Daria Zelenova

Alexander Zotin

Alibeman Eghbali Zarch

Boris Perius Zabolotsky

Oleg Zinkovski

Hames Zreik

Tatjana Zhdanoka

Sergey Zabelin

Tatyana Zvereva

Ofer Zalzberg

Daria Zelenova

Russian Federation

The Head of Centre for African strategy in BRICS at the Institute for African studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and expert of the African studies centre at the Russian State University for the Humanities. She is a senior research fellow at the International Centre for Anthropology at the HSE University, Moscow.

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Reports

South Africa and Russia: A Long-Lasting Legacy of Strategic Cooperation

A stronger South Africa – Russia partnership will be realised not through mere rhetoric but through deliberate, strategic alignment founded on trust, shared values, and a mutual commitment to navigating the challenges and opportunities of a multipolar world.

28.07.2025

Opinions

BRICS Summit in Rio: The African Vector of Global South Cooperation

For African states, the BRICS summit in Rio became another important stage in their strategy of defending the interests of the Global South, write Ekaterina Abramova, Tamara Andreeva, and Daria Zelenova.

25.07.2025

Opinions

African Agendas in BRICS: Complications and Prospects of Multipolarity

The 2024 expansion of BRICS has undoubtably increased Africa’s weight in international affairs and contributed to the ongoing discussion of the complexities of multipolarity. An increased acceleration of strategic and commercial engagements between BRICS and Africa also reflects the rising pragmatic interest of the major powers in the continent, as well as in China, India, Brazil and Russia.

22.10.2024

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