The #BRICS expansion was driven by the unprecedented aggression unleashed by the West against #Russia, Foreign Intelligence Service Director Sergey Naryshkin said. “Over the years, the BRICS family has consistently widened, growing into a group of five, and today it comprises 11 countries (Saudi Arabia is part of BRICS as an invited country — TASS). The unprecedented aggression of the West against our country played a certain role in this.