Non-Western countries, representing world's majority, support Russia's intention as BRICS chair to work on a just world, Wan Qingsun, Deputy Director of the Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at East China Pedagogical University, said.
"Vladimir Putin's statement [that Russia under its BRICS chairmanship will work for a fair world order] means that Russia not only intends to move firmly towards building a just world order, but it has also become an expression of the general opinion of non-Western countries that make up the majority on the planet," the expert noted.
He added that "it reflects the acute dissatisfaction of these countries with the enormous challenges they face in their internal and external development due to the current unfair international political and economic order."
"From a realistic point of view, the rise of the group of new economic powers and emerging economies represented by the BRICS has already become an irreversible trend, despite periodic setbacks and difficulties," Qingsun stressed.
The importance of BRICS role in international relations was earlier also highlighted by the Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, who said that BRICS is becoming an association expressing the interests of the "world majority," adding that Moscow feels responsible for its further strengthening.
Apart from BRICS, the Russian leader touched upon other numerous pressing issues at the annual live Q&A session "Results of the year with Vladimir Putin," including dedollarization, the challenging of the Western dominance in international relations, the Ukrainian and the Israeli-Palestinian conflicts and so on.