Experts

President, Chairman of the Board of Sberbank of Russia

Analyst on Russia and its Middle East policy, MPhil International Relations, University of Cambridge

PhD in History, independent journalist

Doctor of History, Head of Vishegrad centre at the RAS Institute of Europe, Head of Central and Eastern Europe studies department

Doctor of Economics, Chief Research Fellow of IMEMO, RAS

Political observer

Program Director for Europe and Central Asia, International Crisis Group

Secretary-General of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies

Andrei Kelin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, RIAC Member

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, RIAC Member

Postgraduate student, MGIMO University

Senior Fellow and Vice President at the Observer Research Foundation

PhD in Economics

LLM Public International Law — International Environmental and Energy Law, NRU HSE

Ph.D. in Economics, School of Management, St. Petersburg State University

Doctor of History, Professor, Dean of Foreign Relations Department at St. Petersburg State University

Ph.D. in Technical Sciences, Deputy Director of the Energy Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Deputy Director of the Centre for Sustainable Infrastructure Development Research, Institute of Economics and Utility Regulation, Higher School of Economics

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Researcher at the International Institutes Research Center at the Institute of Applied Economic Policies, Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

Chief of Moldova Department, Institute of CIS Countries

Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Bilkent University (Turkey)

Correspondent, Expert magazine, Research fellow of the RAS U.S. and Canadian Studies Institute

PhD in History, Arab and Islamic Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Director of International and Geo-Political Studies at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat), affiliated associate professor of economics at George Mason University, USA

Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Chairman of the National Security Council of Georgia

Ph.D in Economics, Associate Professor at the Diplomacy Department of MGIMO under the MFA of Russia

Director of Wider Europe Programme, European Council on Foreign Relations

PhD Student, RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO RAN)

MENA Program Director, International Crisis Group (ICG)

PhD in History, Senior Research Associate, Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Science

Ph.D. (Engineering), President Eurasia Heritage Foundation

Lt. General, Strategic Advisor, Synergia Foundation

Research Fellow & Coordinator West Asia Centre, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher at the RAS Institute of African Studies