On March 18, the Valdai Club hosted an expert discussion dedicated to the financial settlements of the BRICS countries. Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr., Vice President of the New Development Bank (NDB) (2015-2017), Executive Director at the IMF (2007-2015); John Gong, Vice-President for Research and Strategy at the Israeli branch of the University of International Business and Economics, Expert at China Forum; Arvind Gupta, Head and Co-Founder of Digital India Foundation; Ibrahim Karsany, Economic Consultant, Dubai Public Policy Research Centre, participated. The event was moderated by Ivan Timofeev, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club.