, Thailand, Uganda, and Uzbekistan will join BRICS as partner countries.
Ushakov noted that these nations have expressed their eagerness to attain this status and mentioned that Moscow is awaiting a response from an additional four countries.
Anybody who thinks joining BRICS will give them financial or physical security is a fool, tbh, but I can't find it in me to condemn proper incentivized diplomacy.
Good for them.
they’ve already seen how predatory World Bank and IMF are
Idk, they've bailed out entire nation's failing economies. It's not like they started repossessing furniture or anything, lol.
EDIT: I do admit they can be weaponized by refusing to work with nations on the basis of political alignment.