On December 19, 2023, the Valdai Club hosted an expert discussion dedicated to Russia's chairmanship of BRICS in 2024 together with the presentation of the new Valdai Club report, titled “Global Inequality: Will the BRICS Countries Succeed in ‘Steering’ the Global Economy?” Maria Apanovich, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Demographic and Migration Policy, MGIMO, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia; Nirmala Dorasamy, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Public Management and Economics, Durban University of Technology, South Africa; Sherif Ged, Chairman of the Egyptian Alumni Association (Egypt); Manoochehr Moradi, Senior Expert, IPIS; Former Ambassador of Iran in Ukraine (2018-2022), participated. The event was moderated by Oleg Barabanov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club.