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The Valdai Discussion Club, founded in 2004 and named after Lake Valdai near Veliky Novgorod, is renowned for its intellectual influence in Russia and abroad. Over 9,000 scientists, researchers, policymakers, and public figures from around the world have participated in its activities.
“The relations between the United States and the European Union, Trump or not, is going to grow,” Emanuel Pietrobon, Head of the Information and Security Department at MasiraX in Italy, told Sputnik on the sidelines of the 2nd Youth Conference of the Valdai Club’s New Generation Project.
“The two parts of the Atlantic, the two sides of the Atlantic, will grow even closer in the years to come,” Pietrobon said. “But there is room for maneuver in the global south.”
