Saudi Arabia 'in Talks' to Join BRICS Bank to Enhance 'Funding Options'

Moscow sees one of the main goals of BRICS’ New Development Bank (NDB) as being to defend the bloc’s member states (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) from “illegitimate sanctions from the collective West,” Russia’s Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin underscored when visiting China recently for a business forum.