Legal guidelines for international military cooperation of the Russian Federation from the perspective of the results of the XVI BRICS Summit (theoretical note)

Abstract

One of the most significant socio-political, socio-economic and military-strategic events of this year was the XVI BRICS Summit on October 22-24 in Kazan. In this regard, it is necessary to conceptualize the main results and trends following the results of such a large-scale event. Thus, the subject of the study in this work is to determine the legal trends of international military cooperation of the Russian Federation from the perspective of the results of the XVI BRICS Summit held in the Russian Federation (Kazan) on October 22-24, 2024. The solution of this task involves an analysis of the essence of the summit, from the perspective of the meaning and values of the BRICS as an influential international organization. It is noted that the expansion of cooperation within the framework of BRICS involves both the development of the military component of the organization and the appropriate legal support for these activities. To reveal the legal trends of international military cooperation of the Russian Federation from the perspective of the results of the XVI BRICS Summit held in the Russian Federation (Kazan) on October 22-24, 2024, the work uses systematic, comparative legal and doctrinal approaches, as well as analytical, classification and generalizing methods of scientific research. As part of the generalization of legal trends in the development of international military cooperation, the BRICS countries proposed following the Summit: simplify trade procedures between states; adopt the convention on combating international terrorism within the framework of cooperation in the UN; strengthen practical international cooperation in the fight against terrorism; continue cooperation against transnational crime without politicization; expand dialogue in order to create a single transport platform to ensure multimodal logistics between the countries of the association; to expand cooperation in the field of remote sensing satellites; the BRICS countries agreed to jointly resist unilateral protectionist measures that do not comply with international law; to strengthen cooperation on the exchange of scientific and technical information, materials and equipment for peaceful purposes.