The conference was attended by over 200 experts from Russia and various other countries. A total of 130 reports were presented during the plenary session and eight specialized sessions.

At the opening of the conference and the plenary session, issues related to the expansion of BRICS and the role of the association in shaping a polycentric world order were discussed. In the speeches of the Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Historical Sciences A.K. Alikberov and the Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Doctor of Political Sciences V.A. Kuznetsov, the direction of research on the role of BRICS in the global economy was established, highlighting the need for a pluralistic approach to analyzing relationships both within the BRICS group and with other countries in the global community. Their assessments set the tone for the subsequent discussion.

The speakers included researchers from various universities and research institutions across the Russian Federation, such as the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Asian and African Studies at Lomonosov Moscow State University, the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Presidential Council of Sciences. Other notable institutions represented were MGIMO University of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Lomonosov Moscow State University, the Institute of China and Modern Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Africa of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Latin America of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg University, the Higher School of Economics (St. Petersburg), Sevastopol State University, I.A. Bunin Yelets State University, Lobachevsky University of the National Research University of the Russian Federation, the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, RIEPP, INION RAS, Yaroslavl State University, RUDN University (Patrice Lumumba), Kazan Federal University, RGGU, the Russian Customs Academy, Samara State University, and I.S. Turgenev Oryol State University.

The conference was attended by scientists and researchers from universities and research institutions in India, China, Pakistan, Iran, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Bolivia, Gambia, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan.

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