On September 27, the Valdai Club hosted a discussion on the results of the parliamentary elections in Germany, titled “Germany Without Angela Merkel: What Can Russia and the World Expect?”. Reinhard Krumm, Head, Regional Office for Cooperation and Peace in Europe (Vienna), Friedrich Ebert Foundation; Alexander Rahr, Academic Director of the German-Russian Forum; Hans-Joachim Spanger, Head of Research Department and Member of the Executive Board, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Germany; Artyom Sokolov, Research Fellow, Center for European Studies, IMI, MGIMO, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, participated. The discussion was moderated by Fyodor Lukyanov, Research Director of the Valdai Discussion Club.