🗣 Russian Economy: From Resistance to Long-Term Sustainability

On Tuesday, October 3, the 20th Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club continued. On this day, three working sessions took place, as well as meetings of participants with Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak and Assistant to the President of Russia Maxim Oreshkin. 

🔹 The fourth session of the meeting was devoted to economic interaction in the context of restrictions imposed by Western countries against Russia.

🔹 After the fourth session, the participants of the Annual meeting met with Alexander Novak, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation. During the meeting, the situation on the hydrocarbon market was discussed, as Western countries have adopted restrictive measures targeting Russian exports. 

🔹 The fifth session was devoted to the challenges facing the Russian economy in the context of an unprecedented economic war unleashed against it. According to one of the participants, the events of the last year and a half could serve as a catalyst for a new development model for Russia. 

🔹 The economic war against Russia became the central topic of the meeting with Maxim Oreshkin, Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation.

🔹 The last session of the second day of the Annual meeting was devoted to the prospects for the development of energy markets against the backdrop of military-political tensions.

📑 Read a summery on the second day of the 20th Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club.

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7️⃣ The third day of the Valdai Club’s 20th Annual Meeting started with Session 7 “Science and Education in the Age of Confrontation.”

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⚔️ The experience of the 21st century shows that the features of a major military conflict between powers of comparable power will be exactly the same as they have been throughout history.

In previous decades, much attention was paid to the virtual dimension of conflicts and victory in the information environment. It remains an important dimension of military confrontation, but is not decisive. Psychological confrontation existed in Ancient Greece and Ancient China: to defeat the enemy’s plans, disorganise his society, sow distrust - this remains one of the key goals of war.

To summarise, we have a picture in which decisive strategic victory through armed conflict involves the use of the same amount of material resources that have always been required throughout history for strategic victory.

The military crisis raging in Eastern Europe has dispelled the illusion that the era of large armies is becoming a thing of the past. Military thinking among the leading powers is beginning to move away from the maxim of the 2000s, according to which the goal of war was to blind and stun the enemy’s sensors in order to technologically incapacitate him, precluding his ability to fight using 21st century methods (high-precision, mobile, deep coverage), and sending him back to paper maps.

Achieving this goal with a discrepancy between the levels of military readiness and the development of military equipment does not guarantee a strategic result, writes Andrey Sushentsov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club.

https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/the-world-in-search-of-a-new-balance-of-power/

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8️⃣ Session 8 of the 20th Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, titled “Russian Civilisation Through the Centuries.”

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🎥 The video of the session is available via this link.

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🎥 Arvind Gupta: Sanctions Are Here to Stay

The most important point that came out of the discussion was that sanctions are counterproductive for the producers and for the consumers. The discussion also indicated that sanctions are here to stay. In future, when political and military tensions rise, sanctions will remain in the toolkit of several countries, particularly of the western world.

Arvind Gupta, Director of the Vivekananda International Foundation, shares his thoughts on Session 6 of the 20th Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, titled “Energy Markets Amid Military and Political Tensions: How Will They Develop?”

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9️⃣ Session 9 of the Valdai Club’s 20th Annual Meeting, titled “Russian Society in the Era of Transformation.”

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📷 On October 4, participants in the Valdai Club’s 20th Annual Meeting in Sochi met with Alexei Overchuk, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.

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⚓️ Especially for the 20th Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, we created an infographic on building, ownerships, and recycling of ships. The full infographic is available via this link.

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🎥 Dayan Jayatilleka on International Aspects of Civilisation State Concept

Russia and India almost officially use the concept of civilisation state. But this is a new concept in international affairs. The experts discussed pros and cons of the concept as well as the importance of finding more universal, more international, more global aspects of the contribution of each civilization, including Russia.

Dayan Jayatilleka, weekly columnist for the Daily FT Colombo, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Russian Federation (2018–2020), speaks about Session 8 of the 20th Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, titled “Russian Civilisation Through the Centuries.”

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📷 The third day of the Valdai Club’s 20th Annual Meeting was completed by the special session, titled “The Post-Soviet Space: Lessons of the Past, Contours of the Future.”

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🗣 Good morning! Today is the fourth day of the 20th Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club “Fair Multipolarity: How to Ensure Security and Development for Everyone.”
 
📆 Programme for October 5, Thursday
 
09:30 – 11:30 — Session 10. Twenty Years of Valdai Discussions. Memories of the Future. General Discussion (LIVE)

The story of the Valdai Club’s twenty meetings is a chronicle of an extremely interesting and turbulent time. Russia and the world have been changing dramatically and very rapidly. Twenty years ago, when the Valdai Club was founded, it was hard to imagine today’s events. Can we try to imagine the world twenty years from now? What will change for the better and what will change for the worse?

16:00 — Plenary session (LIVE)

https://valdaiclub.com/events/posts/articles/programme-of-the-20th-annual-meeting-of-the-valdai-discussion-club/

A link to the live broadcast of the open session will be posted on all online platforms of the Valdai Club: on the website, X (formerly Twitter), VKontakte, Telegram and Dzen.

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1️⃣0️⃣ LIVE: at 9:30 am Moscow time we are starting the broadcast of Session 10 of the Valdai Club’s 20th Annual Meeting, titled “Twenty Years of Valdai Discussions. Memories of the Future.” The session will be held as a general discussion.

https://vk.com/video-214192832_456239126

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🎥 On Wednesday, October 4, 20th Annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club continued.

On this day, three working sessions and a special one took place, as well as meetings of participants with Alexei Overchuk, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation. 

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🎥 Yahia Zoubir on Cooperation Between Russian Government and Society

The Russian leadership, government and regions have been working towards real change in attending to the needs of the society, which is quite important. The Russian society regionally and nationally is supportive to the country’s way.

Yahia Zoubir, Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, speaks about Session 9 of the Valdai Club’s 20th Annual Meeting, titled “Russian Society in the Era of Transformation.”

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🎥 LIVE: The live broadcast of the Plenary Session within the framework of the 20th Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club “Fair Multipolarity: How to Ensure Security and Development for Everyone,” is starting soon.

🗣 Watch the live broadcast on the website:

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