gilbertdoctorow October 7, 2023 READ
Thursday, 5 October, was the high point in the 20th edition of the Valdai Discussion Club annual meeting when President Putin delivered a 30 minute address to the Plenary Session and then held a 3 hour long Q&A with the 140 invited guests. It was moderated by the Club’s program director, the widely published international affairs analyst Fyodor Lukyanov, though Putin himself intervened from time to time to designate the next questioner from among those he recognized in the audience.