Inclusive principles of sustainable development in the perspective of BRICS expansion: Russia as a driver of global transformation

The article delves into the study of the implementation of inclusive principles of sustainable development through the creation and expansion of the BRICS international association. The aim of the work is to identify Russia’s role in the global transformations of the modern world, contributing to the growing importance of this union in overcoming inequality and establishing inclusive principles of sustainable development of the human community on the way to a multipolar and polycentric world. The paper provides a retrospective analysis of the conceptualization of sustainable development goals and Russia’s role in this process. It also reveals the country’s decisive role in the formation of the BRICS organization. The commitment of the BRICS to inclusive principles of interaction is outlined. The expansion of inclusive discourse in the BRICS interaction space is shown. Moreover, the perspectives of the association’s expansion in the vector of inclusive multilateralism are revealed. It is emphasized that due to the BRICS actions, the broadest possible worldview discourse of inclusion as a universal tool for overcoming inequality is gradually being formed.