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  • MIL-OSI Russia: “The ability to endure is a sign of a successful leader”: an open lecture by the Chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee Andrey Kartapolov was held at the State University of Management

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    Source: State University of Management – Official website of the State –

    On April 11, 2025, the Chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee Andrei Kartapolov visited the State University of Management with a visit and an open lecture for students.

    The first item on the program of his stay at the State University of Management was a tour of the university, during which the distinguished guest visited the Pre-University, the Media Center, the Scientific Library, and the Engineering Project Management Center, in which the deputy showed particular interest.

    The Director of the Center, Vladimir Filatov, spoke in detail about the activities of the division, in particular about the inter-university design bureau, thanks to the work in which students are introduced to the corporate environment of enterprises while still studying and thus avoid the subsequently uncomfortable period of adaptation at their first job after graduation.

    Rector of the State University of Management Vladimir Stroyev noted that it is difficult for universities to fulfill various orders from manufacturers on their own, but the network structure of the student design bureau allows them to quickly find the necessary specialists.

    Andrey Kartapolov was presented with prototypes of unmanned aerial vehicles being developed at the State University of Management, including a compact interceptor drone, test flights of which were shown on a computer screen. Vladimir Filatov also told and showed on video a new project of the State University of Management Engineers – an autonomous cargo transporter based on a UAZ vehicle. This project was presented to the public movement “People’s Front”, where it attracted interest with its large format. The Chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee was also interested in the project, gave several recommendations regarding the design characteristics in demand at the SVO, and asked the rector to inform him when the project would be ready for demonstration.

    The second point of the visit program was a conversation with the management of the State University of Management. Rector Vladimir Stroyev briefly told about the history of the university, which traces its origins to the Aleksandrovsky Commercial School, founded in 1880, which was a great discovery for the guest. Vladimir Vitalyevich also told about the Soviet system of engineering and economic education, which has again become in demand and is actively reviving at the State University of Management.

    Continuing the topic of industry education, Vladimir Stroev spoke about his visit yesterday to the Tyumen Industrial University and the cooperation agreement signed there.

    “Old methods of training specialists often do not meet modern requirements. Now we do not have time to revive some of our laboratories or create new ones, so we are actively developing network cooperation programs, using the infrastructure of colleagues. In the regions, this scheme is also very attractive, because the Moscow university takes on part of the funding. And in Moscow, students from the regions study only one year, do not have time to start a family and settle down, return to finish their studies and work at home, but at the same time they retain business and personal connections in the capital,” the rector of the State University of Management outlined the advantages of network programs.

    An open lecture by Andrey Kartapolov took place in PA-21, the Olympiada Vasilievna Kozlova auditorium.

    As an introduction, the deputy told the students about the activities of the State Duma, which consists of 450 deputies from 5 factions working in 32 different committees. The main task of the Defense Committee since February 2022 is to ensure all the needs of the SVO participants and their families. At the moment, 130 new laws have been adopted in this direction, the last of which equalizes the rights and benefits of participants in a special military operation and participants in counter-terrorism operations, which includes the operation in the Kursk region, which is in its final stage.

    Next, Andrei Valerievich discussed the international situation, the disintegration of the world order established after World War II, NATO’s expansion to the east, China’s industrial development, and the latest news.

    “Donald Trump has added some drive to the situation. We see how cheerfully and casually the trade war is going on now,” the lecturer joked. “I envy you, you live in interesting times. Take, for example, the development of artificial intelligence, which is changing life around us so rapidly. According to scientists’ forecasts, by 2030, thanks to this technology, life will change beyond recognition.”

    The lecture was concluded with a Q&A session. Here are some of them:

    — Can you compare the positions of Deputy Minister of Defense and the head of the State Duma Defense Committee? Which was easier?

    Andrey Kartapolov: “Service is service, no matter what position you hold. The higher the position, the higher the responsibility. You, as managers, must understand this – the bosses are always held accountable. On the merits of the issue, I can say that there is more independence and fewer regulations in the State Duma.”

    — Please give some advice to future managers.

    Andrey Kartapolov: “Giving advice is not the most rewarding occupation. I can only say that the winner of the marathon is not the one who lifts his legs beautifully, but the one who knows how to be patient. The ability to be patient is a sign of a successful leader.”

    — Where is the conflict with Ukraine heading from an economic point of view?

    Andrey Kartapolov: “Moving towards victory. The victors write history and judge the vanquished, and we cannot allow ourselves to be judged. We will achieve our goal when Ukraine is no longer ruled by the Nazi regime, there will be no NATO bases and discrimination against the Russian-speaking population. At the moment, we already have four new regions where we need to restore infrastructure, roads, hospitals, schools, mines, industry – many economic tasks. And there, qualified managers will be needed at enterprises.”

    Subscribe to the TG channel “Our GUU” Date of publication: 11.04.2025

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: The results of the XVI Universiade of the State University of Management have been summed up

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    Source: State University of Management – Official website of the State –

    From March 17 to April 10, 2025, the State University of Management hosted the Universiade among 6 institutes in 11 sports disciplines.

    More than 200 students from our university took part in the competition.

    The leaders in individual disciplines were:

    For the second year in a row, IOM beat everyone in mini-football; IUPSiBK swam the fastest; The score in basketball matches was on IOM’s side; IIS won among girls in volleyball, and IEF among boys; IUPSiBK became the most artistic in aerobics; IGUiP became the masters of rackets in badminton; IUPSiBK thought out the team strategy for tug-of-war better; IM took the greatest weight in the bench press; IEF demonstrated miracles of dexterity in table tennis; IIS (CS 2), IGUiP (Valorant), IIS (DOTA 2) skated their disciplines excellently in e-sports.

    The overall standings for the Universiade were distributed as follows:

    1st place – IUPSiBK 2nd place – IGUiP 3rd place – IEF 4th place – IOM 5th place – IIS 6th place – IM

    Congratulations to the Institute of Personnel Management, Social and Business Communications for confident and unconditional sports leadership. We thank all participants for their beautiful play and will to win.

    We look forward to the next sports competitions and new achievements!

    Subscribe to the TG channel “Our GUU” Date of publication: 11.04.2025

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Winners of the All-Russian Student Olympiad in the Construction Field of Study Announced

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    Source: Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering – Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering – Olympiad at SPbGASU

    SPbGASU summed up the results of the All-Russian Student Olympiad in the training area 08.03.01 “Construction”, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The award ceremony for the winners took place in the Academic Council Hall on April 11.

    The dean of the construction faculty of SPbGASU Andrey Nikulin addressed the participants with a welcoming speech: “We want to see our guys as leaders, successful people who have solved all the problems. This is the natural desire of any mentor – for their students to be the first. Today we will award half of the participants: every second will receive a diploma and gifts from sponsors. Those who did not make it into the prize winners – look where to become better, more organized, more purposeful. Forward movement should be in overcoming difficulties. And no obstacles can stop you!”

    Representatives of partner companies introduced their products.

    Sergey Turitsyn, Commercial Director of Yalux Group LLC, gave a lecture on the activities of the company, which produces unplasticized PVC sheets.

    Tatyana Andreeva, event manager for the St. Petersburg branch of JSC TD Vostok-Service, called on students to pay close attention to safety issues in their future professional activities.

    Irina Letunovskaya, marketing specialist at the Association “Consortium “Kodeks”, spoke about what useful things teachers and students can learn with the help of the services “TechExpert” and “Kodeks”.

