Valdai Club goes to Karelia
The Valdai Discussion Club, a forum which includes a number of prominent Russia experts, will this week hold meetings both in Valaam and Kizhi in the Republic of Karelia.
The club, which this week holds its seventh annual session, on Tuesday sailed off from Sankt Petersburg with the vessel “Kronstadt”. On board are more than 80 experts, both political scientists and politicians.
A number of sessions will be held on the way to the great lakes of the Republic of Karelia. The “Kronstadt” will sail along the White Sea channel which connects both Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega.
The headline for this year’s Valdai Club is “Russia: History and Future Development”, the club’s website informs.
