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Founder of International Ice Swimming Association, Ram Barkai: "Swimming in ice is physical, but 80% of success is mental"
2026/09/24 | 12 mins.
According to industry estimates, about 2 million people worldwide now practise winter or ice swimming. Enthusiasts say this extreme sport helps strengthen the immune system and has a positive effect on virtually all bodily systems. Since the late 2000s, winter swimming has been actively promoted by Ram Barkai, a seventy-year-old athlete who has taken part in multi-hour swims in South Africa, Russia and China.What attracts athletes to this sport? What initiatives could improve the safety of such competitions?
Ram Barkai, Founder of the International Ice Swimming Association, told about this in a BRICSterview.
TV BRICS reporter: Tatyana Likhachyova
Associate at Climate Finance Group of Latin America and Caribbean, Gissele Cristina Flores Suarez: "We have to learn from Brazil, Russia, and China in clean energy development"
2026/08/20 | 25 mins.
Latin America already has one of the "cleanest" energy mixes in the world today. Experts believe that by 2050, 76 per cent of all electricity in the region will come from renewable sources. Ecuador, in particular, is actively expanding its use of renewables.

Is cooperation with Russia on peaceful nuclear technologies in demand in Ecuador? What measures would allow the country to scale up its green generation capacity?

Gissele Cristina Flores Suarez, Associate at the Climate Finance Group of Latin America and the Caribbean, shared her insights on this topic in BRICSterview.

TV BRICS reporter: Leonid Samuna
Chairperson of National Council of Provinces of South Africa, Refilwe Maria Mtsweni-Tsipane: "Women must take centre stage in sustainable development programmes of countries"
2026/07/23 | 25 mins.
In August, the Republic of South Africa celebrates Women’s Month. This is not only a tribute to previous generations who contributed to the advancement of women’s rights and the development of society but also an important time to focus on issues related to gender equality.

What is the source of women’s strength, and what is their role in South African politics? How is gender equality being promoted in the BRICS countries?

Refilwe Maria Mtsweni-Tsipane, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces of the Republic of South Africa shared her insights on this topic in our BRICSterview.

TV BRICS reporter: Ekaterina Fomina
Associate Professor at University of Sao Paulo, Feliciano de Sa Guimaraes: "We seek for order in which our voices are better heard, more heard than before"
2026/07/15 | 25 mins.
BRICS' share of global gross domestic product at purchasing power parity has reached 40 per cent. Experts say this figure reflects fundamental shifts in the structure of the world economy, with developing countries becoming the main drivers of production, trade and investment.

What steps should member states of the group take to further boost these indicators? How does cooperation within the group affect bilateral ties between Russia and Brazil?

Feliciano de Sa Guimaraes, Associate Professor at the Institute of International Relations of the University of Sao Paulo, shared his insights on this topic in our BRICSterview.

TV BRICS reporter: Leonid Samuna
Executive Secretary of UN Convention to Combat Desertification, Yasmine Fouad: "Use of AI represents game-changer in digital transformation for dealing with land"
2026/07/02 | 12 mins.
The United Nations declared 2026 the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists. To draw public attention to the growing risks facing steppe, desert and dryland ecosystems and to the role of pastoral communities in protecting them, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification launched the international initiative "Silk Road Caravan" – an expedition across Eurasian rangelands with participants from Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Uzbekistan.
TV BRICS reporter: Ekaterina Fomina

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Podcasts about history, economics, domestic politics and international relations in the BRICS countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Iran, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia.What new technologies have already been introduced in the BRICS? How will the entry of new countries strengthen the position of the association? How will the BRICS expansion affect the business environment in Russia? How can we speed up the process of creating a new global settlement currency for the BRICS countries?Together with historians, scientists, sociologists, political scientists and authors of popular non-fiction, we will figure out this issue.

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