    Olga Garipova, a specialist in the HR department of LSR Group, invited students to internships and then to work.

    The places were distributed as follows.

    First place – Timur Abdullin (Kazan State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering).

    Second place – Alexander Martynov (Tyumen Industrial University).

    Third place – Ilyas Valitov (Kazan State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering).

    The winners shared their impressions of the competition.

    Ilyas Valitov is sure: simply memorizing the material is not very effective. Knowledge is absorbed better in practice. When I solved several problems, the physical meaning of the formula becomes clear. “I knew that the test part would have questions on history, on the Great Patriotic War. This is my favorite topic, I love and know history. Since it was unknown what kind of questions there would be, I deepened my knowledge,” said Ilyas.

    Timur Abdullin, a student at the Kazan State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering and winner of the Olympiad, admitted that it was difficult during the preparation. “Since the Olympiad included a wide range of topics, it was unclear what to tackle first, what to study, where to brush up on knowledge, and what could be ignored. I prepared hard for both the intra-university round, where there was also great competition, and for the final stage. And, apparently, I made the right accents. It was not so difficult at the Olympiad itself.”

    The students’ mentors shared their opinions on the benefits of the event.

    Alla Grishina, Associate Professor of the Department of Construction Production and Geotechnics at Perm National Research Polytechnic University, member of the jury: “There are “stars”, whom we saw today at the awards ceremony, who really showed themselves in both the humanities part of the test and in technical problems. Looking at such students, it is easier to work – because very often we, teachers, are placed in a strict framework so that we focus on unsuccessful students. And they completely forget about the successful ones, the successful ones. When you see such students at Olympiads, conferences, project competitions – it inspires you to work further. You understand that everything is not in vain. Such events are important first of all for teachers – to get inspired, to get a charge for new achievements. For students, this is also great. To test yourself, to remember what you studied, to meet other guys, to see a beautiful city.”

    Leonid Gilev, head of the Department of Building Structures and Construction Production at the Ural State Transport University, member of the appeals committee: “Any competition is always useful. Firstly, to feel what you are like. Secondly, to see how prepared other students are, to compete, to feel the excitement. We try to participate in these events. In my lectures I say: whoever wants to participate, raise your hands. They do. If someone has done sports, they understand what it is.”

    Full list of winners and prize winners

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: SPbPU Educational Tour to Morocco

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    Source: Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University – Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University –

    Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University is actively promoting Russian engineering education in Morocco. An important step was opening of the SPbPU Information Center and the Russian-African Network University (RANU) consortium in December 2024 in partnership with the Russian-Moroccan Alliance (RMA). In a few months, the center has become a key platform for career guidance for applicants and presentations of the university’s educational programs. Polytechnic in Morocco was represented by Deputy Head of the International Education Department Tatyana Sytnikova and Project Office Specialist Alexandra Le Gall, and President Said Zuhir was present at the exhibition from the RMA.

    The educational initiative gained momentum in April 2025. A delegation from SPbPU joined a large-scale exhibition at the Russian Cultural Center in Rabat, organized with the support of Rossotrudnichestvo. The event brought together more than 400 participants: schoolchildren, their parents, and journalists. The guests studied in detail the undergraduate and graduate programs in engineering, as well as the conditions for receiving scholarships, including quotas from the Government of the Russian Federation. The head of the Russian House in Rabat, Alexander Sen, noted at the opening that interest in the Russian language in Morocco has grown significantly.

    It is interesting that the children want to learn Russian in Russia, although we also offer courses in Morocco. As parents and teachers explain, the key factor is immersion in the cultural environment. St. Petersburg with its unique atmosphere is becoming an ideal choice for them, emphasized Tatyana Sytnikova.

    The next stage of the tour was a visit to Casablanca, where the SPbPU delegation held a series of meetings in three Moroccan international schools and a lyceum. More than 800 students learned about promising areas of training: biomedical technologies, artificial intelligence, civil engineering and international trade.

    On April 10, at the largest educational exhibition in Morocco — the International Student Forum in Casablanca, SPbPU presented a unique pre-university training program in French. The course includes not only intensive study of the Russian language, but also training in mathematics, physics, and the basics of engineering. This will allow students to smoothly integrate into the Russian academic environment. Already in the first days of the exhibition, more than 600 applicants and their parents visited the Polytechnic University stand. Special emphasis was placed on working with parents: university representatives spoke in detail about the safety, infrastructure of the SPbPU international campus, and the cultural adaptation program. Visitors were especially interested in internship opportunities in partner companies.

    The Casablanca Student Forum will continue until Sunday. Organizers note that by the second day, the exhibition had already been visited by several thousand guests: not only schoolchildren and parents, but also university graduates, students from Europe and Asia, and representatives of recruiting agencies. The latter are actively seeking sustainable educational partnerships for African applicants, noting the growing demand for Russian programs in IT, energy, and bioengineering.

    North Africa today is one of the most open regions for educational export. SPbPU as a flagship of engineering education is becoming a key “hub” for such collaborations, explained Tatyana Sytnikova.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: You have the floor, Eduard Tiktinsky: Polytechnic graduate wishes students to surpass themselves

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    Source: Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University – Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University –

    Over the year and a half of the existence of the discussion club “You have the floor!” many interesting people have become its guests. But it is especially pleasant when such a guest is not just a successful and bright person, but also a graduate of the Polytechnic University. So, the eleventh hero of the project was the founder and chairman of the board of directors of the RBI Group Eduard Tiktinsky.

    Eduard Saulevich graduated from the economics department of the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute and the advanced courses in economics and privatization of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. His company is engaged in development activities in the field of residential and commercial construction. More than 80 projects have been implemented.

    Eduard Tiktinsky is an honorary builder of Russia, recipient of the Order of Merit in Construction, member of the Board of Trustees of the World Club of Petersburgers, initiator and ideological inspirer of the social project for talented youth “School of Leaders of the Future”, holder of the title “Expert of the Year” in the nominations “Expert in Business and Innovation” (2017) and “Expert in Education” (2021). In 2024, he entered the top 50 most famous people in St. Petersburg according to Sobaka.ru magazine. According to the Person 2024 rating from RQ Index and Urban, he is the first in management efficiency among CEOs of development companies in Russia.

    At the meeting at the Polytechnic, Eduard Tiktinsky thanked the organizers for the opportunity to speak to students and emphasized that his goal was not to limit himself to a simple dialogue, but to convey to the audience truly valuable knowledge that could help them in the future.

    This is what Eduard Tiktinsky said.

    On the influence of parents

    — My parents gave me a lot of freedom of choice and independence. From an early age I understood that I had to rely on myself, and I started earning money at 19. My parents also gave me a good education: I studied at an English school, then, until the 8th grade, at an English boarding school in Pushkin, and the 9th and 10th grades — at a good physics and mathematics school. As a child, I didn’t say that I would be an entrepreneur, because there was no such profession in the USSR, but I dreamed of becoming a lawyer, it seemed to me that it was such a competitive independent profession.

    About student life at the Polytechnic

    — When I was studying, it was a completely different era. Interesting, with a lot of challenges. It implied a lot of opportunities and an empty market that was slowly filling up, and the window of opportunity was slowly closing. So I will honestly say that I spent little time at the Polytechnic. Only in the first year, and then I came to take exams. And at the same time I studied at advanced training courses held by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, it was a high level and a powerful impetus.

