On October 27, 2016, IE RAS Director Аl.А. Gromyko met with Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Moscow office Head Kerstin Kaiser and member of DIE LINKE party executive committee Wolfgang Gehrcke.
During the conversation the parties agreed to continue scientific cooperation and exchanged opinions on current German-Russian relations, internal political situation in Germany and prospects of Die Linke party development in face of Bundestag elections in 2017.