Valdai Club

Abidkhadjaev Umid, Director, Institute for Forecasting and Macroeconomic Research under the Ministry of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

Amorim Celso, Foreign Minister of Brazil (2003-2010); Defense Minister of Brazil (2011-2014) (Brazil);

Irada Ayupova, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan;

Barabanov Oleg, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Professor, MGIMO University; Professor, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS);

Bogomolov Konstantin, Director; Artistic Director, Moscow Drama Theater on Bronnaya;

Bordachev Timofei, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Academic Supervisor, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE);

Brand Meir, Vice President, Google Inc (USA);

Bystritskiy Andrey, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club;

Cafruny Alan, Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Relations, Hamilton College (USA);

Chilcote Ryan, Special Correspondent, PBS NewsHour (UK);

Dabrowski Marek, Professor, National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE); Fellow, Bruegel (Belgium); Fellow, Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE) (Poland);

Damdin Tsogtbaatar, Member of the Parliament of Mongolia; Head of Mongolian Delegation, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (Mongolia);

Dergham Raghida, Founder and Executive Chairman, Beirut Institute; Columnist, The National, Annahar Al Arabi (Lebanon).

Dutkiewicz Piotr, Professor of Political Science, Director, Centre for Governance and Public Policy, Carleton University (Canada);

Dzermant Alexey, Director, Centre for the Study and Development of Continental Integration Northern Eurasia; Senior Researcher, Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (Belarus);

Edelgeriev Ruslan, Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation; Special Presidential Representative on Climate Issues;

Enikolopov Sergey, Head of the Division of Clinical Psychology, Mental Health Research Center;

Filippov Aleksandr, Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Head of the Centre for Fundamental Sociology, National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE);

Fyodorov Valery, Director General, Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM);

Gerry Christopher, Head of Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, Associate Professor of Russian and Eurasian Political Economy, University of Oxford (UK); 

Gomart Thomas, Director, French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) (France);

Graham Thomas, Distinguished Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) (USA);

Gulev Sergey, Corresponding Member of Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS); Head of Sea-Air Interaction and Climate Laboratory (SAIL), Institute of Oceanology of Russian Academy of Sciences (IORAS); 

Gupta Arvind, Co-Founder, Digital India Foundation (India);

Guryev Andrey, CEO and Chairman of the Management Board of PJSC PhosAgro, Member of the Board of Directors of PJSC PhosAgro;

Iskandaryan Alexander, Director, Caucasus Institute (Armenia);

Karaganov Sergey, Academic Supervisor, Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE); Honorary Chairman of the Presidium, Council on Foreign and Defense Policy;

Kharkhordin Oleg, Professor, Political Science Department, European University at Saint Petersburg; Chairman of the Board, EUSP Endowment Fund;

Khudaverdyan Tigran, Deputy CEO, Yandex Group of companies;

Kong Dan, President, CITIC Foundation for Reform and Development Studies (China);

Krastev Ivan, Chairman, Centre for Liberal Strategies (Bulgaria); Permanent Fellow, Institute for Human Sciences (Austria); 

Kuzyakov Yakov, Head of Soil Science of Temperate Ecosystems Department, Agricultural Soil Science Department, Georg August University of Göttingen (Germany);

Lavrov Sergey, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Leksyutina Yana, Professor, School of International Relations, Saint-Petersburg State University;

Lieven Anatol, Senior Fellow, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft (USA);

Likhacheva Anastasia, Deputy Dean for Research, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; Director, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE);

Lopez-Claros Augusto, Executive Director, Global Governance Forum (Switzerland);

Bruno Maçães, Senior Advisor, Flint Global (UK); Minister of European Affairs of the Portuguese Republic (2013–2015) (Portugal);

Mearsheimer John, R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago (USA);

Nardone Giorgio, Doctor of Psychology; Founder and Director, Center for Strategic Therapy (Italy);

Nayak Shailesh, Director, National Institute of Advanced Studies (India);

Oreshkin Maxim, Aide to the President of the Russian Federation;

Oshakbaev Rakhim, Head of the Center for applied research TALAP (Kazakhstan);

Rahr Alexander, Senior Fellow, WeltTrends Institute for International Politics; Scientific Director, German-Russian forum;

Rakhimov Kubatbek, CEO, Public Foundation “Applicata – Center for Strategic Solutions”; Former Adviser to the Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic (2019-2020) (Kyrgyzstan);

Rose Flemming, Editor-in-Chief, Publishing Company Friheden (Denmark);

Safranchuk Ivan, Director, Center of Euro-Asian Studies, Institute of International Studies, MGIMO University;

Sinyavskaya Oksana, Deputy Director, Institute for Social Policy, National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE);

Sobyanin Sergey, Mayor of Moscow

Sushentsov Andrey, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Director, Institute of International Studies, MGIMO University;

Tkachuk Mark, Leader of "Civil Congress" Political Party (Moldova);

Tocci Nathalie, Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) (Italy); Honorary Professor, University of Tübingen; Pierre Keller Visiting Professor, Harvard Kennedy School (USA);

Volos Andrey, Writer; Professor, Maxim Gorky Literature Institute;

Wong Nelson, Vice Chairman, Shanghai Centre for RimPac Strategic and International Studies (China);

Xiang Lanxin, Professor, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Switzerland); Director, Institute of Security Policy (ISP), China National Institute for SCO International Exchange and Judicial Cooperation (China). 

Xu Sitao, Chief Economist, Partner of Deloitte China (China);

Yalcin Hasan, Professor of Politics, Istanbul Commerce University (Turkey);

Yunusov Ruslan, Head of Rosatom’s Project Office for Quantum Technologies and National Quantum Laboratory;

Zerbo Lassina, Executive Secretary Emeritus, The Preparatory Commission of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) (Austria);

Zhou Bo, Senior Fellow, Centre for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University; Expert, China Forum (China).