Valdai Club

What has been achieved in the year since the Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg? How has the expansion of BRICS affected the Russian-African dialogue? What are the prospects for the transition to new financial mechanisms in mutual settlements? In what ways do the approaches of Russia and African countries to the problems of climate change, the fight against poverty and inequality in the world coincide? Participants in the discussion tried to answer these and other questions.

• Oleg Ozerov, Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Head of the Secretariat of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum
• Mayya Nikolskaya, acting Director of the Centre for African Studies at MGIMO
• Nourhan ElSheikh, Professor of Political Science at Cairo University; Member of the Egyptian Council on Foreign Affairs
• Mikatekiso Kubayi, PhD, Researcher at UNISA Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa
• Daria Ilyenko, acting Head of the Russian House

Moderator:

• Oleg Barabanov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club

Working languages: Russian, English.