I'm starting to agree with you @Scubbie , brics is another type of controlled opposition to create the illusion of choice. Another summit and absolutely no discussion of the only important topic in all their agendas: a new commodity exchange.
They might as well be planning to bail out the west with this new brics money.
https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/brics-summit-puts-focus-dethroning-us-dollar-putin-unveils-brics-banknote