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Both Brazil and Russia are members of BRICS, a group of major emerging economies which prior to 1 January 2024 included Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. [3] After 1 January it now also includes Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates, [4] and from 6 January 2025 Indonesia as well. [5]
In 2018, according to Russian news agencies, the agreement was signed by the C.A.R.'s Marie-Noelle Koyara and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu outside of a state-sponsored arms show. [7] Eritrea [8] Mali: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced increased military assistance for the Malian military junta while visiting
Air Force Gen. Glen VanHerck, head of U.S. Northern Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee in March 2022 that Russia’s GRU military intelligence service had a massive presence in Mexico.
Mexico has purchased various military equipment from Russia. The Mexican Navy has received BTR-60s Ural-4320, Mi-17/8s and 9K38 Igla anti-aircraft missiles. In 2001 and 2013, Russia launched Mexican communication satellites into space from the town of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, which is administered by Russia for space launch programs. [7]
“Mexico has very little economic ties with Russia, very little political interaction, so to have an embassy in Mexico that's about 30% larger than their embassy in Brazil is suggestive," Starr said.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday defended the presence of a Russian military unit in a weekend parade marking Mexico's independence day, following sharp criticism his ...
Military Service in Mexico (in Spanish, Servicio Militar Nacional, or SMN) currently involves all males reaching the age of eighteen years. Selection is made by a lottery system using the following color scheme: those who draw a black ball must serve as "availability reservists", that is, they are not required to perform any activities ...
Leaders in Mexico, Brazil, Ecuador, Chile, El Salvador and other countries in the region have brought armies back into politics and government. That's dangerous.