In 2025, the TV BRICS International Media Network ensured three times more media publications across different countries on the activities of the BRICS group and state-level humanitarian and economic cooperation compared with the previous year.
Today, 32 countries regularly participate in shaping the consolidated BRICS agenda, seven of which joined cooperation with TV BRICS during 2025: Bolivia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Thailand, Uruguay, and Sweden, according to TV BRICS.
Over the year, the media network connected an additional 24 media outlets from 17 countries worldwide to multilateral information exchange. Overall, 110 regional, national, and global media organisations officially cooperate with TV BRICS. New partners include Malaysian National News Agency BERNAMA, Indonesia’s largest television broadcaster TVRI, India’s leading public broadcaster Prasar Bharati, Thailand’s public television service Thai PBS, and Brazil’s news portal Brasil de Fato.
Throughout the year, TV BRICS media content was distributed and syndicated through the partner network in 35 languages, including rare ones such as Bengali, Swahili, Afrikaans, Hausa, Malayalam, Malay, and Indonesian. As a result, in 2025 TV BRICS’ information presence reached more than 80 countries.
“TV BRICS is consistently fulfilling its mission. Together with partners in different countries, we are creating a unified BRICS information space and offering international audiences objective, in-depth media content on the humanitarian and trade and economic activities of the member states and partners of the group. In 2025, the editorial policy was shaped with a focus on the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the provisions of the final declaration of the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro. The TV BRICS portal and 24-hour television channels are becoming a new centre of media diplomacy. We invite states to speak about their domestic and foreign policy through the voices of national media and, on the other hand, provide them with the same unique, authentic information from other countries. TV BRICS is a space of trust where international dialogue is formed through the media, diplomatic relations are strengthened, interstate projects are implemented, and professional communication among expert communities develops. In 2026, we aim to expand the range of interaction with existing partners in mass communications, the public sector, culture, cinema, and education. For example, we are planning interesting television projects with colleagues from Venezuela, India, Iran, Egypt, and China. We will strengthen cooperation with the Middle East and ASEAN countries,” said CEO of TV BRICS Janna Tolstikova.
TV BRICS provided media support for the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and the G20 Summit in Johannesburg (South Africa), organising special broadcast programming on its television channels during the high-level meetings and accordingly highlighting the BRICS & G20 online project. All information and analytical materials received wide distribution among the media network’s partner outlets. In addition, China Global Television Network (CGTN) and TV BRICS provided expert assessments of the G20 meeting outcomes in a joint episode of the BizTalk programme.
In the area of deepening business and trade and economic cooperation, in 2025 TV BRICS acted as an international information partner for major forums and events in various countries, including the AIM Congress in the UAE, the EURASIA EXPO forum in Iran, the BRICS Business Forum, and African Energy Week in South Africa. In Russia, at the 28th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, TV BRICS set up a television studio at the Roscongress International Business Communication Area, which made it possible to ensure coverage of SPIEF in more than 10 countries. During the 16th International Economic Forum “Russia – Islamic World: KAZANFORUM”, the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim, took part in the special television project BRICSterview. In 2025, in-depth exclusive interviews were given to TV BRICS by Brazil’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sergio Rodrigues dos Santos; the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India to Russia, Vinay Kumar; the Chairman of the Islamic City Council of Tehran, Mehdi Chamran; and the Director of the Center for BRICS Studies at Fudan University, Professor Shen Yi.
In cooperation with the Republic of Tatarstan, the media network organised the BRICS GLOBAL MEDIA TOUR for heads of leading Indian media outlets to the business forum “TIME: Russia – India. Mutual Effectiveness”. Foreign guests, together with Russian colleagues, took part in the discussion session “Russia – India: Foundations of Strategic Partnership in the Media Environment”. Another BRICS GLOBAL MEDIA TOUR took place as part of the 17th Assembly of the Russian World: TV BRICS invited heads of partner media outlets from 16 countries to Moscow. For the first time, a special session, “A New Media Dimension: Expanding Dialogue – Strengthening Trust”, was organised for foreign and Russian mass communications professionals in partnership with TV BRICS.
In 2025, partners of TV BRICS in the field of science and higher education were joined by the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) and Kazan Federal University (both Russia), the Group for International Cooperation of Brazilian Universities (Brazil), Fudan University, Tianjin Vocational and Technical Normal University, and the Tan Kah Kee High Technology Research Institute (all China). In total, more than 40 major institutions from Russia, Brazil, India, China, Cuba, South Africa, and Iran cooperate with the media network, including members of the BRICS Network University, professional associations, and public authorities.
In the field of the film industry and promotion of cinematographic achievements of BRICS countries, TV BRICS joined efforts with the Panvision Cultural Association (Brazil), the Indo Cine Appreciation Foundation (India), and the production and filmmaking company AS Global Media Production (UAE). Special screenings of films by directors from BRICS+ countries from the TV BRICS collection were held as part of international film festivals in Brazil, Bolivia, Cuba, South Africa, the UAE, and Russia. These included the Hibara Film Festival, the Latin American ANIMATEUR Festival, the Thokoza Film Festival, the “Lions of Fire” Film Festival, the CineSonora International Music Documentary Film Festival, the BRICS Countries Film Festival at UNILA University, the 6th Beijing International Children’s Film Festival, and the "Salt of the Earth" and “Crossroads of Civilisations” film festivals.
In the area of humanitarian cooperation, TV BRICS jointly implemented three programmes from the InteRussia fellowship cycle together with the Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund and partners: for young drama theatre actors from BRICS+ countries and for energy sector specialists from Latin America and ASEAN countries.
The TV BRICS television editorial team released two new documentary series: "BRICS Grain" on grain production and international coordination in the field of food security, and "The Art of Sport" on Russia’s achievements in physical culture and sport combined with the aesthetics of art. The Laboratorium programme on Russia’s latest technological developments also continued. Another new educational programme, "Russian Lessons with Tanya Semke", was created to study Russian as a foreign language and to promote Russian culture abroad. All projects are intended for media export to BRICS+ countries.
In 2025, specialists from the international information and educational project "Modern Russian" of TV BRICS held two Russia–India televised bridges. One was dedicated to introducing the activities of the BRICS group, while the other informed Indian youth about opportunities for education in Russia.
The first results of the BRICS+ Information and Cultural Media Centre, established in Moscow by the M. I. Rudomino All-Russia State Library for Foreign Literature and the TV BRICS International Media Network, were summed up. Over the year, the centre shaped a humanitarian agenda for more than 20 countries, including BRICS members and partners. Events at the media centre were attended by state, political, and public figures, including Brazil’s First Lady Janja Lula da Silva, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Ryabkov, and Director of the Information and Press Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.
The results of 2025, which took place under Brazil’s BRICS chairmanship, were summed up by TV BRICS at a ceremonial evening held at the Library for Foreign Literature. Heads of diplomatic missions and representatives of embassies from more than 15 countries were invited to the reception.
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