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Rusland sigter påp at blive det første land i BRICS gruppen af ledende industrialiserende lande, til at ratificere aftalen om den den udenlandske valuta reserve pool, iflg. det russiske udenrigsministeriums højtstående diplomat Vadim Lukov.

"En aftale om etableringen af en pulje af udenlandske valuta reserver vil snart blive ratificeret. Rusland vil højst sandsynligt blive det første land til at gøre det," sagde Lukov i fredags.

Sydafrika vil bibringe $5 milliarder, Rusland, Indien og Brasilien vil tildele $18 milliarder hver mens Kina vil tilvejebringe det resterende beløb, ifølge diplomaten.

Målet med denne pulje er at BRICS medlemslandene hurtigt kan genopbygge deres likviditet fra den, i forskellige proportioner, for at løse problemer på betalingsbalancen.

I mellemtiden er Moskva sikker på at nye medlemmer i længden vil tilslutte sig the New Development Bank (NDB), da grupppen ønsker at undgå at den bliver kaldt 'BRICS banken'.

SIdste juli, underskrev BRICS medlemmer aftalen i Brasilien for at gå videre med den $100 milliarder store NDB, som også skulle være i besiddelse af en valuta reserve pool med en værdi af over $100 miliarder.


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BRICS Rating Agency

Experts from BRICS countries are also discussing the creation of a new independent rating agency the Russian envoy said, adding that China's rating agency Dagong was currently in talks with Russia on the issue. The new Universal Credit Rating Group (UCRG) is to rival the so-called 'Big Three' that currently dominate the industry. The creation of an alternative agency was raised after Standard & Poor's, Moody's, and Fitch Group downgraded their rating regarding Russia's creditworthiness following the Western anti-Russia sanctions.

"After the recent cases with Big Three rating agencies issuing politicized and biased assessments of the state and development prospects of Russian economy, this issue is of particular relevance," Vadim Lukov told journalists, adding that Russia is not the first country to suffer from "rating aggression and rating dumping."

The BRICS grouping of emerging market economies will meet for summit twice this year; on July 8-9 in Ufa, and either on November 15 or 16 on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Antalya. Some 120 events will be held in 16 cities within the program of Russia's BRICS presidency program. Nineteen meetings will be held at the ministerial level.

Russia took over the presidency of the BRICS group from Brazil on Wednesday. President of the Russian Chamber of Commerce Sergey Katyrin became the BRICS Business Council head.

The BRICS group of prominent emerging economies was established in 2010, when South Africa joined Brazil, Russia, India and China in what was previously known as BRIC. The BRICS countries make up about 40 percent of the world's population and command a combined economy of about $16 trillion.