Putin to attend final session of Valdai International Club in Sochi - Kremlin

MOSCOW, October 26. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to attend the final plenary session on Thursday, October 27, of the 13th annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club underway in Sochi, the Kremlin press service said on Wednesday. The two-day forum titled ‘The Future In Progress: Shaping The World Of Tomorrow’ is expected to focus on a wide range of topics, especially on the main challenges that would determine the shape of tomorrow’s world in international relations, domestic policies, the economy, demography and technology. The discussions will also consider solutions on how repercussions from major shakeups on the world’s political map could be eased, what conclusions might be drawn from the failures of the European project, what the relationship between Russia and the European Union would be like in the future and how the world would be shaped in the coming decade. This year, 130 experts and political scientists from 35 countries are participating in the meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club. Read more