Bric was the term that Goldman Sachs came up with more than 20 years ago. Considering since then Russia completely fucked up its chance to be a meaningful economic power (various attacks on property rights, then Ukraine - almost all western companies left and the aspiring entrepreneurs are leaving the country too as they have no chance of ever integrating into the world economy), this article is already de-facto wrong in suggesting that Russia has any meaningful role. You’d think >20 years would’ve been enough for the country to fulfill its infamous “bric” promise