On March 3 at 12:00 pm Moscow Time, the Valdai Club hosted an expert discussion titled “The Vicious Circle of Sanctions: Can Russia and the West Surprise Each Other?” Nelson Wong, Vice President of the Shanghai Centre for Strategic and International Studies (China); Zorawar Daulet Singh, Adjunct Fellow at the Institute of Chinese Studies and a Visiting Fellow at the Forum for Strategic Initiative (India); Ekaterina Arapova,Director, Senior Research Fellow, Sanctions Policy Expertise Centre; Head of the Department for Academic Development, Institute of International Studies, MGIMO University; Sergey Afontsev, Deputy Director for Research and Head of the Economic Theory Department at the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), participated. Moderator Ivan Timofeev, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club.