{"id":3820,"date":"2026-05-19T13:53:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T10:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bricsmagazine.com\/en\/?p=3820"},"modified":"2026-05-19T13:53:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T10:53:26","slug":"key-news-about-brics-that-you-might-have-missed-this-week-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bricsmagazine.com\/en\/main-issue\/agenda\/brics-plus-news\/key-news-about-brics-that-you-might-have-missed-this-week-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Key news about BRICS+ that you might have missed this week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Russia Proposes BRICS Investment Platform<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0Russia has proposed creating a new investment <a href=\"https:\/\/ria.ru\/20260515\/briks-2092785074.html?ysclid=mpapxrfjud732367263\">platform<\/a> for BRICS nations to pool large-scale funds, including digital assets, for joint development projects. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced this at a meeting of foreign ministers. The platform is intended to strengthen economic cooperation and establish sustainable settlement mechanisms in national currencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Vladimir Putin to Visit China on May 19\u201320<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0The Kremlin has confirmed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.ru\/politics\/16\/05\/2026\/6a08095d9a79471b9c4babd0\">dates<\/a> of Putin&#8217;s visit to China: the Russian president will arrive in Beijing on May 19\u201320 at the invitation of Xi Jinping. The leaders will discuss strategic partnership, take part in the opening of cross-country Years of Education, and sign a joint statement along with a number of bilateral documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Aliko Dangote Plans Africa&#8217;s Largest-Ever IPO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0Dangote Petroleum Refinery &amp; Petrochemicals, owned by Africa&#8217;s wealthiest businessman Aliko Dangote, is preparing a record <a href=\"https:\/\/africa.businessinsider.com\/local\/markets\/dangote-plans-refinery-stock-market-debut-in-deal-that-could-raise-dollar5bn\/1wn05q5\">IPO<\/a> of its refining business across multiple exchanges. The company plans to raise $5 billion by listing around 10% of its shares, with proceeds going toward expanding both its refining and fertilizer businesses. The IPO is seen as part of &#171;Vision 2030&#187; \u2014 a strategy aimed at growing Dangote Group into a $100 billion revenue enterprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Indian Rupee Falls to Record Low Amid Energy Crisis<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Indian rupee hit an all-time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/india\/rupee-slides-record-low-surge-global-yields-compounds-oil-price-pain-2026-05-18\/\">low<\/a> of 96.23 per dollar on Monday, breaking the previous record of 96.14. The decline was driven by persistently high energy prices due to the conflict in Iran, which triggered a surge in global bond yields and compounded economic difficulties for the world&#8217;s third-largest oil importer. Without intervention by the Reserve Bank of India, the drop could have been even steeper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>China&#8217;s Unitree Opens World&#8217;s First App Store for Humanoid Robots<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unitree has launched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazeta.press\/tech\/news\/2026\/05\/11\/28441675.shtml\">UniStore<\/a>, the world&#8217;s first skills marketplace for robots, where owners of G1\/H1 humanoids and B2\/Go2 robot dogs can download new movements in one click \u2014 from dances and jumps to Chinese martial arts. Currently 24 free scenarios are available, and third-party developers have already been granted access to publish their own behavior packages. 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