On February 16, the Valdai Club hosted an expert discussion, titled “Russia and the Struggle Against Neo-Colonialism: The End of the Western Dictate?” Dmitry Polyanskiy, First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN; Vasily Koltashov, director of the Institute of the New Society; Keith Bennett, researcher, consultant on China’s international relations, co-editor of the Friends of Socialist China platform (United States); Radhika Desai, Professor at the Department of Political Studies and Director, Geopolitical Economy Research Group, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada; Rasigan Maharajh, Chief Director of the Institute for Economic Research on Innovation at the Tshwane University of Technology (South Africa), participated. The event was moderated by Oleg Barabanov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club.