The planned expansion of the group was touted by China as a watershed moment, but the summit also highlighted Russian President Vladimir Putin’s global isolation.
Russia and China have long seen BRICS — the economic grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — as central to their goal of countering Western global dominance.
“We are against any kind of hegemony,” he said during the opening session, accusing his enemies of “continuing neocolonialism.” “It can’t be that whoever has the thicker arm or the loudest voice has the final say,” he said. His remarks likely resonated for much of the developing world, which has often felt pushed around by wealthier nations and excluded from the international order.
“So the West must do something, must take steps toward the Global South. And those steps should be quite convincing,” he continued. He leveled accusations of hegemony and bullying at “some countries” — a thinly veiled reference to the United States and its allies.Advertisement
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