On July 11, 2025 in Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency a press conference of the BRICS Women’s Business Alliance and the BRICS Business Council, dedicated to the results of the XVII BRICS Summit, took place.
The event was attended by Anna Nesterova, Chairperson of the Russian Chapter of the BRICS Women’s Business Alliance, Founder of Watchmaking Manufactury “Palekh Watch” and Sergey Katyrin, Chairperson of the Russian Chapter of the BRICS Business Council, President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation.
During the press conference, the main initiatives of the business community presented at the summit in Rio de Janeiro were highlighted.
Anna Nesterova spoke about the key events and projects that were continued during the Brazilian chairmanship, in particular about the II BRICS Women’s Entrepreneurship Forum, the Common BRICS WBA Digital Platform and the BRICS Women’s Startup Contest.
“I would like to emphasize that in the Alliance, continuity plays a significant role. We sincerely appreciate that in the year of the Brazilian Presidency, the initiatives launched during the 2024 Russia’s Chairship were further endured by our colleagues,” Anna Nesterova noted.
Special attention was paid to new initiatives, in particular the launch of the BRICS International Youth Business Mentoring Program – a joint project of the Alliance and the World Youth Festival.
“This program is designed to become a bridge between generations, where the experience of women in our community will serve as a support for the bold ideas of young entrepreneurs,” Anna Nesterova emphasized.
In turn, Sergey Katyrin assessed the state of trade and economic relations within BRICS, spoke about the results of the BRICS Business Forum and the key areas in which the BRICS Business Council worked this year.
“Russia has reoriented trade from the West to the South and continued to increase it with the BRICS member countries — today they account for 40% of external trade turnover,” Sergey Katyrin noted.
