Valdai Club

The Valdai Club and VTsIOM have launched the Future Preparedness Index project. The discussion, titled “The State in the Middle of the 21st Century: What are the Strengths?” which took place during the Gaidar Forum, is a starting point for expert dialogue, aimed at finding ideas and directions, which could lead the country to success under a correct policy. Prior to the event, HSE Professor Alexander Filippov told valdaiclub.com about his vision of issues for the modern state.

"Future Preparedness Index" is a joint project of the Valdai Discussion Club and VTsIOM, designed not to analyze the current state of affairs but the future, and this is its uniqueness and innovation, Valery Fedorov, Director General of the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM), said in an interview to www.valdaiclub.com after the expert discussion "The State in the Middle of the 21st Century: What are the Strengths?", which was held on January 13 in the framework of the Gaidar Forum.

Russia is not afraid of new challenges, which means that it has a chance for a better result when solving the many problems of modernity than other states, Andrey Fursenko, an assistant to the Russian President told valdaiclub.com in an interview at the Gaidar Forum, prior the club's panel discussion, titled "The State in the Middle of the 21st Century : What are the Strengths?"