Think Tank
Russia and Kazakhstan: A New Perspective on Multilateral Cooperation in Eurasia. Speakers
Online

On May 28, at 11:00 a.m., the Valdai Discussion Club and the Kazakhstan Council on Foreign Relations (CASMO) will hold a joint online closed-door conference, titled “Russia and Kazakhstan: a new perspective on multilateral cooperation in Eurasia”. This will be followed up at 1:00 p.m. by an open discussion moderated by Andrey Bystritskiy, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club, and CASMO Chairman Yerlan Karin.

Speakers:

  • Iskander Akylbaev, Executive Director of the Kazakhstan Council on Foreign Relations (CASMO);
  • Andrey Bystritskiy, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club;
  • Andrey Chebotarev, director of the Alternativa Center for Current Research (Kazakhstan); 

  • Gulmira Ileuova, director of the Strategia Centre for Social and Political Research; 

  • Yerlan Karin, Chairman of the Kazakhstan Council on Foreign Relations (CASMO);

  • Daniyar Kosnazarov, The Steppe Editor-in-Chief, and 

  • Fyodor Lukyanov, Research Director, Valdai Discussion Club;

  • Timofei Bordachev, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; 

  • Alexander Lomanov, Chief Researcher at the Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), RAS; 

  • Ivan Safranchuk, Leading Research Fellow at the Institute for International Studies, MGIMO-University;

  • Evgeny Vinokurov, Chief Economist of the Eurasian Fund for Stabilisation and Development;

  • Saken Zhumashev, KPMG Managing Partner in Kazakhstan and Central Asia.