Valeriia Gorbacheva, Research Fellow of the Asian strategy center, Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, specializing in emerging economies and East Asia, international relations and public diplomacy, global governance and BRICS. Graduated from the Faculty of International Relations of the St-Petersburg State University (2012), Faculty of International Relations of the MGIMO University (2014), School of World Economy of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2018). She currently holds the position of GR-Director of the Russian National Committee on BRICS Research, a legal entity created under the auspices of Russian government for Track 2 activities in BRICS. Since 2015, she has been organizing Track 2 activities during Russian BRICS Chairmanship, and coordinating the BRICS Academic and Civil Forums. She is also coordinating the annual BRICS International School in Russia. She is a member of the BRICS Think Tank Council and the South African BRICS Youth Association. In 2019-2020, she was a member of the Secretariat of the BRICS Expert Council. Participant of numerous international conferences in China, India, Brazil and South Africa. She has publications on BRICS and East Asia.