General view of the meeting hall at the opening of the 12th annual meeting of the International Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi.20.10.2015#2722027
Participants at the opening of the 12th annual meeting of the International Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi.20.10.2015#2722025
Thomas Gomar, director of the French Institute of International Relations (third left) at the opening of the 12th annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club in Sochi.20.10.2015#2722024
Keith Darden, Professor at the School of International Service in American University in Washington, D.C. at the opening of the 12th annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi.20.10.2015#2722023
Thomas Gomart, Director of the Russia/NIS Center at IFRI, speaks at the opening of the 12th annual meeting of the Valdai Discusson Club in Sochi.20.10.2015#2722019
Writer and political analyst Alexander Prokhanov at the opening of the 12th annual meeting of the International Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi.20.10.2015#2722018
Diplomat Robert Cooper, a 2013-14 Special Advisor at the European Valdai Discusson Club in Sochi.20.10.2015#2722012
William Wohlforth, Professor of Government, Dartmouth College, USA, speaks at the opening of the 12th annual meeting of the Valdai Discusson Club in Sochi.20.10.2015#2722009
William Wohlforth, Professor of Government, Dartmouth College, USA, attends the opening of the 12th annual meeting of the Valdai Discusson Club in Sochi.20.10.2015#2722008
William Wohlforth, Professor of Government, Dartmouth College, USA, attends the opening of the 12th annual meeting of the Valdai Discusson Club in Sochi.20.10.2015#2722006
Chen Dongxiao (center), President of Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, speaks at the opening of the 12th annual meeting of the Valdai Discusson Club in Sochi.20.10.2015#2722004
Chen Dongxiao, President of Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, speaks at the opening of the 12th annual meeting of the Valdai Discusson Club in Sochi.20.10.2015#2722003
Sergey Mironenko, Director, State Archives of the Russian Federation, is seen here at the opening of the 12th annual meeting of the Valdai Discusson Club in Sochi.20.10.2015#2722002
Dominic Lieven, Professor of Russian studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science, is seen here at the opening of the 12th annual meeting of the Valdai Discusson Club in Sochi.20.10.2015#2721990
Dominic Lieven, Professor of Russian studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science, is seen here at the opening of the 12th annual meeting of the Valdai Discusson Club in Sochi.20.10.2015#2721984
Fyodor Lukyanov, editor-in-chief of the Russia in Global Politics magazine, director of research of the Valdai Discussion Club, speaks at the opening of the 12th annual meeting of the Valdai Discusson Club in Sochi.20.10.2015#2721968
Andrey Bystritsky, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club, speaks at the opening of the 12th annual meeting of the Valdai Discusson Club in Sochi.20.10.2015#2721967
Participants of the 12th annual meeting of the Valdai Discusson Club in Sochi are seen here prior to the opening.20.10.2015#2721966
