On May 20, the Valdai Club hosted an expert discussion, titled “Russia and Central Asia in New Strategic Conditions”, based on the results of the 4th Central Asian Conference, which took place in Ufa on May 14–15. Sergey Overchenko, Deputy Director of the Third Department of the CIS countries at the Russian Foreign Ministry; Rustam Haidarzoda, Director of the Institute for the Study of Problems of Asian and European Countries of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan; Grigory Mikhailov, editor-in-chief of the Logistan telegram channel; Akbope Abylkasimova, political scientist, member of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan, participated. The event was moderated by Timofei Bordachev, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club