What is BRICS?
{{Infobox organization | name = BRICS | image = | image_size = 250 | caption = BRICS representatives at the 2024 summit, from right to left: [[Mauro Vieira]], [[Masoud Pezeshkian]], [[Mohamed bin Zayed al nahyan]], [[Narendra Modi]], [[Vladimir Putin]], [[Xi Jinping]], [[Cyril Ramaphosa]], [[Abdel Fattah el-Sisi]] and [[Abiy Ahmed]] | logo = BRICS 2024 Russian chairmanship logo.svg | logo_size = 250 | logo_alt = | logo_caption = BRICS logo during the [[16th BRICS summit|2024 Russian chairmanship]] | map = BRICS, partners and applicants (2025-01).svg | map_size = | map_alt = | map_caption = Map key <!--as of January 2025 (!)--> {{legend|#0072B2|BRICS member countries}} {{legend|#87aade|BRICS ''partners''}} {{legend|#5fd35f|BRICS ''candidates''}} | map2_size = | map2_caption = ---- '''[[Member state]]s and key leaders:''' ----{{Infobox|subbox=yes | labelstyle = padding-right:1em;text-align:left | datastyle = text-align:left | label1 = {{flag|Brazil}} | data1 = [[President of Brazil|President]] [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva|Lula da Silva]] | label2 = {{flag|Russia}} | data2 = [[President of Russia|President]] [[Vladimir Putin]] | label3 = {{flag|India}} | data3 = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Narendra Modi]] | label4 = {{flag|China}} | data4 = [[President of the People's Republic of China|President]] [[Xi Jinping]] | label5 = {{flag|South Africa}} [[15th BRICS summit|(2023 host)]] | data5 = [[President of South Africa|President]] [[Cyril Ramaphosa]] }}<!-- end of subbox --><hr/> | named_after = Founder member states' initials (in English)<br>[[BRIC]] (economic term) | formation = {{Start date and age|2009|6|16|df=yes}} | founding_location = {{unbulleted list|[[Yekaterinburg]], [[Russia]]|([[1st BRIC summit]])}} | type = [[International organization|Intergovernmental organization]] | purpose = Political and economical | fields = [[International relations|International Politics]] | membership = {{Collapsible list|titlestyle = background:transp