    And now times have changed, and the university years seem extremely important to me. For you, student years are a period of establishing social connections, refining some hypotheses, an opportunity to try and figure out what you want. Plus an element of a carefree life.

    About starting a business in the 90s

    — The vast majority of entrepreneurs who started their activities in the late 80s — early 90s will not tell you that it was a difficult period. It was a romantic period, a time of a free market, weak competition, where many things had to be built from scratch: inventing new schemes, literally creating industries — it was an interesting challenge. And the most difficult thing — and nothing has changed here today — is to go through your own crises. Everyone faces them, but if you are an entrepreneur, then your crises, as a rule, concern not only you, but also your business and the people you are responsible for. My crises were difficult, but useful, they gave the greatest impetus for further development. When you cope with this, you seem to be renewed, you become a little — or not a little — a different person.

    On how to choose your path

    — I am often asked: how to determine what to do in the future? I used to answer that you need to get to know yourself as early as possible, understand how you are structured, where your strengths are, where your weaknesses are — developmental books, various courses, psychology can help with this. And once we answered this question together with the outstanding world entrepreneur Len Blavatnik, and he said: you need to try a lot. He spoke about his experience, and he is also right. I had no forks or doubts about which path to choose, but if they are, then you need to try a lot.

    On the difficulties of development activities in a museum city

    — Now that we have dozens of cultural heritage sites behind us, there are no such difficulties. In our work, we need to be open, tell people about our completed projects — this creates trust and the opportunity to have a constructive dialogue with urban conservationists. I think that “urban conservationist” is a good word, for example, Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovsky is an urban conservationist, he and the “World Club of Petersburgers” helped us a lot when we were restoring the Levashovsky Bakery and building our Futurist facility on Barochnaya Street and Levashovsky Prospekt. But it can be difficult to negotiate with those people who only call themselves urban conservationists: they often do not accept any arguments, they simply implement their request for aimless social activity. But we love our city, what we do is our life’s work, this is why we came to this world.

    About digital products and artificial intelligence

    — For the development business, AI projects are still secondary things. But we don’t realize how quickly the world will change. As a physicist friend of mine used to say: At bifurcation points, all events happen much faster. We are at such a point now, and if we talk about key industries, then in the “robotics and artificial intelligence” bundle, the world will change very soon and very much. We still need to “pump up the muscle”, track everything that appears, and teach people to use these tools.

    About a place of power and living life to the fullest

    — My place of power now is the Central Park of Culture and Leisure. I hold meetings with colleagues and friends there, we walk and discuss things. Another place of power is the dacha. Whatever you do, it is important to live a full life: diverse, complex, multi-component. A person can achieve unrealistically great success by doing only one thing. But will such a person be happy? I have big doubts. It is very important to devote time to loved ones, communicate with friends, attend cultural events, play sports — this is what I call living to the fullest.

    About sources of inspiration and energy

    — I get my inspiration from the fact that I love my job very much. I try to do only what I like, what gives me strength and energy. And I am proud of what we do, although we are far from perfect. We measure customer loyalty, the willingness to recommend us, at six stages: buying an apartment, waiting, moving in, renovation, living up to five years, and living after five years. And at the living stage, the loyalty index drops because various everyday difficulties arise. And we get upset if something is not good enough, we try to improve: in the Futurist house, some residents are unhappy with the size of the gym, in our next house “MIR” the gym will be twice as big.

    On the solution to the problem of the “gray belt” of St. Petersburg

    — The “Grey Belt” is a serious conceptual project. There should be an understanding of how much the enterprises there can be modernized, how environmentally neutral they are, whether they can be left in a residential area. And if so, then that’s great, because we need short “transport shoulders”, we don’t need people to go one way in the morning, and then drive kilometers in the other direction in the evening, get stuck in traffic jams. Housing, production, and recreation areas need to be connected.

    On the “excellent strategy” of real estate sales, or how the company plans to stand out from other developers

    — I like your expression “excellent strategy”. Our strategy as premium developers is an outstanding product and outstanding service. When you come to us to buy an apartment, in our sales department you find yourself in an atmosphere of beauty, exquisite aromas, jazz music. You are treated to craft coffee and an exclusive dessert. One of our regular customers recently came to us again to buy an apartment, and he was offered a cheesecake, and he remembered that a year ago he was treated to some unforgettable golden eclairs. And he was a little upset that they were not available today. Then colleagues contacted the manufacturer of these eclairs, found out that they were no longer making them, but somehow agreed to make us a few as an exception. And they delivered a box of golden eclairs to the client in the evening. This is what I call outstanding service. Doing everything for the client and a little more, exceeding expectations.

    At the end of the meeting, Eduard Tiktinsky was traditionally presented with a branded Lepota project T-shirt with number 11. Now we have a full football team, joked the host of the meeting, the head of the news portal department, Evgeny Gusev. And on the second T-shirt, which remained at the Polytechnic, the hero of the evening left an autograph and, apparently inspired by the last question, the following wish: “Become better than yesterday.”

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Rosneft presented tourist car routes in Kaluga region

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    Source: Rosneft – Rosneft – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    On the eve of Cosmonautics Day, Rosneft and the Kaluga Region Tourism Development Center presented four new routes for auto tourists traveling around the Kaluga Region.

    Rosneft actively supports initiatives to develop domestic tourism and aims to create comfortable conditions for car travelers. Developing roadside service and improving the level of customer service provided at Rosneft filling stations is one of the Company’s priority areas of activity.

    The presentation of new auto routes took place at the Rosneft gas station in Kaluga. Thanks to carefully designed logistics, tourists can rationally use their time during their trip and see the main attractions of the region, which is considered the “cradle of cosmonautics”. At the same time, the Rosneft gas station mobile application will make it easy to find the nearest gas station along each route.

    The “Space” route includes several interesting locations. The first stop is the city of Borovsk, where the apartment museum of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, the founder of theoretical cosmonautics, is located. Here, tourists will be told about the scientific works and life of the scientist. The next point is the Tsiolkovsky Memorial House Museum in Kaluga, where he lived for almost 30 years. Most of the exhibits are authentic and belonged to the scientist himself and his family members. Another point on the route is the State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics, the first stone of which was laid by Yuri Gagarin. It contains one of the world’s largest collections of Soviet and Russian space technology, as well as rarities and documents on the history of cosmonautics. The final point of the route is the monument to the 600th anniversary of Kaluga, located at the entrance to the city. Its steles depict important pages of the city’s history.

    The launch of the second route, the Patriotic Route, is timed to coincide with the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. It takes you through the places of military glory of the Kaluga Region, where fierce battles took place at that heroic time. Among the main attractions of the route is the first museum in Russia dedicated to the Marshal of Victory, Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov. It is located in the city of Kremenki and houses the most complete collection of items related to the life of the great commander. The next stop is the Ilyinskye Rubezhi memorial complex, one of the key places of memory of the Battle of Moscow. The memorial is dedicated to the feat of 3,500 cadets of the Podolsk military schools, who held back the advance of German tanks on Moscow in October 1941. Two more points on the route are the Voenfilm cinema complex, created for filming military history films, reenactments and patriotic projects; as well as the Soyuz Museum of Small Arms, which contains various exhibits dating back to the Patriotic War of 1812.

