Experts

Ph.D., Fellow of The Institute of U.S. and Canadian Studies at Russian Academy of Sciences, Former editor-in-chief of Russia Direct, an analytical media outlet

Member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Independent expert

PhD. in History, Research Fellow, Center for Middle East Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council, Graduate Student at the MGIMO University

Head of Digital and Innovations Research, Associate Professor of Business Practice, Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Chairman of Board of Trustees of RIAC

PhD, Foundation Fellow in the Australian Studies Institute at Australian National University

Adviser to the Russian Trade Mission to Finland

Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council

Professor, Doctor of Law; president of the Chair of International Law at the People’s Friendship University of Russia; member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Head of the Department of Military-Political Research at the Institute for US and Canadian Studies under the Russian Academy of Sciences

Russian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, RIAC Member, RIAC Vice-President

Moscow State Institute for International Relations

Doctor of Economics, Head of Marketing and Advertising Chair at Russian State University for Humanities, Honorary Member of the Guild of Marketers

PhD in Economics, Head of the Production Support Department at Gazpromneft-Sakhalin

PhD in Political Science

PhD in Economics, Head of Department of Assessment and Coordination of International and Duel Master's Degree Programs, MGIMO-University, MFA of Russia

PhD in Economics, Associate Professor at MGIMO-University Integration Processes Department

Head of Department of Economic Policy and Public-Private Partnership at MGIMO-University

Ph.D. in History, Research Fellow at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Valdai Discussion Club Expert

Temporary – Assistant Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Doctor of Law, Professor, Head of the Department of International Law, MGIMO University, RIAC Member

PhD in History, Leading Researcher, Department of Korea and Mongolia, RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Head of the Research Division, Institute of Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Secretary General of the All-China Association for the Study of Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia; Deputy Director of the “One Belt and One Road” Research Centre at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Ambassador, Senior fellow and distinguished chair in Diplomacy and Security at the RAND Corporation

PhD in Technical Sciences, CEO of Digital Forensic Laboratory

Academic Director of Siberian Federal University, RAS Full Member

PhD in Political Science, Research Associate at the Center for Political Studies, RAS Institute of Latin America