On September 1, 2017, IE RAS Director, RAS Corresponding member Аl.А. Gromyko gave the public lecture «Has the European dream died?», and conducted a meeting with students of Saint Petersburg Humanities University of Trade Unions.
The event was attended by over 5000 people: state and social leaders, prominent Russian scientists, including the Nobel prize winner RAS Academician Z.I. Alferov, foreign experts, diplomats.