The BRICS countries continue to create new tools to ensure economic growth and transform the structure of the world economy so that in the long term it will contribute to the progress of humanity and strengthen the position of the group's countries as the leader of the global movement forward. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin during the "Results of the Year" on December 19, TV BRICS reported.

Answering a question from a journalist from Tatarstan about BRICS, the Russian head of state emphasised that the association works for the interests of the member states, as per TV BRICS. "The association is developing rapidly. Many states [...] show interest in BRICS because this work is built solely on the basis of reciprocity and respect for each other and each other's interests. All issues are adopted by consensus, and this is very important. There are no small and big states, more developed and less developed; there is an association of interests, and there is only one interest - development," TV BRICS quoted Vladimir Putin as saying.