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Malaysia says Brics chair Russia backs its bid to join bloc
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s Foreign Ministry said Russia will back the South-east Asian country’s application to join the Brics economic bloc as Moscow looks to expand its influence into the Global South. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made the …