New Identity for BRICS
The fact that BRICS has added five new members since the start of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, allows Moscow to interpret this expansion as a gesture of support for its actions by the Global South. Although the recent expansion and its potential continuation blunt the club’s elitism - and the clarity of criteria for joining it - Russia now attaches more weight to the number of members and how the new composition alters the organization, suggests Alexander Baunov of the
Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center. It so far seemed that within BRICS, Russia should be overshadowed by the giant economies of China and India, especially the former. Yet what is happening is almost the opposite, with Russia effectively taking over the leading role in the club.
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