According to the deputy head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, it is the BRICS countries, which make up almost half of the world’s population and a significant part of the world’s GDP, that will be at the heart of the new world order.
The BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) will become the basis of the new emerging world order. This was stated by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Ryabkov in broadcast RT channel.
“I think that the BRICS countries, which make up almost half of the world’s population and a significant part of the world’s GDP, will be one of the backbones of the new emerging world order,” he said.
The Deputy Foreign Minister stressed that the BRICS countries play a significant role in protecting international law and combating the sanctions policy of Western countries. “We know that each country has its own nuances related to the problems we face, but now we are united in the defense of international law, united in efforts to overcome arbitrary, illegal, unilateral sanctions, which have become the only tool of foreign policy in the United States and other countries,” Ryabkov added.
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Since the end of February, the US, EU, UK and a number of other countries have begun to tighten sanctions against Russia. In almost a month, several packages of restrictions were introduced that affected a significant part of Russian companies, in particular those associated with the defense and energy sectors, banks, transport companies, parliamentarians, officials, businessmen and journalists, as well as family members of persons subject to sanctions.
In late February, the European Union and the United States also decided to freeze the assets of the Bank of Russia, freezing its transactions in order to limit “the use of its own international reserves to weaken the impact of Western sanctions.” Finance Minister Anton Siluanov noted that due to restrictions, Russia has lost access to almost half of its gold and foreign exchange reserves – $ 300 billion.