On July 18, the Valdai Club hosted a presentation of the report titled “Russia and Africa: An Audit of Relations”, prepared especially for the Club’s Russia-Africa Conference, which will be held on July 25 in St. Petersburg. Lora Chkoniya, Research Fellow, Centre for Middle Eastern and African Studies, IMI MGIMO, MFA of Russia; Elena Kharitonova, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Civilizational and Regional Studies, Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences; Rasigan Maharajh, Director General, Institute for Economic Research in Innovation at Tswane Technical University (South Africa); Israel Nyaburi Nyadera, Lecturer at Edgerton University (Kenya); Dmitry Poletaev, Leading Researcher at the Institute of Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of Migration Research Centre; Natalia Zaiser, Chair of the Board of the African Business Initiative Union; Roger Tsafack Nanfosso, Rector of the University of Dschang, Cameroon, participated. The event was moderated by Oleg Barabanov, Programme Director, Valdai Discussion Club.