Panelists: Prof. Hari Vasudevan, IFPS and Department of History, Calcutta University who is a Russia/CIS specialist; Shri Nandan Unnikrishnan, Observer Research Foundation and leading commentator on CIS affairs; Shri Sudhir Devare, former Director General, ICWA and former Ambassador to the Ukraine; and Shri Pramit Palchaudhury, Foreign Affairs Editor, The Hindustan Times

Chair: Dr. Madhavan Palat, Nehru Memorial Fund and Russia specialist