# West’s aggression against Russia played role in BRICS expansion — SVR head

https://mins.news/en/item/34595

- TASS, 2026-08-27 15:43 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2178507

> Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Director Sergey Naryshkin said the unprecedented aggression by the West against Russia played a role in BRICS expansion. He said the group’s unifying potential had grown significantly as ideas of neocolonial dominance were exposed in their unattractive form.