As the dust settles on the landmark 2026 BRICS summit in New Delhi, the global geopolitical landscape stands at a critical crossroads. In an exclusive interview, Mr. Maksim Nosenko sits down with leading strategic analyst Dr. Nandan Unnikrishnan, Distinguished Fellow at Observer Research Foundation, to unpack the summit’s major breakthroughs, the shifting dynamics of multipolarity, and what India’s next presidency might look like. [...]

On March 23, 2026, Russia and Vietnam signed an intergovernmental agreement on the construction of the Ninh Thuan 1 nuclear power plant (NPP) with two VVER-1200 power units with a combined capacity of 2,400 MW, according to the Russian project. This topic has already been covered in a PIR Center analytical note by Danil Khryapin, a specialist in Indonesia and Southeast Asian countries, titled “The revival of Russia’s Ninh Thuan 1 NPP project in Vietnam: a step towards developing Rosatom’s presence in Southeast Asia”. [...]

Africa is rapidly redefining its place in the global economy, shifting from a peripheral region to an emerging hub of high-tech growth. Advances in cybersecurity, space research, and biotechnology are shaping the continent’s new technological agenda, while intensifying competition among external actors. In this context, Russia’s role as a partner in Africa’s high-tech transformation deserves closer attention. [....]

The key element of the trip was an immersion in the country’s energy sector, and specifically its nuclear dimension. The Embassy staff helped me to verify many of the assumptions and hypotheses I had formed earlier concerning Zambia’s readiness to undertake its first nuclear power project, and they also directed me to information resources in which I was able to find everything required to prepare this short article. [...]