[000:00:00;00] the hello, i'm a noah chan. you're tuned into modus operandi. the highly anticipated bricks 2023 summit is about to get underway in south africa. in this episode, we'll get you a preview on all that said state among the world's top. emerging economies is the alliance the united front. it's themes spearheading, the multi polar world for the 21st century, or will the old western block blunt its success? we'll talk about it. all right, let's get into the m o. the brazil, russia, india, china, south africa. collectively,

they are known as the bricks block. the economic alliance is quickly becoming a force to be reckoned with, making the old g 7 a little on easy, especially since the easy acronym might be gaining a few more letters in the coming years as nations clamor to join. already the block represents some 40 percent of the world's total economy. come august 22nd. all eyes will be on south africa. here to give us a view into what's happening on the ground in south africa. ahead of this summit is journalist and senior africa corresponded for split next news international the be so la hoco, thanks for being with us to be so safe for having the minute. so 1st, this latest brick summit is getting more attention from western media than you know past i'm, it's a lot of unusual circumstances surrounding this one. so let's 1st begin with the

decision by vladimir putin not to attend this year's summit in person. the foreign minister, sir de la prov, will attend in his absence. it's possible put in may video conference in, but that's unclear as of right now. so many speculate his reason for not going physically is that he does not want to put south african president 0 from a post in an awkward position with the i c. c. due to that arrest warrant. so despite from a post publicly state, a south africa would not abide by that warrant. what can you tell us about that situation? festival, it should be noted. does that to, you know, some of your k is, is that as a sickness treat to the roads statute. and as a result, we as a country, had been trying to find ways in the, in the role in which we could perhaps host that, you know, at

a break. so i'm it with one of the testing has been clear, considered to be the main play as a flight in the a pretend, who, whose presence would have had made amazing impact. and so 5 decisions which have to be taken to self africa had expressed interest in wanting to have mr to, to add to the brakes to summit. but in so far as things are concerned with, because the i c, c weren't as much as you put it would have had placed the south african president. so i'm gonna put up in an awkward position, a position that in place should the may of had been international expectation, a particular emanating from the west to, to have the president of russia iris did as in any case of africa within goals and plans. and, you know, given up proximity to russia, so the decision that was taken has been, you know, labeled as

a mutual agreement through mutual agreement between the south africa address. yet it has been agreed that said mister bruton, we're not attend this sunday in prisons, but we'll have cheese. uh for a minute. the $711.00 roof in attendance and they have stated is that mister putin will a be attending the summit is through a video link. and, you know, president sort of help us to confirm the south africa's readiness to host. the 15th breaks the summit. historic summit between bricks, nations, brazil, russia, india, china is the fact that it will be the 1st brief submits to be hosted in the post in the sense that the emergence, also as a cover 19 pandemic and the subsequent a global restrictions. now, if the president has been recent months and weeks held a number of consultations in terms of hosting the brakes summit. and at the home of this,

these consultations was how would the issue around the russian president, the address, and after exploiting a number of a statute, treat south africa given find a solution that the only option was so that the south african printed into silver. i'm a plus a, and gauge russian president vladimir putin so that you know, they made agree you pretty, is that he should participate through video think from russia. and one thing for sure is that the russian delegation, which is present in south africa extras that, that they wanted us to pretend to be in attendance. and that's the only option this of africa had, as well as other bricks nations. the list suggestions that it'd be taken to turn up to china, responded and said,

they saw weeks to hear what other putnam said they can not take the decision alone . and another, a suggestion, especially by the deputy minister of the sofa, a deputy president of africa, was that to the reps, it'd be hosted in the neighboring country. but logistically, is that would of it to you know, placed, or presentations under pressure given the time. right now from one invited world leader to one that is not french president a manual ma crohn. he made a public comment about wanting to attend the summit. france is not a member state. why would my chrome wish to attend? but if we're being totally blunt, a lot of other people want to be invited as well. exactly. friends is not. and then the state, you know, it's the affiliated with countries within the g 7. and one would wonder

why would metro and want to come and participate. but one on a list that had suggested, he said it could be because the may be a friend within the g 7. it could be that the g 7 is no longer have forced to be reckoned with. and the brakes and measuring it community sessions in a tentative no country wants to be left behind. and therefore front is a way of a shift into a potter takes. and as a result, they would like to come in, let's see whether do they fit into the formation. it may be that they don't want to be left behind at the one to be putting paso of this formation. but they would like to be present at one of the meetings in particular south africa. but one asks

why, though they had been a series of other meetings before. or why is it that they want to express interest at this particular point in time? ad suggestions with that is because interest also shifty and the imagine block breaks with countries such as russia, china, india, and brazil, south africa as well as others who have expressed interest. it's from, sees an opportunity of not being left behind in a shift into a positive. so that could translate into one big force that will have its own treatment, tennis films in place, which i knew and what opportunities of investment of the forefront to exploit. because the is a lot of heavy do. so 5 front is concerned in africa where it had been dominant.

