The founder of the legendary rock band Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, has come out in support of BRICS and preferred this association to NATO.
"We need more BRICS and less NATO", the musician urged.
BRICS is an intergovernmental association established in 2006. In addition to Russia, Brazil, India, China and South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, the UAE and Saudi Arabia joined the group since the beginning of last year.
In February, US President Donald Trump said that the BRICS countries had abandoned their plans to create an alternative to the dollar in payments after Washington threatened to impose a 150 percent tariff and stop trade with them.
Earlier this year, Nigeria joined the BRICS as a partner country. The country became the ninth BRICS partner country. Belarus, Bolivia, Kazakhstan, Cuba, Malaysia, Thailand, Uganda and Uzbekistan already have this status.