A competition on the recitation of the Holy Qur'an with the participation of reciters from 20 countries of the BRICS countries, as well as the Arab-Muslim world - the CIS, Asia and Africa - has started in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan. The winner will receive a cash prize of $7,000.

The BRICS bloc, which includes Russia, China, Brazil, India, South Africa, Ethiopia, Egypt, Iran and the UAE, plans to create its own payment system and implement it in October. The new payment system will be presented at the upcoming summit of BRICS leaders - the meeting is expected to be held in Kazan on October 22-24.

The President of Argentina, Javier Miley, announced that he has left the mechanism of the BRICS group consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.