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Germany’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports that Beijing and Moscow want to expand BRICS to include four more nations A German newspaper reported that Russia and China are seeking to make BRICS, a consortium of five emerging countries, a counterweight against the Western-dominated Group of Seven. Beijing and Moscow want to grow the group’s three remaining members, South Africa, India, and Brazil. In a report on Wednesday, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung claimed that since the start of Russia’s offensive against Ukraine, and the imposition of sweeping Western sanctions, Moscow has been trying to strengthen and expand its alliances with nations in Asia,...