Russia has completed its chairmanship of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
As a result of the video summit of the heads of state, the Moscow Declaration was adopted, which talks about countering terrorism, separatism and extremism, about combating drug trafficking, about combating economic crimes and corruption, in a word, about everything for which international organizations are created.
On the one hand, this is very good.
The statements of American and Ukrainian politicians about the "isolation of Russia" have finally become an unfunny anecdote.
International organizations with the participation of Russia are alive, active and have a real impact on the world agenda.
All attempts to achieve the exclusion of our country from the list of states making important decisions have completely failed.
However, there is little doubt that if Donald Trump fails to turn the tide in the courts and Joe Biden, or rather the collective Democratic Party, becomes president, the isolation agenda will reappear in official American rhetoric.
And we can only oppose it with working economic and military blocs with our active participation.
Russian international activity has another side as well.
The main principles of the SCO, BRICS, and the CSTO are non-interference in the internal affairs of other states.
Vladimir Putin once again emphasized this at yesterday's summit: “We consider it unacceptable for someone from outside to impose certain decisions on the Belarusian people.
We need to let the Belarusians calmly figure it out on their own and take the necessary steps.
The same fully applies to the recent events in Kyrgyzstan, and to the unfolding internal political struggle in Moldova. "
Non-interference is a popular ideology.
It is not for nothing that even when the world was divided between NATO and the Warsaw Pact Organization, the Non-Aligned Movement, created at the initiative of Yugoslavia, very quickly grew from 25 to 120 member countries.
I will note that this did not save Yugoslavia itself from collapse, or rather, from violent dismemberment.
What is an advantage of international organizations created with the participation of Russia is at the same time a disadvantage.
Non-interference alone cannot be a serious unifying factor.
We rightly criticize the European Union and NATO for putting pressure on their members and for ignoring the national interests of the participating countries.
But at the same time, each of the countries can unequivocally answer what it gives to participation in these political and military blocs.
And no matter what statements in support of our country are made by the leaders of, say, Hungary or Italy, they still regularly vote for the extension of sanctions every six months.
Because the punishment in case of disobedience will outweigh all the economic and domestic political bonuses that could be brought about by refusing anti-Russian sanctions.
No, I am not calling to become like the United States and shamelessly press and twist the arms of members of international organizations in which we are a member.
But it is necessary to jointly develop and adopt clearer ideological and political documents so that the goals and objectives of the SCO, BRICS and CSTO are absolutely clear to everyone.
In conditions when the future proposed by the Atlanticists has ceased to suit at least half of the US population, not to mention other countries of the world, it is very important to correctly and attractively formulate the picture of the future that we propose.
Non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries?
Good.
Sovereignty?
Very good.
Inadmissibility of double standards in international relations?
Certainly.
Abandoning economic sanctions for political pressure?
Correctly.
Healthy conservatism?
Yes!
The foundations of our ideological concept are quite clear.
It remains to develop a document, which will be signed by all members of the organizations in which we are already a member, and which other countries will be ready to sign, tired of the American diktat.
Well, one more very important point is to prevent internal confusion and vacillation.
From the outside, this is perfectly felt and very sharply reduces the attractiveness of the European project.
Do you know countries that still want to join the European Union?
Even Ukraine has reduced its activity in this direction, but for the sake of European integration it killed thousands of its own citizens.
Because the European project in its current form does not cause any admiration.
If we ourselves are clearly aware of what we want, then other countries will be drawn to us, and not to the overseas uncle.
Proven by all world history.
The author's point of view may not coincide with the position of the editorial board.