The coalition of states led by Russia and China, which opposes the “Western alliance,” is becoming increasingly powerful both politically and economically, Die Welt reported on Monday, June 27.

“In Germany, there are many who believe that most countries support Ukraine. However, they are far from the truth: the anti-Western alliance is becoming more and more powerful politically and economically and it encompasses states all over the world,” said the author Stephan Ost.

According to him, such an anti-Western coalition is the BRICS group, whose summit was held on the eve of the G7 leaders’ meeting. “There are now plans to expand the organisation to include states such as Indonesia and Argentina,” the journalist recalls, disputing the tacit primacy of the G7 format.

” Whereas the Western-oriented G7 has a population of about 771 million, the seven countries in the opposing bloc are populated by more than three billion people,” the author points out. “The G7 is a relic of the 20th century, while the BRICS is the organisation of the future,” the journalist quotes the Chinese newspaper Huanqiu Shibao as saying.

As the author notes, economic ties within the BRICS are becoming increasingly close. In particular, China is actively developing a 5G network in Brazil, while Russia is a major supplier of fertiliser to the South American country, which in turn is the world’s second-largest exporter of meat.

“As Russians can no longer use Visa or Mastercard because of sanctions, they now pay with China’s UnionPay payment system. The number of cars manufactured in China is increasing on Russian roads and Indian supermarket chains will open branches in this country. Russian oil is now flowing to India. India is importing Russian coal,” the author notes, stressing that the BRICS countries’ growing ties with New Delhi should be of the greatest concern to Western leaders.

“The West would like to see India in the democratic camp,” Ost states.

Meanwhile, the Western coalition led by the United States is gradually losing its influence on other continents as well. “A wind of change is being felt around the world, including in Latin America, which was once the ‘backyard of the US’. In response to the White House’s reluctance to invite the leaders of Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua to the summit because of disagreement with their policies, the presidents of Mexico, Bolivia, Uruguay, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala boycotted the summit.

“No country in Latin America, no country in Africa, supports sanctions against Russia. In Asia, it is only Japan, South Korea and Taiwan,” the journalist recalls.

Given the discussed expansion of the bloc, BRICS may become a kind of alternative for a significant number of countries, he believes. The more so because, apart from the economic component, the union is becoming more powerful from the political point of view. “The BRICS countries are urging for the reform of international institutions, such as the UN Security Council,” the author notes. In particular, in the joint declaration adopted at the end of the recent summit, members point to the need to strengthen the role of Brazil, India and South Africa within the United Nations system.

Despite cultural, economic and political differences, the BRICS countries are united in their rejection of Western supremacy and Western values, the author states.

“In Germany, many people assume that most countries are on the side of Ukraine. In reality, an unprecedented anti-Western bloc is forming, as powerful as it has never been in history,” Ost concludes.

It should be recalled that last week the XIV BRICS summit concluded under the Chinese chairmanship. In a joint declaration, the leaders expressed their readiness to further discuss the possibility of admitting new countries to the union. During the summit, Argentine President Alberto Fernandez said his country was making every effort to become a full member of the BRICS group. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he saw serious prospects for cooperation between the Eurasian Economic Union and BRICS. In addition, he pointed to the need to expand cooperation of the five with such regional groupings as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the African Union, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean Countries, as well as other organizations.

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