Valdai Director on BRICS Summit, Russia’s economic resilience and Ukraine’s failed counter-offensive

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Valdai Program Director and Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council Prof. Ivan Timofeev. He discusses the upcoming BRICS Summit and President Vladimir Putin’s in-person absence from the gathering in South Africa, global south powers such as India playing both sides in the dispute between Russia and the West, the Russian economy’s resilience against sanctions, the problems that still loom over Russia’s economy, the failed Ukrainian counter-offensive and much more.

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