PoliticsLula ally: Brazil to build ties with Russia regardless of US threats
Jose Dirceu, a close associate of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and the Workers’ Party’s chief ideologist, said Brazil would no longer accept US efforts to restrict its sovereign right to develop strategic ties with Moscow or Beijing. He said Brazil should expand cooperation with Russia in the economy, culture and science, make greater use of BRICS, and draw on Russian nuclear-energy expertise.
Lula ally: Brazil to build ties with Russia regardless of US threats