On June 29, the Valdai Club hosted an expert discussion, titled “BRICS and the Political Economy of the New World Order.” Nivedita Das Kundu, Senior Fellow, University of York, Academic Director of Liaison College; Pavel Knyazev, Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sous-Sherpa of Russia to BRICS; Philani Mthembu, Executive Director at the Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa; Victoria Panova, HSE Vice-Rector for International Relations; Feng Shaolei, Dean and Professor, School of International and Regional Studies, East China Normal University, participated. The event was moderated by Timofei Bordachev, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club.