BRICS: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF COOPERATION
The issues referred to the need of creation and emergence of a group of rapidly developing countries as a new geopolitical player on the world scene, as well as a number of actual problems in the political and economic aspects are reviewed. Particular attention is paid to the BRIC and BRICS summits - summits of Heads of State and/or Government that allows to judge about the effectiveness of activities and the increasing role of this group of countries in the world politics and economy.