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The sixth BRICS MMF Economic Congress will be held in St. Petersburg The cultural capital of Russia will host the Economic Congress of the VI International Municipal Forum of the BRICS countries on November 21 and 22. The event will be held with the support of the Russian Foreign Ministry and Rossotrudnichestvo. The congress will be attended by representatives of foreign states and subjects of the Russian Federation. On November 21, the forum will host a plenary session on "Interregional and inter-municipal cooperation as a key factor in the economic development of the BRICS countries." It will be presented in several blocks: (A) Public health protection; (B) Economics and foreign economic activity; (C) Youth policy and society; (D) The Arctic: challenges and prospects; E) Business tourism development; (F) Ecology and environmental management. In block B, the African-Russian Energy Association (AREA) co-organizes the session "Small and Medium-sized businesses: successful experience of Russian-African cooperation and barriers to acceleration". During the session, experts intend to discuss prospects for cooperation for small and medium-sized businesses, identify patterns among real examples of successful business projects, identify current problems and ways to solve them. The participants also plan to identify new opportunities that arise due to the entry into the BRICS of South Africa, Ethiopia and Egypt. #Africa#RussiaAfrica#business