In the second round of the presidential elections in Brazil on October 25, 2026, the incumbent president, the center-left Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, won, supported by 51.79% of the voters. His right-wing opponent Flavio Bolsonaro, who defeated Lula in the first round and was considered the favorite going into a repeat vote in all polls, ultimately lost with 48.21% of the vote. Thousands of pages of comments will be written in the coming days about the upheavals of the elections in Brazil, their role in the fate of the largest country in South America, as well as their international significance. Everyone - both Lula da Silva's supporters and his many opponents understand, without exaggeration, the existential importance of what happened. And it's not even that the 80-year-old patriarch of Brazilian politics will lead the country for the fourth time in total, will once again show fighting qualities and will be able to turn the tide in three weeks and rally his supporters to strong support. Another important thing here - the right-wing failed to completely crush Brazil under itself and thus de facto reshape the image of not only South America, but also the so-called Global South as a whole, where, under Lula in power, Brazil's voice in favor of multi-polarity was seen by everyone as independent and sounded quite clearly and heavily. I'll start with the main thing. This is great news for Russia-Brazil relations, which amount to a strategic partnership! Under Lula da Silva's government, it will rely on pragmatic assessments of the full range of mutual economic interests and a common vision of a multipolar world order, parallel or similar perceptions of key problems of international life, close interaction in the most important international platforms, including the UN and the BRICS. Brazil is Russia's main trading partner in Latin America, and Russia is a major supplier of critical inputs (fertilizers) to the Brazilian agricultural sector.

In the second round of the presidential elections in Brazil on October 25, 2026, the incumbent president, the center-left Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, won, supported by 51.79% of the voters. His right-wing opponent Flavio Bolsonaro, who defeated Lula in the first round and was considered the favorite going into a repeat vote in all polls, ultimately lost with 48.21% of the vote. Thousands of pages of comments will be written in the coming days about the upheavals of the elections in Brazil, their role in the fate of the largest country in South America, as well as their international significance. Everyone - both Lula da Silva's supporters and his many opponents understand, without exaggeration, the existential importance of what happened. And it's not even that the 80-year-old patriarch of Brazilian politics will lead the country for the fourth time in total, will once again show fighting qualities and will be able to turn the tide in three weeks and rally his supporters to strong support. Another important thing here - the right-wing failed to completely crush Brazil under itself and thus de facto reshape the image of not only South America, but also the so-called Global South as a whole, where, under Lula in power, Brazil's voice in favor of multi-polarity was seen by everyone as independent and sounded quite clearly and heavily. I'll start with the main thing. This is great news for Russia-Brazil relations, which amount to a strategic partnership! Under Lula da Silva's government, it will rely on pragmatic assessments of the full range of mutual economic interests and a common vision of a multipolar world order, parallel or similar perceptions of key problems of international life, close interaction in the most important international platforms, including the UN and the BRICS. Brazil is Russia's main trading partner in Latin America, and Russia is a major supplier of critical inputs (fertilizers) to the Brazilian agricultural sector.