On April 8, the Valdai Club hosted the presentation of a new report, titled “The Evolution of the BRICS Value Platform”. Victoria Panova, Head of the "Expert Council on the Participation of the Russian Federation in the BRICS Association" (BRICS Expert Council), Vice-Rector of the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Sherpa of the Russian Federation in the "Women's Twenty" (W20); Ekaterina Arapova, Director, Centre of Sanction Policy Expertise Institute for International Studies, Deputy Dean, Department of International Relations, MGIMO University; Rasigan Maharajh, Chief Director, Tshwane University of Technology; Associate Research Fellow, Tellus Institute, Elected Member, Academy of Science of South Africa; Marco Fernandes, Editor, Wenhua Zongheng International, Geopolitical Analyst, Brasil de Fato (Brazil); Pavel Knyazev, Sous-Sherpa of Russia to the BRICS, Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, participated. The event was moderated by Oleg Barabanov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club (author of the report).