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On December 25, 2025, the final RIAC City Breakfast of 2025 was held at the Fyodor Dostoevsky Library. Experts discussed key events in the global agenda of the past year, analyzed the prospects of the development of main trends in the upcoming year, and answered questions from the audience on specific aspects of Russia's foreign policy in a live discussion format.

Speakers:

• •    Ivan Timofeev, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council;
• •    Alexander Lomanov, Deputy Director for Scientific Work, Head of the Center for Asia Pacific Studies of IMEMO, RIAC member;
• •    Vasily Kuznetsov, Deputy Director for Scientific Work of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC member.

The event was moderated by Mikhail Loenko, RIAC Program Assistant.