and as a result, they don't want to be seen to be left behind. and being part of the head human, which is once laser weld, we should, you need to pull it up. and the concept of multi pull out of the t is a selling point at this point in time, especially for friends, the seeing that the countries we said to him in this multi paula world of those countries who had been sanctioned yet to depths grow. it meant over resources, and therefore this means bricks is a force to be reckoned with. but others have stated that maybe friends may not be present at the meeting. maybe they could be met with hostility by either member countries within the grid for patient. or if they come to the break for a meeting, then they may be given that some sort of it. yeah. as of service of all,

they'll be just us to stay at home and listen it to the brick summit. threats that read the information that will be fix, relate to the round, but then in a gainful front. so this isn't a position a t and it is up to the break fleet is whether to they also accept friends since it's called to come to the summit. because one thing which was that after this, friends, me wants to be another force in the brakes class of nations which will be joining the brakes. amazing community are coming up next to the old economic guard known as the g. 7 views brooks as a direct competitor to economic gemini, for the old guard seek to disrupt facing young alliance before it matures. we'll discuss it when we return with the be. so help those sit tight. m o will be right

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take a fresh look around. there's a life kaleidoscopic, isn't just a shifted reality distortion by power to vision with no real opinions. fixtures, design to simplify will confuse who really wants a better wills, and is it just as a chosen for you. fractured images presented is 1st. can you see through their illusion going underground again? the welcome back to the m. o, i'm in know a chance with the recent military coup in new share. the eyes of the west are now turning to the african continent. some states, such as france threatening military intervention as preparations are underway in south africa to prepare for the 1st in person brick summit since cobit,

the south african journalist and analyst that'd be so la hoko is back with us to discuss these developments. so to be so this is still a fairly young alliance. i mean at least relative to the g 7, for example. but the g 7 views the block as something of a threat to existing economic norms. brooks have even discussed new, innovative banking systems to counter swift. so, is breaks a threat to the existing global financial system and the creation of a common breaks currency. you know, the new development bank, effective g 7. this is, i am as this is the world bank speaks volumes because it's not only young countries, a country which is as old as 2 years old or 5 years. we should have come together, these a superpowers in that the, the regents,

they all had humans in the very regions. they built a lot of power and the number of countries around them to upgrade, to extend dependent on them. and given this information, it's, it poses a threat. some might say, no, it doesn't. it does in the sense that that new talent, new skill is also come into, the full breaks is going to be employed within its formation is going to be employed within is region. and in these bricks countries, those countries have their own own educated accountants, engineers and the engineering of the currency,

the engineering of bricks, the engineering of the bank, which is already in establishment speaks volumes. it should be noted that as a freight it's still going to be learning more and more and more countries into his capacity until it's so bloated that they'll be applications still reaching the approval. so it's a, it's a threat. and it says that the polls a shifting this door on a pole which is standing alone in unit polarity. the load is not bipolar. it's margie paula. this threat emerges with the brock

steps to become one of the big standing trees with many leaves and the trees foundation is so deep rooted that you will be unable to shift it some say, it's not a threat. may need you to have chronological historical as well as looking at how long it has been in existence versus us develop been such as the g 7, the world bank, so on and so forth. but that's neither here nor there. because we could then look at the governments which are in place, breaks historically chronologically. they have been in governance for a very long time in their respective countries. and the success of those countries

have had to do with how the governance has been structured by the very same people who have come together as brits. so using that background into grow, we breaks, the threat is so huge that you could see other countries who have been saying that this formation is not going to wick. you could see that would add to breaks if adult you want those the date themselves because of the suggestions because of what bricks has on paper in terms of exchanging notes. but let's read between each of in multi, that's ready. we need to view that in a very positive light because the mere fact that it has been hit by a regional head gibbons already is sending signals

to a unit port a legit type of weld which had been in existence for toodle and the ideals multiplan r e t, i low should not be doubted because it speaks to the new age. now in the us. so some of the, the biggest bricks players, namely, russia and china are deemed enemy states. is there any fear among the other states that the us may soon view them as enemies as well because of their alliance and brooks, or perhaps even apply pressure on them in some way to kind of put distance in that alliance or even disrupt it? i think they could have done that, and it would be very devilish to want to wait. so brooks to develop and then start from the on other countries

