Photo Gallery: Russia’s Image in the World: Myths and Reality. Special Session of the 19th Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club

On October 26, the special session of the 19th Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club was held in Moscow. The session was titled “Russia’s Image in the World: Myths and Reality”.

Reality and the idea of it can live completely independent lives in the modern world without even contacting each other. Many even believe that the virtual is more important, although life periodically reminds us of the primacy of the material. Russia has always been considered a mysterious and incomprehensible country on the world stage, which means that it was attributed properties that it might not have had: from sublime romanticism to cruel cynicism, from simplicity to perfidy, etc. How is Russia viewed in the world today and can this image be influenced?