BRICS Podcast (EN)

What are the main advantages Ethiopia sees from joining BRICS? In which industries and directions would Ethiopia like to establish cooperation with other BRICS countries in the first place? How is cooperation between Ethiopia and Russia developing? Uriat Cham Ugala, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to the Russian Federation told about this in an interview with TV BRICS.

What role do the embassies of Russian Federation and South Africa play in the development of bilateral relations? What is the level of cooperation between the two countries in the field of agriculture? And what types of South African products will appear on the Russian market in the nearest future? This was stated in an interview with TV BRICS by Douw Vermaak, counsellor at the Political section of the Embassy of the Republic of South Africa in Russian Federation. Correspondent TV BRICS: Artur Muravyev

Dr. Anthony Phiri came to Moscow to participate in an international scientific conference of students and young scientists devoted to the goals of sustainable development of civilization. What is being done in Zimbabwe to mitigate the consequences of climate change? And will alternative energy sources be able to completely replace traditional ones in the future? Dr. Anthony Phiri – director of the Centre of rational environmental management, renewable energy and climate change at the Harare Institute of Technology – told about that in BRICSterview. TV BRICS reporter: Rufina Zhalyaeva

What is the role of BRICS in maintaining peace and stability? What impact can the new members have on the economic and political potential of the alliance? What are the prospects for co-operation between different countries within the framework of the One Belt, One Road initiative? Helga Zepp-LaRouche, founder and head of the Schiller Institute, spoke about this in an interview with TV BRICS. TV BRICS correspondent: Anna Lisina

Abel Ramoelo, director of the Center of environmental studies at the University of Pretoria: "South Africa is fully involved in environmental protection" Abel Ramoelo came to Russia to take part in an international scientific conference of students and young scientists dedicated to the goals of sustainable development of civilization. What is South Africa doing today to improve the environment and how is international cooperation between environmental scientists developing today? Abel Ramoelo, director of the Center for environmental studies at the University of Pretoria, told about that in BRICSterview. TV BRICS reporter: Rufina Zhalyaeva

Dr. Wurie came to Russia to take part in an international scientific conference of students and young scientists dedicated to the goals of sustainable development of civilisation. How is the education system in the Republic of Sierra Leone organised? And which Russian experience in the field of obtaining and providing knowledge might be useful for profile specialists? Haja Ramatulai Wurie, Minister of Technical and Higher Education of the Republic of Sierra Leone, told about that in the BRICSterview.

How are Russia-Zimbabwe relations developing? What do Zimbabwean students study at Russian universities? Why do tourists from our country need to visit Zimbabwe? Mike Nicholas Sango, Ambassador of Zimbabwe to Russia, spoke about this in an interview with Daria Ivankova.

Diplomatic relations between Russia and South Africa turn 30 years. Ms Cecile T. Heppes, Counsellor Political, South African Embassy Moscow, Russia told our channel what our countries have managed to achieve over 3 decades and in what format the festive events will take place. Сorrespondent TV BRICS: Svetlana Kukava

In today's "Сampo Diplomático" we talked about trade relations between Brazil and South Africa and cooperation in the field of agriculture and economics. Vusi Mavimbela: South African ambassador to Brazil. A specialist within social sciences with a background in information security, journalism and intelligence work among others. He served as the office of the president of the republic and the national intelligence agency director general, and is also an active member of the African national congress. He also held other official positions. He was the South African ambassador to Egypt and Zimbabwe. As of 2021 he serves in Brazil.

Interview with Roger Mello - Brazilian children's book illustrator, writer and playwright. Roger Mello has illustrated over 100 titles – 22 of which he also wrote – and his unique style and adroit sense of color continues to push the boundaries of children’s book illustration. Mello has won numerous awards for writing and illustrating, including three of IBBY’s Luis Jardim Awards, the Best Children’s Book 2002 International Award, also he was the first artist from Latin America to win the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2014 With our correspondent Roger Mello has talked about his books characters, the secrets of colors and has shared his upcoming plans.

