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On April 27, 2020, a regular meeting of the International Business Elite Forum under the auspices of the RAND Business Leaders Forum was held online and focused on the geopolitical dynamics amid a deepening economic crisis, ongoing drop in oil prices, and a deteriorating global epidemiological situation.

Full version

On April 27, 2020, a regular meeting of the International Business Elite Forum under the auspices of the RAND Business Leaders Forum was held online and focused on the geopolitical dynamics amid a deepening economic crisis, ongoing drop in oil prices, and a deteriorating global epidemiological situation.

The speakers of the online session included: Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General; Vitaly Naumkin, RIAC Member, Academic Director, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; James Dobbins, former Assistant Secretary of State for Europe; Daniel Yergin, founder of Cambridge Energy Research Associates; and Angela Stent, Director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies at Georgetown University.