China and Russia signed a “no-limits” partnership weeks before the Ukraine war. Beijing has not called out Moscow’s aggression despite widespread condemnation from the West. In fact, none of the Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRICS) nations has spoken out against the Russian invasion, only issuing vaguely worded calls for peace through negotiations. Russia’s presence in the BRICS countries is growing. There has been a noticeable increase in the exports of Russian oil to China and India. Agricultural cooperation is developing dynamically. Is Russia global influence going up ?

