October 10, Mr. Ruslan Izimov, research fellow of the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies visits SIIS and has a discussion with Prof. Li Xin, Director of the Center for Russian & Central Asian Studies, Dr. Qiang Xiaoyun, Deputy Director of the Center for Russian & Central Asian Studies, Ms. Qian Zongqi, Mr. Zhao Long and Dr. Cao Jiahan from the Center for Russian & Central Asian Studies on the situation of Central Asia.