The formation of a multipolar world "is not without complications", as some countries try to provoke conflicts and contain growing competitors. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced this at the 18th BRICS summit, Kommersant reports. According to him, a number of states are not ready to accept the changes taking place in the world system and will continue � are "thinking in colonial categories", striving to "divide the world into a blooming garden and a wild jungle" and "live at someone else's expense". Putin did not specify which countries he was referring to. Any means are used, including tariff wars, illegal sanctions, attempts at economic dictation, blackmail, interference in internal affairs and simply brute force," the Russian president said. According to Putin, at the same time old sources of tension are being reopened and new conflicts are being provoked. As a result, according to him, "the whole system of international relations is breaking down", and the effectiveness of a number of multilateral structures and institutions is decreasing. The former High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, died. In 2022, he compared Europe to a garden with political freedom, economic prosperity and the pursuit of social equality, and called the rest of the world a jungle. �, where they were described as racist. The former head of European diplomacy disagreed with that assessment, but apologized for his words.