    You can see the Kaluga Region through the eyes of poets and painters by choosing the route “In the Footsteps of Tsvetaeva”. It runs through the city of Tarusa. Thanks to its picturesque landscapes, this settlement, located on the banks of the Oka River, was the cultural capital of the Russian intelligentsia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Tourists traveling along the car route will see the Tarusa Art Gallery with works by Vasily Polenov and Vasily Vatagin, the Tsvetaev Family Museum, which is also called the “Tyo House”, the Sergei Zharov Museum, the K.G. Paustovsky House Museum, the House of Writers and much more. The final point is the arboretum garden of the agronomist Rakitsky with rare plants and cozy tea parties.

    For those who come to the region for the first time, the route “Kaluga for Beginners” has been developed. It includes the largest art park in Russia and Europe “Nikola-Lenivets”, which presents landscape installations, as well as land art objects by the best Russian and foreign authors. Another stop is the largest bird park in the country “Vorobyi”. This is both an amusement park and a zoo. Currently, it contains almost 500 different species of animals. Among other points of the route is the unique ethnographic park-museum “Ethnomir”, as well as the art museum of garbage “Mu-Mu”.

    Each of the four routes passes through a Rosneft gas station, where tourists can fill up their cars with high-quality fuel, relax and have a tasty snack.

    Detailed information about new tourist routes in the Kaluga region can be obtained at Rosneft gas stations in the region, as well as on the website of the Tourism Development Center “Kaluga Region”.

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    Rosneft’s retail network is the largest in the country in terms of geographic coverage and number of stations. It includes almost 3,000 petrol stations in 62 regions of the Russian Federation, as well as in the Republic of Belarus, Abkhazia and Kyrgyzstan.

    Guests of Rosneft filling stations have access to a wide range of goods and services: from shops and cafes to roadside services. For example, you can stay overnight in roadside hotels at filling stations and multifunctional complexes of the Company.

    Rosneft is developing a new customer service area, “cafes on wheels” – food trucks. They are available at gas stations in Moscow, St. Petersburg and other regions where the retail chain is present.

    In 2023, Rosneft launched a special information and service platform, Horizons of Russia: Come with Us! It allows you to plan a trip to interesting places through the infrastructure of Rosneft roadside services and gas stations in constructor mode. Currently, tourists have access to 14 developed routes, both regional and federal.

    Department of Information and Advertising of PJSC NK Rosneft April 11, 2025

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Proper nutrition and sound sleep: Polytechnicians celebrated World Health Day

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    Source: Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University – Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University –

    The SPbPU Public Relations Department, the Higher School of Media Communications and Public Relations of the Humanitarian Institute and Polyclinic No. 76 held Health Week for students and staff of the university as part of the Lepota project. It is traditionally timed to coincide with the celebration of World Health Day, which is celebrated on April 7. The theme for 2025 is balanced nutrition.

    Being healthy is not just a fashion trend, but a vital necessity. During the week, participants learned how to eat tasty and healthy food without buying expensive products.

    On April 3, a live broadcast with fitness trainer Tatyana Krutko took place. Viewers learned how sports can help in studying, whether it will be effective without proper nutrition, and much more.

    The key event of the Health Week was a Q&A session with endocrinologist-nutritionist of Polyclinic No. 76 Ekaterina Medvedeva in the Polytechnic Tower. Together with the speaker, the students discussed what healthy eating is and how to make it part of their lives, how to replace bad habits with useful tips, and what is actually considered a “balanced diet.” At the end of the meeting, the participants consolidated their knowledge with a quiz and won gifts from partners.

    “We are proud that Polytechnic University supports the project that we have been implementing for the third year already,” said the head of the organizing team, fourth-year student of the Advertising and Public Relations program Ekaterina Dyakova. “We are very glad that this time Polyclinic No. 76 helped to hold the event. Thanks to this, we were able to really delve deeply into the topic of balanced nutrition and prepare useful materials and activities. We want as many Polytechnic students as possible to take care of themselves and eat right – after all, health is built in youth!”

    All week long, participants received advice on diet planning, budget nutrition and physical activity, as well as healthy snack recipes. Students were also able to take part in the Healthy Plate drawing and shared their meal plans. The winners received gifts for a healthy lifestyle.

    Health Week has become a good tradition at the Polytechnic University. At the online intensive course “GET A GOOD SLEEP!” in 2023, participants learned about the importance of quality sleep and rest, and also received recommendations from a psychologist and somnologist on how to improve their well-being. In 2024, as part of Health Week, students were able to learn about dopamine addiction, physical inactivity, and biohacking from specialists in improving physical and mental health.

    Join us next year and stay healthy!

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Future of St. Petersburg: Polytechnic projects win RBC foresight

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    Source: Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University – Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University –

    The results of the final of the 10th RBC Petersburg foresight “Petersburg project. City of the new era with Petersburg identity” have been summed up. Senior students determined how to preserve the unique image of the city in the era of new technologies and approaches in architecture and urban development. Six teams presented their projects, three of which included students from the Polytechnic University.

    The jury included representatives of universities and development companies. Polytechnic was represented by ISI teacher, member of the Union of Architects and guide of the company “Petersburg through the eyes of an engineer” Alexandra Zatsepin. The chairman of the jury was the vice-governor of St. Petersburg Vladimir Knyaginin.

    The winner of the foresight was the project “Capillary City”, developed by students of SPbPU, ITMO, SPbAH, EUSP and RANEPA under the supervision of the head of the MLA Yana Golubeva and assistant of the Department of Public Administration of the Higher School of Management of St. Petersburg State University Egor Starshov.

    An interdisciplinary team, which included 6th-year students of the specialty “Construction of Unique Buildings and Structures” of SPbPU Ekaterina Zorina and Lyudmila Morshchakova, presented a network of artificial channels that will work like capillaries in the body.

    By distributing and recycling water, they will prevent the city from flooding due to global warming and solve transport problems. The students also designed different water transport station pavilions depending on the architecture of the area in which they will be located and calculated the cost of implementing the project.

    At the presentation, the guys demonstrated flooding on a model of St. Petersburg, and then invited the participants on a virtual tour of the designed area that solves this problem.

    The team, led by Fyodor Konkov, managing partner of the Urbanika Institute of Territorial Planning, included SPbPU students Valeria Kozodaeva and Lyudmila Suslina. They decided to combine the main elements of St. Petersburg identity with the familiar image of a chubby girl.

    We took as a basis the idea of a constructor, which implies a systemic approach and can be used in old and new buildings. The donut symbolizes the identity of St. Petersburg, which we propose to extrapolate to the outskirts of the city. By highlighting the improvement, characteristic materials, development and lifestyle, we offer an approach that can achieve the integrity of the city’s image, which is also economically feasible, – said 6th-year student of the specialty “Construction of Unique Buildings and Structures” Valeriya Kozodayeva.

    The team, which performed under the supervision of the honored architect of Russia, professor of the International Academy of Architecture Vladimir Linov, included a first-year student of the master’s program at SPbPU, Kerim Ibragimov. The guys presented the St. Petersburg identity in the form of an updated concept of an apartment building.

    The lower floors will house commercial premises, parking and public areas, including a possible kindergarten, while apartments of varying comfort levels will be located above. The unique feature is the use of stained glass art, which links the architecture with Russia’s historical heritage. The name of the Ville de verre complex, which translates as “Glass Town”, refers to the glass factory that was once located near the area. Stained glass will decorate the facades of the buildings and infrastructure facilities, such as a noise barrier and a pedestrian bridge, Kerim Ibragimov commented.

