Nigeria, June 22 -- Driven by shared strategic interests within BRICS group and accelerating their bilateral trade and economic cooperation, Russia has signed an agreement to export Russian vodka brands to South Africa.

The Russian vodka is among the best in the whole world. At the plenary session of the 28th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), South African Deputy President, Paul Mashatile, told the audience interlaced with applause that South Africa would import vodka brands from Russia.

"We have a Business Council between Russia and South Africa, within the framework of which we discuss what can be imported from Russia. Just the previous day, colleagues told me that an agreement was signed on the import of Russian vo...