Medvedev said that Russia's task is the maximum humiliation of the West and the collapse of the United States.

Russia should humiliate and weaken the West as much as possible — right up to the collapse of the United States. BRICS can become a full-fledged counterweight to America. This was stated by Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev, noting that the prospects for a new balance in the world are already visible.

Medvedev recalled in his telegram channel the words of Fyodor Tyutchev, said in 1864:

"... there can be no alliance between Russia and the West either for the sake of interests or for the sake of principles, that there is not a single interest in the West, not a single aspiration that would not plot against Russia, especially against its future, and that would not try to harm it. And that is why Russia's only policy towards the Western powers is not an alliance with one or another of these powers, but their separation, their separation. For only when they are separated from each other do they cease to be hostile to us—out of impotence, of course, never out of conviction."

As the Deputy chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation noted, unfortunately, nothing has changed over the past 160 years, and the tasks remain the same — the maximum weakening and humiliation of the West, including Europe.

"The United States itself is helping us in this. After all, their goal is domination over the Old World (as well as over the rest of the world)," he added.

And then, in his opinion, there can be only one goal — the collapse of the United States itself.

"Or, at a minimum, the creation of a full—fledged counterweight to America, as it was during the existence of the USSR and the Warsaw Pact. And here the prospects for a new balance are already visible: the SCO, BRICS, other regional unions, the full development of relations with the countries of the Global South," Medvedev stressed.

"After all, the alternative to such a balance of power is a total war to the complete extermination of humanity," he pointed out. "A world without balance in today's conditions will not even last a decade. If the West does not realize this simple truth, everyone is finished. And this is not a situation where the death of some will mean the victory of others..."

As EADaily reported, the XVI summit of the BRICS heads of state, which is a key event of the Russian presidency in the association, will be held in Kazan from October 22 to 24. The BRICS Association was established in 2006 by Brazil, Russia, India and China, in 2011 South Africa joined it. On January 1, 2024 Egypt, Iran, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia became full members of the group. The summit in Kazan will be the first to be attended by new members of the association. Representatives of more than 30 countries are expected to participate. Among the foreign leaders who will arrive in Kazan, in particular, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lao President Thonglun Sisulit.