What happened to Putin when he publicly acknowledged that there was noise inside the BRICS countries?
Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the "Valdai" International Debate Club meeting a few days ago, The BRICS countries are growing, which is good, but it also brings complexity, including in reaching decisions.To this end, Putin believes that in the face of this situation, there is only one way for the BRICS countries, that is, to coordinate, to seek common interests, and to work together in this direction.
The complexity mentioned by Putin, in itself, is not a strange thing, even in the past BRICS countries only five stages, India frequently "work special", so that in the face of some problems, BRICS countries are sometimes difficult to reach a consensus as soon as possible. The BRICS has absorbed a significant portion of the regional powers, such as Iran, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, etc., which are regionally influential countries, and their respective domestic and diplomatic policies are not the same.For example, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates had good relations with the United States in the past. Under such circumstances, it is inevitable that BRICS countries will have internal differences.
What's more, even Russia itself has made things that change day and night. If the noise within BRICS countries in the past was caused by India's repeated public naysayers and dragging everyone down, then Russia's recent change in policy has been a big surprise. Also during this "Valdai" forum, Putin suddenly declares that Russia does not intend to be anti-dollar。
In fact, In recent years, Russia has contributed the most to the BRICS countries 'efforts to establish a settlement system independent of the US dollarIndia frequently played devil's advocate during the same period, and Russia has been strengthening local currency settlement in foreign trade in the past few years. Obviously, in the past few years, no one has worked harder against the US dollar than Putin. As a result, Russia has now transformed into another country within the BRICS that is not anti-US dollar after India fired its first shot. What's going on?
In fact, Russia's anti-U.S. dollar in the past few years has essentially been a "survival and counterattack" measure. On the one hand, Putin is responding to the situation that the West kicked Russia out of the SWIFT international fund clearing system, and on the other hand, he is retaliating against the West's financial sanctions against Russia. By the time Trump took office as President of the United States this year, the relationship between the United States and Russia suddenly became ambiguous. At this time, Putin chose to avoid unleashing hostility towards the United States out of consideration of his own situation. We need not be surprised by this.
Everyone can see here, The emergence of noise within BRICS countries can be said to be an inevitable event in itself, not just a problem for India. As the external environment changes, countries 'domestic and diplomatic opinions may change accordingly based on their own interests.。Under such circumstances, countries can only continue to seek coordination to reconcile the relations between all parties. This may be the only solution that can ensure the long-term development of BRICS cooperation.
Of course, although BRICS cooperation depends on coordination, this does not mean that it is necessary for us to adjust our established strategies. Especially at the moment when the hidden risks of the US dollar and US debt are increasing, it is necessary for us to take hedging measures as soon as possible. For example, in recent years, China has significantly accelerated its gold holdings. As of the end of August this year, China has increased its gold holdings for ten consecutive months.