    The winning team was awarded a certificate for 100,000 rubles, and the organizers presented certificates for 40,000 rubles to the five teams that received participant diplomas.

    Thanks to RBC for the opportunity to work on an interesting project in an interdisciplinary team. Our project turned out to be futuristic: we drew new canals on the general plan of St. Petersburg, came up with stations along the route of motor ships and even developed boarding passes for jury members, – shared 6th-year student of the specialty “Construction of Unique Buildings and Structures” Ekaterina Zorina.

    Foresight became a platform for students, the jury and guests of the event to exchange ideas. Such events are very necessary for the city, because they raise the general professional level of participants and move architecture forward, – added ISI teacher Alexandra Zatsepina.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Vladislav Rusanov: “Discipline and team spirit in football help to conquer academic heights”

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    Source: Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University – Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University –

    Today we are talking to Vladislav Rusanov, whose story is a vivid example of how one can successfully combine professional sports and studies. Vladislav is a second-year student of the master’s program at the Institute of Mechanics and Technology of St. Petersburg Polytechnic University in the direction of “Management. Project and Product Management in a Competitive Business Environment” and a professional football player, goalkeeper of the football club “Leon-Saturn”. He told us about his path in sports, his studies at the Polytechnic University and how he manages to maintain a balance between these two spheres. Read the interview in our traditional project “Persona”.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Habits from childhood: how school years shape leisure time

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    Source: State University Higher School of Economics – State University Higher School of Economics –

    Moving to a big city does not always radically change daily habits. A study by the Higher School of Economics showed that an adult’s leisure preferences are largely determined in childhood and depend on where he spent his school years. This is the conclusion reached by an employee Faculty of Economic Sciences HSE Sergey Korotayev after studying the leisure habits of more than 5,000 Russians.

    The environment in which a person lives shapes his daily habits: how he spends his leisure time, what cultural and social activities he chooses. However, as the employee found out Laboratories for comparative analysis of the development of post-socialist societies Faculty of Economic Sciences of the National Research University Higher School of Economics Sergey Korotaev in the newresearch, lifestyle is influenced not only by the current place of residence. The home town where a person graduated from school also plays an important role.

    The study is based on a data set from the project “Social Differences in Modern Russia” and covers more than 5,000 respondents aged 24 to 55. The questionnaires took into account various activity indicators: visiting theaters, exhibitions or sports activities, drinking alcohol together, reading books in libraries and playing computer games. This approach allowed us to record a wider range of everyday behavior patterns.

    The results were then divided into three axes: activity versus passivity, cultural practices versus philistine ones, and real actions versus virtual ones. Based on these data, four behavioral clusters were identified: from people with minimal involvement in leisure to those actively attending cultural events. The analysis showed that a higher level of income, education, and professional qualifications is associated with active and cultural lifestyles. Family also influences the choice of leisure in many ways: for example, having a higher education among parents increases the likelihood of cultural and active leisure, both in megacities and in small towns.

    However, it is not only social status that influences behavioral style. Researchers have tracked how leisure time changed for those who moved from one type of settlement to another. It turned out that the habits formed are more than a third explained by where a person lived during their school years. Residents of megacities, as a rule, attend cultural events four times more often than those who grew up in small towns or villages.

    “It can be assumed that moving itself affects leisure. For example, those who moved to a large city will value new opportunities more, and their leisure will be even more diverse and intense. However, the study showed that this does not happen: the habits of those who moved to large cities are in the middle between the habits of the natives of their hometown and the new one,” comments Sergei Korotayev, an employee of the Faculty of Economic Sciences.

    “The context of the move is important: was it related to getting an education or to finding a job in adulthood. This can have a significant impact on what kind of imprint a person’s spatial trajectory leaves on them. But to take this into account, a more complex model and more data are needed,” noted Sergey Korotayev.

    These findings raise important questions for regional policy and urban development. Understanding how leisure habits are formed can help to more effectively develop cultural infrastructure and offer residents of different areas and ages the most suitable leisure formats. The researcher emphasizes that in order to influence people’s daily activity, it is necessary to take into account not only their current environment, but also their biographical context.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: “Volunteer School”: Developing and Winning

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    Source: Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University – Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University –

    The results of the All-Russian competition “Volunteer School” have been summed up. It is held annually within the framework of the federal project “Social Activity”, aimed at creating conditions for the development and support of volunteerism (volunteering) as a key element of social responsibility of a developed civil society.

    One of the goals of the competition is to develop and shape a culture of volunteerism in Russia among children and young people. The event promotes the popularization of the volunteer movement, identifying and disseminating best practices.

    Students of the Higher School of Media Communications and Public Relations of the Humanitarian Institute, studying in the direction of “Advertising and Public Relations”, submitted a student project “Polytech Gives Warmth!” to the competition. It has been implemented at the Higher School of Media Communications and Public Relations under the supervision of Associate Professor Elina Avakova for the fourth year. The key area of activity is career guidance events for orphans, which are held in centers for promoting family education.

    The jury awarded the project 1st place in the nomination “Practices aimed at providing assistance to orphans and children left without parental care, as well as children experiencing problems establishing friendly contacts with peers.”

    We have implemented many events, prepared competition applications and, most importantly, brought joy to people. This kindness makes us happier, because it always returns multiplied several times – with good events and reciprocal care from other people. We hope that our example inspires others to small but significant actions that will make the world around them better, – said 3rd year student of the Higher School of Music and Social Sciences Daria Vlasevskaya.

    For the project activists Sofia Ryabinina, Daria Vlasevskaya, Anastasia Tryakina, Karina Olkhovikova and Daria Zaitseva, this is not the first achievement. The team has victories in various city, all-Russian and international competitions. Thus, in December 2024, the girls won the regional competition “Young Volunteer of St. Petersburg”, which is aimed at supporting the best volunteer initiatives aimed at helping people and improving the quality of life. The project activists successfully coped with the defense in the final and won 1st place in the track “Helping People”.

    Volunteering plays an important role in the education, socialization and professionalization of young people. Our project gives students the opportunity to express themselves in various interaction models, gain communication experience, develop positive qualities, which contributes to their harmonious personal growth, and also helps to acquire the skills necessary in future professional activities, – shared the project manager Elina Avakova.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Rosneft announces the start of the IT Competition Marathon

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    Source: Rosneft – Rosneft – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    Rosneft has opened registration for the Academic Tournament, the first competition of the IT Marathon 2025.

    Teams of research fellows, postgraduate students of physical, mathematical and technical specialties, as well as candidates and doctors of science are invited to participate. The prize fund of the Academic Tournament is 2.5 million rubles (before taxes).

    Participants are invited to develop computer programs that will speed up the solution of a system of linear equations on modern multi-core computers. The need for such programs arises during the modeling of liquid filtration processes in porous rocks. The best solutions will be used in Rosneft’s science-intensive software: RN-SIGMA, RN-KIM, and RN-GRID.

    Participants will need skills in solving systems of linear algebraic equations using numerical methods.

    Details about the IT Marathon and registration on the website https://events.rn.digital/hack/Academic2025.

    In addition to the Academic Tournament, the IT Competition Marathon will include the Geonavigation League, the Student Hackathon, competitions in information modeling among Rosneft specialists, and for the first time, the Cup in Additive Technologies and Reverse Engineering, the final of which will take place in September at the Tyumen Industrial and Energy Forum TNF-2025.

