Russia and Africa in the Modern World: New Challenges and Prospects for Cooperation

On June 4, 2020, an online conference was held on “Russia and Africa in the Modern World: New Challenges and prospects of cooperation" under the auspices Integration club, the Chairman of the Council Federation, the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Valentina I. Matvienko. The organizers: the Institute for African Studies (Russian Academy of Sciences), Financial University (under the Government of the Russian Federation), Youth Parliament (the State Duma of the Federal Council of the Russian Federation) with the support of the Russian Committee for Solidarity and Cooperation with the Peoples of Asia and Africa. The plenary session was chaired by the Director of the Institute for African Studies, member of the RAS Presidium, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Economics, Professor Irina O. Abramova.