The Stanford US-Russia Forum’s 2017 Capstone Conference opened at the residence of Consul General Sergey V. Petrov. California Governor Jerry Brown attended the event and spoke about the Stanford US-Russia Forum (SURF) as a leader in track-two diplomatic efforts. SURF is proud to celebrate its ninth year of bringing together American and Russian scholars to work through some of the tough problems affecting US-Russia relations.

The opening of the forum was attended by resident of the Congress of Russian Americans and Chair of the Coordinating Council of Organizations of Russian Compatriots of the United States Natalie Sabelnik.

Stanford U.S.-Russia Forum (SURF) – Стэнфордский российско-американский форум – это некоммерческая организация студентов, посвященная развитию сотрудничества между США и Россией в сферах, представляющих взаимный интерес, таких как политика, бизнес и экономика.