    The winners and prize winners of all IT Marathon competitions will meet in December at the grand finale in Moscow.

    Conducting specialized competitions allows Rosneft to solve real production problems, attracting highly qualified specialists and talented youth to cooperation. For participants, this is an opportunity to prove themselves at the all-Russian level and create original solutions that will find application in modern digital technologies of the oil and gas industry.

    The organizers of the IT Marathon in 2025 are the Rosneft Research Institute in Ufa and RN-Technologies.

    Department of Information and Advertising of PJSC NK Rosneft April 10, 2025

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Achinsk Oil Refinery Confirms Product Quality Compliance with National Standard

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    Source: Rosneft – Rosneft – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    Achinsk Oil Refinery (part of the oil refining unit of NK Rosneft) voluntarily confirmed the compliance of the quality of the petroleum road bitumen produced by the plant with the requirements of the GOST standard in the National Certification System. Previously, quality conformity assessments were conducted for motor gasoline and diesel fuels of various seasonal grades produced by Achinsk Oil Refinery.

    Voluntary confirmation of product quality compliance with interstate and national standards of the Russian Federation is part of the systematic work of Rosneft enterprises to improve business efficiency.

    The quality certificates issued by the Achinsk Oil Refinery upon shipment of petroleum products bear the signs of the National Certification System. This allows the consumer to obtain information about the properties of the purchased product online. A unique QR code directs to the website of the National Certification System on the secure server of Rosstandart. The consumer can obtain information about the manufacturer, certificates of conformity to GOST based on the results of an independent examination, data on intermediate checks of the parameters of petroleum products, their properties.

    Voluntary certification of products in addition to mandatory certification confirms the high level of technological efficiency of production of motor fuels and other petroleum products at the enterprise. Quality control at the Achinsk Oil Refinery is carried out at all stages of the technological process, ensuring consistently high quality of the commercial product. Rosneft Oil Refinery is constantly working on selecting new recipes for the production of petroleum products with high consumer properties that meet modern GOST requirements.

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    Achinsk Oil Refinery, a subsidiary of Rosneft, is the only major oil refining enterprise in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. The plant produces a wide range of high-quality petroleum products, including motor gasoline and diesel fuel of the highest ecological class K5, jet fuel, bitumen, etc.

    ANPZ motor fuels are multiple winners of the All-Russian competition “100 Best Products of Russia”.

    The national certification system was created under the auspices of Rosstandart to increase confidence in voluntary confirmation of conformity and create advantages for bona fide manufacturers.

    Department of Information and Advertising of PJSC NK Rosneft April 10, 2025

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Rosneft held the first open Olympiad for schoolchildren of Bashkiria

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    Source: Rosneft – Rosneft – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    ANK Bashneft (part of Rosneft) held the first open Olympiad for schoolchildren at the Ufa State Petroleum Technological University (USPTU). The winners will receive additional points for the Unified State Exam when entering USPTU.

    More than 100 schoolchildren from Ufa, as well as other cities and regions of Bashkortostan, took part in the Olympiad. Students in grades 10-11 were able to test their knowledge in the chemical-mathematical and physical-mathematical areas.

    The awarding of the Olympiad winners is planned at the All-Russian Job Fair, which will be held in Ufa on April 18, 2025. At the fair, Bashneft will also provide the winners with the opportunity to take the “oil quest”, which is dedicated to the profession of an oil worker. The Rosneft Olympiad is planned to be held at Ufa State Petroleum Technical University on an annual basis with an expansion of the number of participants.

    Rosneft, as part of the corporate continuous education program “school – college/university – enterprise”, is implementing projects to attract talented young people and form an external personnel reserve. In the Republic of Bashkortostan, the program has been implemented for several years. In 2024, 49 schoolchildren entered the 10th “Rosneft-classes”. In addition, in Ufa, in a pilot mode, 25 9th-grade students were enrolled in the “Rosneft-class”. The Ufa Fuel and Energy College (UTEK) acted as a partner.

    There are six Bashneft corporate groups in Ufa State Petroleum Technical University and Ufa Energy Company in various training areas, including: solid fuel, oil and gas processing technology, design and operation of oil and gas processing equipment, oil and gas geology, geophysics and others. In specialized groups, students combine work in production with training according to an individual schedule. Training in specialized subjects is carried out with the involvement of expert teachers from among Bashneft employees.

    In partnership with Bashneft enterprises, the following basic departments were created at USPTU: “Technology of Petrochemical Processes”, “Welding of Oil and Gas Structures”, “Bashneft – Processing” and “Bashneft – Environmental Engineering”.

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    ANK Bashneft is one of the oldest enterprises in the country’s oil and gas industry, operating in the extraction and processing of oil and gas. The company’s key assets, including an oil refining and petrochemical complex, are located in the Republic of Bashkortostan. Oil and gas exploration and production is also carried out in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Yugra, the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, the Orenburg Region and the Republic of Tatarstan.

    USPTU is a key partner of Bashneft in personnel training. More than 50% of Bashneft employees are graduates of this university.

    Department of Information and Advertising of PJSC NK Rosneft April 11, 2025

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Rosneft held a lesson in courage for students of the Polar Star educational center

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    Source: Rosneft – Rosneft – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    Volunteers from Tyumenneftegaz (part of Rosneft) held a lesson in courage for schoolchildren from the Polar Star educational center, located in the village of Tazovsky in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, in honor of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

    The event participants included children from the “Movement of the First”, Yunarmiya, cadets and schoolchildren from the “Seventieth Spring” search squad, who in the coming days will go on an excursion to the sites of the Battle of Stalingrad. During the discussion, historical events of the war years were discussed, as well as the exploits of the heroes of the Yamal land.

    The oil workers told the children about the great battles, about how every day of the war was a feat of millions of people who forged victory with their lives both at the front and in the rear. To immerse themselves in historical events, the volunteers organized an intellectual game in the quiz format and donated the books “9 Great Battles of 1941-1945” to the library fund of the center. Tyumenneftegaz supported the release of this historical publication, which contains historical information and photographs.

    The company’s volunteers conduct educational events aimed at preserving historical memory, helping children not only learn about the heroism of their ancestors, but also teach them to value peace and care for the future.

    As part of the volunteer program “Platform of Good Deeds”, which is actively developing in Rosneft, and in honor of the anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, meetings with veterans, patriotic events and creative competitions are planned throughout the year.

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    JSC Tyumenneftegaz is one of the key subsidiaries of PJSC NK Rosneft in the Tyumen Region. Today, the company’s main activity is the development of the Russkoye field, the largest high-viscosity oil field in Russia. The Russkoye field is located in the Tazovsky District of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (YaNAO).

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Large language models no longer require powerful servers

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    Source: State University Higher School of Economics – State University Higher School of Economics –

    Scientists from Yandex, HSE, MIT, KAUST and ISTA have made a breakthrough in LLM optimization. The Yandex Research artificial intelligence laboratory, together with leading scientific and technological universities, has developed a method for quickly compressing large language models (LLM) without losing quality. Now, a smartphone or laptop is enough to work with the models, and there is no need to use expensive servers and powerful GPUs.

    The method allows for quick testing and implementation of new solutions based on neural networks, saving time and money on development. This makes LLM more accessible not only for large companies, but also for small ones, non-profit laboratories and institutes, individual developers and researchers.

