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Interview with Aleksandr Lukin

The leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation are holding a summit in Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe. Aleksandr Lukin, head of the Centre of Eastern Asia Studies, joined RT political commentator Peter Lavelle to analyse the summit.

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