Due to Russia’s active position, BRICS ceases to be a discussion platform and becomes one of the most authoritative and influential international organizations in the world, a political scientist, a member of the Russian Federation Public Chamber, and the first assistant of the Strategic Research Institute. Studies and Forecasts (ISIP) RUDN University Nikita Danyuk told socialbites.ca.
Commenting on Vladimir Putin’s speech at the BRICS summit today in Johannesburg, the political scientist noted that the president proposed the creation of a permanent transport commission within the union of the five countries, which will expand the transport corridors between them. countries and continents.
The specialist believes that the transport, industrial and financial potential of Russia makes it possible to connect all continents, and the acceleration of the development of intercontinental cooperation creates new opportunities for the development of our country.
According to Nikita Danyuk, BRICS has become one of the main international platforms over the past 14 years, surpassing leading Western structures like the G7 in terms of impact and effectiveness.
“Russia is the most important binding element of the quintet, which laid the foundation for all the activities of the organization in the Eurasian region,” said Nikita Danyuk.
In addition, the political scientist emphasized that Russia has become the engine of global historical processes that shift the balance of geopolitical powers to rapidly developing countries.
“Russia has become a barrier to the aggressive desire of Washington and Brussels to suppress the entire system of international relations with the help of the situation in Ukraine and the Middle East. The position of the President of Russia was an obstacle to Western hegemony”, thinks Nikita Danyuk.
According to him, Russia initiated the process of creating a multipolar world order based on fair, mutually beneficial and international law. These trends have also been joined by other leading developing countries around the world, which are now united around the BRICS platform.
He also reminded that next year Russia will become the head of BRICS and the platform of international events at various levels.
On August 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the 15th BRICS Summit via videoconference. President affected A number of issues were discussed, including the position of the BRICS countries on the world stage and the strengthening of interaction between the five states.