Facing economic destabilization and a NATO proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, Putin presides over a growing economy, and is building a strong alliance with nations of the Global South. The BRICS alliance has emerged as an alternative to the imposition of sanctions from western governments, and looting from western cartels and their neocolonial policies. What's next for the BRICS? Will the western financial institutions steal Russia's more than $300 billion in frozen assets? And if they do, will this be a final nail in the Rules-Based Order's coffin?