    Previously, to run a language model on a smartphone or laptop, it was necessary to quantize it on an expensive server, which took several weeks. Now, quantization can be done directly on a phone or laptop in a matter of minutes.

    Difficulties in applying LLM

    The difficulty with using large language models is that they require significant computing resources. This is also true for open-source models. For example, one of them, the popular DeepSeek-R1, does not fit even on expensive servers designed for working with artificial intelligence and machine learning. This means that only a limited number of companies can use large models, even if the model itself is openly available.

    The new method allows you to reduce the size of the model while maintaining its quality and run it on more affordable devices. For example, this method can be used to compress even such large models as DeepSeek-R1 with 671 billion parameters and Llama 4 Maverick with 400 billion parameters, which until now could only be quantized using the simplest methods with a significant loss in quality.

    The new quantization method opens up more opportunities for using LLM in various fields, especially where resources are limited, such as education or the social sphere. Startups and independent developers can now use compressed models to create innovative products and services without spending money on expensive equipment. Yandex itself is already using the new method for prototyping — creating working versions of products and quickly testing ideas: compressed models are tested faster than their original versions.

    More about the new method

    The new quantization method is called HIGGS (from Hadamard Incoherence with Gaussian MSE-optimal GridS). It allows neural networks to be compressed without using additional data and without computationally complex parameter optimization. This is especially useful in situations where there is not enough suitable data to further train the model. The method provides a balance between quality, model size, and quantization complexity, which allows models to be used on a wide range of devices.

    The method has already been tested on popular models Llama 3, Llama 4 and Qwen 2.5. Experiments have shown that HIGGS is the best quantization method in terms of quality to model size ratio among all existing data-free quantization methods, including GPTQ (GPT Quantization) and AWQ (Activation-Aware Quantization).

    Scientists from the National Research University Higher School of Economics, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the Austrian Institute of Science and Technology (ISTA), and the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST, Saudi Arabia) participated in the development of the method.

    The HIGGS method is now available to developers and researchers at Higging Fake And Gitkhov, and a scientific article about it can be read at archive.

    Reaction of the scientific community, other methods

    A scientific article describing the new method has been accepted to one of the world’s largest conferences on artificial intelligence, NAACL (The North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics), which will be held from April 29 to May 4, 2025, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Along with Yandex, such companies and universities as Google, Microsoft Research, Harvard University, and others will participate. The article has already been cited by the American company Red Hat AI, Peking University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Fudan University, and others.

    Earlier, Yandex scientists presented 12 scientific studies in the field of quantization of large language models. In this way, the company aims to make the use of these models more efficient, less energy-consuming and accessible to all developers and researchers. For example, the Yandex Research team previously developed methods compression of large language models, helping to reduce computing costs by almost eight times without significantly losing the quality of neural network responses. The team also created service, which allows you to run a model with 8 billion parameters on a regular computer or smartphone through a browser interface even without large computing power.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: International Day of Liberation of Prisoners of Nazi Concentration Camps

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    On April 11, 1945, an international uprising took place in the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald, as a result of which the prisoners managed to take control of the camp. In memory of this event, the world celebrates International Day of Liberation of Prisoners of Fascist Concentration Camps.

    The uprising was not spontaneous, several underground committees had been operating in Buchenwald since 1942, which by the time of the uprising had managed to obtain and hide over 90 rifles, 100 pistols, over 120 grenades and even one machine gun, as well as a small radio station, with which they contacted the approaching American army. The prisoners created 188 small combat groups: 56 Soviet, 23 German, 22 French and others. During the uprising, the guards were killed and some were taken prisoner, after which the prisoners took up all-round defense in the camp. On the night of April 11, troops of General George Patton’s Third Army entered Buchenwald and completely cleared the camp of the remaining guards.

    Buchenwald did not formally have the status of a “death camp”, but from 1937 until the uprising, about 56 thousand people out of 250 thousand prisoners were killed and tortured there. And this was not even the largest camp. In the largest complex of concentration camps near the city of Auschwitz, liberated by the Red Army on January 27, 1945, according to modern historians, from 1.1 to 1.6 million people were exterminated. Its design capacity allowed for the extermination of up to 30 thousand people per day.

    In total, about 18 million prisoners were imprisoned in 14 thousand fascist concentration camps from 1933 to 1945, and 11 million of them were exterminated in gas chambers, during medical experiments, died from torture, exhaustion and hunger. It was because of the inhumane activities of concentration camps that about 20% of all victims of World War II were children. The exact figures are still unknown, the Nazis were well aware of their crimes and at the end of the war tried to destroy as much evidence of their activities as possible.

    The task of modern humanity is not to forget this terrible chapter in the terrible book of history of the Second World War. We must not allow the spread of the resurgent Nazi ideology, which does not consider many nationalities and races as people, and if necessary, does not consider anyone as people, because the very first concentration camp in Germany was intended for Germans themselves – political prisoners.

    To this day, the International Buchenwald Committee, which was born in the underground of the concentration camp, exists. The International Union of Former Juvenile Prisoners of Fascism is active. But with each passing year, the number of members of these and similar societies is decreasing. This heavy memory will have to be carried by those who have never been dehumanized for imaginary reasons. And we hope that it never will be. In the name of this, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation continues to investigate criminal cases of genocide of the civilian population during the Great Patriotic War. Neither previous nor new crimes against humanity will go unpunished.

    #Scientific regiment

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: NSU students were told about the scientific discoveries of academician Mikhail Alekseevich Lavrentyev

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    Source: Novosibirsk State University – Novosibirsk State University –

    Meeting of students of Novosibirsk State University with the grandson of the founder of Akademgorodok, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor, Dean Faculty of Information Technology NSU Mikhail Mikhailovich Lavrentyev was held on April 4. It was dedicated to fascinating facts from the life of the founder of Akademgorodok, the academician, and was called “Scientific discoveries of academician Mikhail Alekseevich Lavrentyev. From mathematics, mechanics and physics of explosions to the first computers.”

    This year marks the 125th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Soviet mathematician and mechanic, founder of the Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences and the Novosibirsk Akademgorodok, Mikhail Alekseevich Lavrentyev. Residents of Akademgorodok cherish his memory. Currently, his name is borne by the Institute of Hydrodynamics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the SUNC (Physics and Mathematics School) of NSU, Lyceum No. 130, an auditorium at NSU…. A monument to the academician was erected on the avenue named in his honor.

    Mikhail Mikhailovich Lavrentyev began the meeting by listing the most important scientific achievements of Mikhail Alekseevich: the Lavrentyev effect in variational calculus, the lifting force of an airplane wing, conformal and quasi-comfort mappings, explanation of the cumulative effect, the first artillery nuclear shell, the first domestic computers, new materials – explosion welding, acceleration of particles to cosmic speeds, saving genetics, the fight for the purity of Lake Baikal, saving the city of Almaty (Kazakhstan) from a mudflow – the Medeu dam, the creation of new types of universities – PhysTech and NSU, the organization of the Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences. And then he spoke in detail about some of them.

    Important contribution to the Victory

    Among the numerous awards of M.A. Lavrentyev is the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd degree, which he was awarded in 1944. This Order was awarded to participants in military operations, but Mikhail Alekseevich was one of the few exceptions. He did not directly participate in the battles of the Great Patriotic War and was not at the front, but he made a significant contribution to the Great Victory as a talented scientist. The cumulative charges he developed became one of the factors that influenced the outcome of the Battle of Kursk (July 5 – August 23, 1943).

