Nonetheless, the BRICS have acted in concert on more than one occasion. Last March, amid near-universal condemnation of Russia’s annexation of Crimea, the country’s BRICS counterparts – even those that had long supported the inviolability of borders and non-intervention – abstained from a UN General Assembly resolution affirming Ukraine’s unity and territorial integrity.
尽管如此，金砖国家仍不止一次携手合作。去年3月，在俄罗斯吞并克里米亚遭到普遍谴责时，该国的金砖同盟国——就连那些一直支持边界和非干预不可侵犯的国家也不例外——拒绝支持联合国大会确认乌克兰统一和领土完整的决议。