Valdai Club

Andrei Baklanov

Anna Bessmertnaya

Vladimir Bruter

José Octavio Bordón

Juan Battaleme

Adam Baron

Oleg Barabanov

Peng Bo

Nikita Belukhin

Maxim Bratersky

Russian Federation

Professor of the Department of International Affairs at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the Higher School of Economics.

Materials

The Dangers of Tit-for-Tat Sanctions

Russia has imposed a one-year ban on food imports from a number of countries in retaliation for sanctions. The West appeared to be caught off guard by Russia’s response, although some Western experts cautioned that counter-sanctions were possible.

BRICS: Everything is Going as it Should

The BRICS countries want to adjust the global arrangement in such a way that will allow them to occupy a befitting place in the system of global management and distribution of wealth. All BRICS countries are interested in this and are united by the rejection of the status quo.

Some Proposals for Improving Higher Education in Russia

The problem of Russian education is not that we have too many professors but they are being paid too little. This is why many of them have to work at several universities at the same time in order to get a reasonable salary.