RUSSIA’S ROLE IN SHAPING A MULTIPOLAR WORLD ORDER AND TRANSFORMING THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

Abstract

The article examines Russia’s place in the system of international relations and the global economy in the formation of a multipolar world order. The research material includes official foreign policy documents of the Russian Federation and public statements by senior officials on international and foreign economic issues. Historical-comparative and structural-functional methods were used, as well as a meaningful study of official documents and public speeches, which made it possible to reveal key theses and ways to substantiate foreign policy and economic positions. It is revealed that the emergence of multipolarity is associated with the redistribution of centers of economic influence, the growing role of the BRICS and the Global South, changes in trade and financial relations, sanctions restrictions and the demand of states for economic sovereignty. Multipolarity in official rhetoric is associated with the equality of power centers and the priority of international law, and Russia’s role is revealed as a combination of political, diplomatic, humanitarian, international legal and foreign economic instruments.