BRICS: problems of interaction and potential for cooperation
The article considers and analyses differences in potentials and parameters of the development of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, as well as the justification of their cooperation within the informal club of emerging countries - BRICS. Additionally it is examined what has been achieved so far by the BRICS as an independent organization, as well as within the other international institutions; divergences which complicate cooperation of the countries, and their future opportunities in the context of different possible scenarios of their interaction.