Bricsterview with Vivian Caccuri - Brazilian modern artist and soundmaker. Being very famous in Brazil, Vivian Caccuri has created projects in many cities all around the world. Throughout her career Vivian has collaborated with musicians and recently released her own music project. Her sound works and compositions have been broadcasted on radio stations in London, Vienna and Rio de Janeiro. With the shooting team of TV BRICS Vivian has shared the secret of composing soundtracks, explained what does it mean to be a modern artist and told who helps and inspires her. Vivian Kakuri - born in 1986 in Brazil. Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro. At Princeton University, in 2012 she wrote her first book, I Make Music, it was published in Brazil and was awarded in 2013.

TV BRICS correspondent Svetlana Kukava spoke to Mzuvukile Jeff Maqetuka, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of South Africa to Russia, at the South African Embassy in Moscow. Mr. Maqetuka shared experience of being South African Ambassador to Russia means to him and how he finds Russia close to him in spirit. He mentioned the friendship and partnership between Russia and South Africa and also noted the themes of the Tokyo Olympics and the fight against coronavirus in South Africa.

Being a key country on the African continent, South Africa has been a member of the BRICS organization for more than 10 years. It has a developed infrastructure and one of the most developed financial markets in the world. About the main directions of South Africa's foreign policy, the trade turnover between Russia and South Africa and the level of political interaction between our countries we have talked to Chargé d'Affaires, Mr Madivha Aaron Mudimeli. Watch it right now in our Bricsterview.

Hollywood actor Hakim Kae-Kazim talks about the film industry in the era of the pandemic, about the first African film festival and working with famous colleagues. Hakim Kae-Kazim played in the films Hotel Rwanda, Pirates of the Caribbean, X-Men, and also in the TV series Lost.

Ricardo Ernesto Lagorio. Born on March 7, 1955. In 1978 he graduated from the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina "Santa Maria de Buenos Aires" with a degree in international relations. In 1978-1979. was a student at the Argentine Foreign Service Institute. From 1982 to 1989 he worked at the Permanent Mission of Argentina to the United Nations, and from 2001 to 2003 at the Argentine Embassy in the United States of America. Then he worked as Foreign Policy Advisor to the Vice President of Argentina, Director of Policy Planning and Strategic Analysis at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

He is engaged in the release of Russian films in the Chinese market. Du Liang told Olga Bubnova, a TV BRICS correspondent, about the work of producers and marketers in promoting Russian films, why Moving Up was a success in China, but the film with Jackie Chan was not, and explained what it is required to do to win the hearts of Chinese viewers.

Nikolay Tsiskaridze, people's artist of Russia, told Olga Bubnova, a TV BRICS correspondent, about the development of ballet schools in Russia, what other regions of Russia will become ballet centers, and what are the relations with foreign ballet universities.

Why does the writer quarrel with the characters of his books? How to learn to understand women? And how many hours do you need to sleep to write best-sellers? Oleg Roy has told about these and many other things to the tvbrics.com reporter Olga Bubnova.

Mike Nicholas Sango is a diplomat, brigadier general, who was appointed Zimbabwe's ambassador to the Russian Federation in July 2015. He was born on the 5 of December, 1955 in Zimbabwe. Mike Nicholas Sango holds a Masters in International Relations from University of Zimbabwe and a Masters in Business Administration from the Zimbabwe Open University. Sango was attested in the army and held various high-level posts such as military adviser in Zimbabwe’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations. Mike Nicholas Sango gave an interview to TV BRICS correspondent Svetlana Kukava.

How strong is the climatic difference between Moscow and the capital of Zimbabwe? What do Russian residents know about the cultural life of Zimbabwe? How many of Russian travellers come to the country? What are the most popular sights in Zimbabwe? Jacob Francis Mudenda, Speaker of Parliament of Zimbabwe, spoke about this in an interview with Daria Ivankova.