April 5th, 2023 ended in Moscow VII Moscow Economic Forum, the key theme of which this year was "New world. New industrialization.
Well-known politicians, scientists, economists and business leaders from Russia, CIS countries, France, Germany, India, Brazil and other countries took part in the forum. The speakers of the Forum were the Chairman of the IEF, co-owner of the combine plant Rostselmash Konstantin Babkin, Academicians of the Russian Academy of Sciences Sergey Glazyev and Robert Nigmatulin, Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Oksana Dmitrieva, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Science and Higher Education Oleg Smolin, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy Mikhail Delyagin, First Deputy Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs Nikolay Kolomeytsev, as well as a public figure from France, one of the most famous experts on geopolitics in Europe, doctor Aymeric Shoprad, President of the International Center for Geopolitical Forecasting Karlygash Nugmanova, head of the National Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of Kyrgyzstan Kanatbek Aziz, professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University Surajit Mazumdar, professor at the University of Banja Luka Srdja Trifkovic, Member of the Parliament of Moldova Bogdan Tsydrya, an expert on geopolitics from Germany, Dr. Hauke Ritz and others.
During the session "From globalism to multipolarity", which was attended by representatives of Brazil, Russia, India, France, the forum participants discussed the problems of globalization and the possibility of transition to multipolarity in the world economy, mechanisms for creating economic alliances, partnership issues within the EAEU, the SCO and BRICS, as well as the future of the World Trade Organization.
Armenia was represented as one of the speakers of the Forum by the Chairman of the Board of the Armenian Association of Political Scientists Mihran Shahzadeyan, who spoke at the session "Post-Soviet space - from disintegration to interaction".
The article by M. Shahzadeyan and the video of his speech can be found at the links:
Moscow Economic Forum. April 5, 2023. Mihran Shahzadeyan - YouTube
From disintegration to integration of the post-Soviet space.
The forum ended with a final plenary discussion chaired by Andrey Kobyakov, a Russian economist, political scientist, publicist and public figure.