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Succession and Modernization

The first steps taken by the new Kazakhstan government have a great significance for this strategically important country situated in the very heart of the Eurasian continent. The most vital issue currently facing the country and its main foreign partners is proceeding with the policy of modernization, which turned the country into an economic and political leader of Central Eurasia under President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

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Modi: A Watchman in Control

Given its very high ratings, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s victory in the 2014 general election was rather predictable — and still it caused a sensation: The BJP managed to win as many as 282 seats in the 543-seat Lok Sabha, the lower house of the bicameral Indian parliament, and virtually become the sole political leader in the ‘world’s largest democracy’. Compare this with the 159 seats that the BJP, also known as the Saffron Party, ended up with after the previous vote in 2009. The dramatic improvement was attributed by many to the charisma of leader Narendra Modi, who took over as prime minister. Now, the self-proclaimed chowkidar, or watchman, looks back at what was done during his first term in office. Expert views are mixed, with some considering it very successful and others expressing doubts.

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The Machine for Innovation

Talking about the achievements of the Russian nanoindustry, the head of RUSNANO, Anatoly Chubais, likes to build his speech around the formula ‘previously there was no, but now there is’. He claims that the industry has met the expectations, and RUSNANO itself has been turned into a self-financing tool for the reproduction of innovations, capable of doubling the number of new high-tech enterprises about once every 10 years.

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Through the Digital Barrier

Four years ago, President Vladimir Putin formulated the national digital transformation agenda that is to become one of the key components of the integrated Russian economic development strategy. The system transition to modern digital technologies and the organization of international cooperation based on a new technological infrastructure are the main directions for revealing competitive advantages and accelerated state development, acknowledges a Russian politician, former Russian Minister of Agriculture (2009–2012) Elena Skrynnik. She has shared her vision of the country’s path through the digital barrier in an interview to BRICS Business Magazine.

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FOR EVERY FRUIT OF EARTH

AS HE ENDEAVOURS TO BUILD A MOST EXCEPTIONAL AND EFFICIENT COMPANY, HEAD OF PHOSAGRO ANDREY GURYEV HAS COMPLETE FAITH IN RUSSIA'S BRIGHT FUTURE AS AN AGRICULTURAL SUPERPOWER THAT WILL FEED THE ENTIRE WORLD WITH WHOLEFOOD. ON HIS PART, HE IS KEEN TO GIVE EVERY FRUIT OF THE EARTH THE NUTRITION IT NEEDS.

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COMPLETE CHECK-UP FOR A MILLIONAIRE

What makes big businessmen from Russia different from entrepreneurs in other countries? What are their investment preferences? What problems are associated with large fortunes and who deals with them? Dmitry Breitenbikher, Head of VTB Private Banking answers these questions to BRICS Business Magazine.

About BRICS Business Magazine

BRICS Business Magazine is a bookazine —

a book-like magazine – addressed to global investors, businessmen, politicians, and experts.

A business and humanitarian publication on rapid-growth markets, it is issued four times a year and explains how to understand others.

The goal of this project is to organize a direct information exchange between the BRICS countries and other emerging markets.

We define a bookazine as a thick magazine with complex printing which is designed for slow reading and filled not in accordance with a constant set of sections, but rather in accordance with the topics chosen. Our bookazine includes (with occasional exceptions) three main kinds of data: