AC,

You post a lot of pure crap. Do BRICs have a bigger GDP than the G7? You will believe anything.

"Combined, the BRICS bloc has a GDP over 24.73 trillion U.S. dollars in 2021, which is slightly more than the United States.15/02/2023"

Statistica.

Russia's latest weapons are the T54 tanks from the 1950s. Russia is losing this war.

I didn't get the info from that link, I just used the link to show the info was real as it also has a chart.
I got the info here,
http://youtu.be/DMQ6mqUS3qs?t=885

"Combined, the BRICS bloc has a GDP over 24.73 trillion U.S. dollars in 2021"

Hmmm, what year is it again? [rolls eyes]

In other news I saw Ukraine got 18 x German 2A6 Leopard 2 and some Challenger 2 tanks delivered.
Maybe that will get you all excited in the pant area? Lol

China Lent Heavily to Developing Nations. Now It’s Helping Them Manage Their Debt

March 27, 2023

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-27/china-s-relation-to-developing-countries-turns-debt-manager?srnd=premium-europe#xj4y7vzkg

"A new study shows that the People’s Bank of China has deployed at least $240 billion since 2000 to assist foreign borrowers.
Over the course of a generation China has become the world’s biggest sovereign lender to developing economies as part of a push for business and influence that mirrors the 20th century spread of US economic power. Now comes the next chapter: With a growing list of poor countries facing debt problems, China is drawing on its enormous central bank reserves to establish itself as a source of emergency funds to bail out some of the very nations it spent years lending to."

China Overtakes US With $306 Billion Corporate Credit Boom

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-07/china-overtakes-us-with-306-billion-corporate-credit-boom?leadSource=uverify%20wall

"Diverging central bank policies are behind shift in rankings
Debt sales in dollars are running at their lowest in 11 years

September 7, 2022

China has surged ahead of the US for corporate bond deals in its yuan credit market in recent months, a rare shift that highlights the deepening impact of the two countries’ diverging monetary policies.

Yuan-denominated bond issuance by non-financial firms exceeded that in the greenback in both July and August, a first for two consecutive months, according to Bloomberg-compiled data. The momentum has started building since the Federal Reserve kicked off its tightening cycle in March: Sales of yuan notes, almost entirely by Chinese firms, totaled 2.04 trillion yuan ($306 billion based on exchange rates at the time of deals) between April and August, versus $283 billion of dollar debt worldwide."

"(Vice President) Harris (on an African tour) announced $100 million in assistance for the region and pledged that the United States would be "strengthening our partnerships across the continent of Africa." The administration also is requesting another $139 million from Congress to help Ghana with a security deal"....NPR News.

Hi Paul,
NPR is known to have a bias towards US interests, so they may not always tell the full unbiased story, (what media these days does?)
I'm not necessarily saying the info is wrong (which it isn't) but just in the same way that Russian media does also tell the truth, it may present that truth in a way that is more favourable to its own interests.

http://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/national-public-radio-npr/

Kamala Harris starts Africa tour in Ghana, announces security aid
http://www.reuters.com/world/africa/us-vice-president-harris-announce-139-mln-aid-ghana-2024-2023-03-27/

U.S. vice president starts three-nation Africa tour
Washington seeking to counter Chinese, Russian influence
Harris says she raised LGBT rights issue

A better way of telling that story, is that the US is trying to counter Russian / Chinese influence in the global south, and that the US doesn't do anything without wanting something in return.
- In this case the promotion of LGBT rights, which many might see as human rights, but the US would also see and use as a lever to start protests and civil unrest later if they decided they wanted a regime change.

The US economy is tied heavily to perpetual war, so if they can move to dislodge the Russian Wagner group in Africa in order to give US forces something to do, then this also benefits the US.

Also, because much of the US power comes from it hegemony, and monetary system, which it wields against other countries when needed, it automatically sees any rival to that power as an enemy.

Recently, with the Chinese negotiated Saudi Arabia / Iran resumption of diplomatic relations, the US has lost a lot of influence (and hegemony) in the Middle East

The US ruled Unipolar world model is slipping away in favour of a Multipolar world.
Global conquest is a stupid idea that history says never lasts anyway.

US imperialism is just another stupid model that in some part came about after British Colonialism.
The world needs to learn to treat nations as they would like to be treated and stay out of meddling in countries internal affairs.

Russia’s Diesel Exports Heading for Record Despite EU Sanctions
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-27/russia-s-diesel-exports-heading-for-record-despite-eu-sanctions?leadSource=uverify%20wall
March shipments have averaged about 1.5 million barrels a day
Turkey, Morocco and other nations have stepped up purchases

March 27, 2023

>>Russia’s diesel exports are on course to hit a record this month despite European Union sanctions depriving the country of its biggest market.

Moscow is so far shrugging off concern that the bloc’s recent import ban would force it to reduce exports amid a lack of alternative buyers. Instead, Turkey, Morocco and other nations have stepped up purchases — though some cargoes from Russia are also being held in floating storage.<<

- Who would've thought that Russia would have no problems whatsoever finding other markets for it's products?

It's no coincidence that both CNN and Fox news ran stories about the catastrophe that is coming the US's way due to de-dollarisation.
(Check the twitter links above I added yesterday)
The US public are being prepared for what's coming.
- It's the end of the US as the worlds dominant power.
(And I said that a few weeks ago too)

Also know BRICS countries are now more wealthier than the G7 based on GDP, I heard it on another radio show I listen to this morning.
The US will be remembered as ultimately being destroyed by their own sanctions against others.
- Hoisted by their own petard.