It is difficult to overestimate the importance of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), which is set to take place on June 14–17, 2023. In the context of an ever-changing political and economic landscape, the architecture of the modern world is also changing. States that pursue a sovereign policy become points of attraction, and such a policy meets the national interest. Instead of using already ineffective ways of solving problems and outdated classical diplomacy, new forms and instruments of international cooperation are coming.
   This time, the forum will focus on the expansion of major investment projects within the framework of the BRICS. Four sessions will be fully devoted to partnerships between countries, such as "BRICS Business Partnership in the New Economic Reality," "Russia-EAEU-BRICS," "Cooperation with BRICS countries in Space," and "BRICS: On the Verge of Change." In the current geopolitical realities, when the "rules of the game" are constantly changing and uncertainty is growing, it is the BRICS platform that is becoming the new format of communication and effectively responding to new challenges. It is the BRICS that is ready to solve the problems of economic stagnation, food security, and the consequences of climate change.
   The SPIEF is a platform for all those countries that are interested in normalizing international trade, are ready to meet and discuss, and are free from politically motivated unilateral trade measures. More than ever, this world needs the most efficient and sustainable trade channels that will not depend on political turbulence. The forum's agenda includes an initiative to create a new infrastructure for international business within the BRICS, which will unify the language of communication and reporting among the participating countries. Such initiatives are in demand, and that is why Algeria, Argentina, and Iran have applied to join the BRICS in 2022. Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Kazakhstan openly speak about their desire to join the initiative.
   However, Western countries still do not want to admit that the world structure has changed for a long time; they persistently boycott multilateral forms of cooperation and oppose countries that conduct sovereign policies. Against this background, the St. Petersburg Forum increases its status from year to year and expands the geography of like-minded people.