whom a friends and who may have signed to to become part of brakes. and for the me effect, the bricks has been information for, for such a long time, with out the width, disruption speaks to democracy. these countries have not just met because they decided to that know we want to finish or whatever. so i can put it to college and they have met because that a pro se much as a fit into colonialism and to perry l as in an n t. the relatives they have met. because they have noted the other formations have not worked with it. and what could work today with a different ideology and not this ideology that had been forced it by the

west for so long for many years, with the structural adjustment programs that they have been imposed. what are the nations with a taken date from the banks? and if they're going to be founding on those other states, then that has to be knowles, the bricks is going to adopt and customize them and use them. so that should who was considered to be big brother, ones can post sanctions on the other state so that they become dysfunctional and not become part of assist international system. we should be able to mitigate the selves from that as breaks. and i know those are some of the discussions which have been adequately explored to see how they can safe got themselves

from the inevitable to add no wanted bricks has so far been caught off guard. it just says that we blow the modus operandi. by the way, so that if they don't like a position which one country takes with a country which they do not like they would want to subject them to sits and restrictions in front of them. totally as well as get other than both direct the international community to thrown on to others and dictate to that, to impose sanctions dictate to them. not to like other other countries from data, not like to follow the same mentality. so brakes is a way of such that's why they have also said they will be surprised in ice

one tricia. what will be said, and i'm sure there will be an alternative to the 5th system because the new currency has to have its own international trade system. so this means that we will be having laws that protect us from any country that wants to side with a country that feels that the brakes formation as a new kid on the brock is now starting to become a worldwide threat. so much that we have to subject to them to sit and restrictions breakfast, ready for that. and as we say that the kids on the block, it's not in the literal form, figuratively speaking, breaks as a formation,

hasn't school systems in place. and the mandate is so strong that these governments even jealous about bricks itself. and that's why so many countries want to be part of it. it's been so you've got it is the 5 countries wanted they could stay together and say, you know what, the way we feel jealous about this would like you to see success in the 1st 5 years . and we're talking about a success. that is an waivery, a success that continues on one mentality of saying as silver in states, we have come together. and we are aware that in this ecosystem could be another fiction which move on to fraud with us, or because one of our friends here is considered a part of which among bricks, countries that print we know is not the power,

i believe means well in its actions in the international system. now, as we wrap up, you are in south africa, the host nation. what are your expectations of the summit? what do you hope to see? come from this highly anticipated meeting? just a disappointed so if i figured i'd like to paint you this picture. so last weekend here. so if africa i'm telling you, had missed uprooted, flown to, to south africa for this meeting. and you know, come in presence as opposed to a video think. i think the airport where he will be that they would have at the low stuff i frequence who wanted to see him walk in, you know, walk in, that touch, walk on mother, lead south africa,

our mother land because of how much they loved. and so due to such a restriction we, we still understand, but i just wanted to pay to that picture that the, this feeling of excitement in so feel free to about to the break summit. and so that's because look forward, they did, they would like to share what, what is it the breaks is coming with as an alternative, and these are a lot of explaining to be done, especially by communicate as jenna this, the media has this responsibility of costs gauging information and filtering it to the communities, bricks, communities, the more especially, and sending the message out there. because others will be looking at that listening and wanted to share what this meeting is all about. the summit,

which has been spoken about widely in the media ad. so that's because i would also like to know what is it in for them given as a country to whom, but they have come together with and for the me effect that, you know, they've come together with from countries, gives us this of africans a glimmer of hope we unemployment to sky rocketing in the country. young people have been asking what opportunities will be say. and given the fact that each and every business that in bricks has a portfolio. whether it's it, minister of communication, finance ministers, ministers of a tradition of the faith in corporate governance. the owner of the responsibility isn't the ministers of employment. and what this will need is a lot of a t t. so that will be site and for brakes inhabitants we putting

social cultural exchange for people to people, exchange mechanics and that will be put in place. very interesting to hear what the regular people of the host country are thinking and, and feeling about this meeting. thank you so much for that insight. the visa hoko is the senior advocate correspondent for sputnik news international. all right, that is going to do it for this episode of modus operandi the show that digs deep into foreign policy and current affairs. i'm your host manila. chad. thank you for

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me now from moscow is the director general of the russian international affairs council and program director of inside to validate clump of us ivan, team of have it. thank you so much for visit for coming on. so, you know, this moon landing us live on the land, i don't know what the future historians will say about how she was as the boss of the european union. she famously said that you're down to recycling silicon chips from dishwashers in washing machines because of the sanctions. how many dish washes and washing machines did it take for the moon that the moon to 25 to a stop is moon based on the moon as well. uh i as you that no single washing machine has software. yep. so uh, i believe that's the whole weight industry managed to launch this station, the without the use of any of seats from or the sophisticated washing machines