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On June 4, 2025, the Center for Central Asian Studies of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences, with the support of the Council of Young Scientists and the “Dialogues on the East” channel, launched a cycle of academic talks on the present and future of Central Asia (the project “In the Heart of Eurasia”).

Stanislav Pritchin, Head of the Sector for Central Asia of the Center for post-Soviet Studies of IMEMO, Cand. of Science (History), delivered the opening lecture of the project – “Peculiarities of the Transit of Power in Central Asian Countries”, dedicated to the peculiarities of political processes in Central Asian countries, types of political regimes formed and types of power transit typical for the region.

The lecture was followed by a discussion, in which representatives of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Institute for the US and Canada Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RUDN University and other scientific institutions took part. The prospects of integration in the region and Russia's relations with Central Asian countries were discussed.