    — Previously, cumulative antitank aerial bombs were quite large in size, and domestic IL2 attack aircraft could take only a few of them on board, respectively, the maximum possible number of armored targets to be hit was also small. M.A. Lavrentyev proposed his own solution to the problem — the creation of a new generation of cumulative antitank aerial bombs, loaded into cassettes of 78 pieces. Lavrentyev’s PTABs were produced in Ufa, at the Prommetiz artel evacuated from Dnepropetrovsk. Each bomb weighed 2.5 kg and pierced up to 70 mm of armor with a cumulative pestle. This was enough to defeat the most protected Wehrmacht tanks: the armor thickness of the Panther on the turret was no more than 16 mm, and that of the Tiger — 28 mm. The PTABs from Ufa were first used in the Battle of Kursk, and they had a very worthy effect on the fascists – several hundred tanks were destroyed by air strikes, said M.M. Lavrentyev.

    It is important that instead of several heavy 100-kilogram anti-tank aerial bombs (PTAB), the IL2 attack aircraft carried 4 cassettes with 78 PTABs in each, which it literally “sprinkled” on German tanks from a height of 25 m. This ensured greater precision in the bombing strike and the safety of the aircraft itself, reducing to zero the risk of being shot down by the explosion of its own aerial bombs.

    Lavrentyev’s PTABs had another important advantage: unlike conventional aerial bombs made of expensive high-strength steel with a complex fuse, PTABs could theoretically be produced even in a wooden case. Therefore, they could be manufactured not at specialized factories, but in the most primitive conditions.

    The first nuclear artillery shell

    In the early 1950s, M. A. Lavrentyev was involved in the development of atomic weapons in the USSR. Work on the first domestic artillery nuclear projectile involved solving complex theoretical and experimental problems in hydrodynamics and gas dynamics, and preparing their solutions was a complex mathematical problem in itself. M. A. Lavrentyev was known as a major specialist in hydro- and gas dynamics, an outstanding mathematician, the founder of the theory of cumulative projectiles, and a well-known specialist in the use of explosives. Therefore, in 1953, he was transferred from the post of director of the Institute of Precision Mechanics and Computer Engineering to KB-11 (Arzamas-16, now the city of Sarov) to the post of deputy chief designer of the USSR Ministry of Medium Machine Building, which he held for two and a half years. During this time, M. A. Lavrentyev managed to create a creative team of young and talented specialists. Among them were Lev Vasilyevich Ovsyannikov, Dmitry Vasilyevich Shirkov, Vladimir Mikhailovich Titov and Bogdan Vyacheslavovich Voitsekhovsky. They later followed their leader to Akademgorodok and became academicians.

    — M.A. Lavrentyev’s scientific group faced a very difficult task: the projectile had to be compact in size compared to the products that had been created in this design bureau earlier, since they were to be used to load guns. At the same time, the projectile had to experience high overloads while maintaining combat capability. And these overloads were thousands of times greater than those typical for aerial bombs. Other difficulties arose, but the scientific team managed to successfully overcome them, and in 1956, an artillery shell with a nuclear charge successfully passed tests at the Semipalatinsk test site. As M.M. Lavrentyev said, the size of the projectile was still too large, so a gun of the corresponding caliber was specially made for it. Nowadays, similar weapons are installed on modern tanks, — M.M. Lavrentyev said.

    The first domestic computer

    In the 1950s, M.A. Lavrentyev took direct part in the creation of the first Soviet computer. At that time, he was the director of the Institute of Precision Mechanics and Computer Engineering of the Academy of Sciences, where the first computer, called BESM-1 (the first large electronic calculating machine), was being developed. But when performing this complex task, its developers faced competition from the relevant ministry, which at the same time was working on the creation of the Strela computer.

    — The competitors had many advantages, the most important of which was the financing of the work. In addition, 150 electron tubes were required to create BESM, which was a serious problem — about 100 tubes were issued per quarter to the entire Academy of Sciences, and it was impossible to acquire them in any other way. This issue was resolved thanks to the ingenuity of Sergei Alekseevich Lebedev, who is now considered the founder of domestic electronic computing technology. In 1950, he was invited to the Institute of Precision Mechanics and Computer Engineering of the USSR Academy of Sciences in Moscow by M.A. Lavrentyev. They went to the Minister of Radio Industry and asked: “Do consumers of tubes have many complaints against you?” He answered: “Yes, a lot. I believe that in most cases, tubes fail due to the fault of consumers.” Then S.A. Lebedev suggested: “Give us 150 lamps, we will have them in continuous operation, and we will inform you every month that the lamps are working well, and you will replace those lamps that burn out with new ones. The minister agreed, and the problem was solved,” M.M. Lavrentyev said.

    Tests of both machines were conducted in 1953. The advantages were again on the side of the competitors. All units of the new memory designed by S.A. Lebedev were addressed to the “Strela” by the decision from above, therefore the creators of BESM had to make the computer memory on the acoustic principle. This reduced its performance by 15-20 times. In addition, the chairman of the acceptance committee was the manager who had already created his own computing center for the “Strela”. And the first test results did not speak in favor of BESM. But M.A. Lavrentyev drew attention to the fact that one of the test tasks did not make sense. On this basis, he insisted on postponing the acceptance for six months and providing the BESM developers with units designed by S.A. Lebedev.

    — BESM was being improved for six months, after which it demonstrated significantly higher productivity: it solved all tasks assigned to it 5-8 times faster than Strela. In the competition between the two companies, the winner was not the one that had enough funds, people, and space, but the one that had progressive ideas. And BESM-1 became the predecessor of a series of domestic digital computers, — explained M.M. Lavrentyev.

    Throwing soil by explosion

    M.A. Lavrentyev made a significant contribution to saving the city of Almaty (Kazakhstan) from mudflows, which posed a serious danger. One of the evidences of this is the Issyk disaster that occurred on July 7, 1963. Then the mudflow caused the death of one and a half hundred Almaty residents.

    — Only one gorge was dangerous for mudflows. And it was proposed to create a protective dam in it by means of directed explosions. Several years before that, an article by several scientists, including M.A. Lavrentyev, was published in the journal “Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics” about the directed throwing of soil using explosives. This idea was implemented in this unique project, — said M.M. Lavrentyev.

    In 1964, the Kazakh branch of the Hydroproject Institute developed a project for a gravity rock-fill dam. Taking into account the experience of the 1963 mudflow, its design was significantly strengthened. M.A. Lavrentyev was among the scientific consultants of the project. As a result, for the first time in world practice, a 110-meter-high dam was created using directed explosions. The task was complicated by the terrain and seismic features of the area, but the creators of the dam coped – it withstood the mudflow that occurred shortly after the end of the work. To this day, the dam created by explosions protects Almaty from destructive mudflows.

    The students also learned how M.M. Lavrentyev managed to save the Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences from closure at a time when genetics was considered pseudoscience and was persecuted. They were also told about his other significant scientific achievements. However, M.M. Lavrentyev noted that Mikhail Alekseevich considered the creation of the NSU Physics and Mathematics School and the Young Technicians Club to be the most significant thing in his life. For him, the involvement of talented youth in scientific work was of primary importance.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Dmitry Chernyshenko assessed the work of the laboratories of MIREA – Russian Technological University

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    At MIREA – Russian Technological University (RTU MIREA) in Moscow, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Chernyshenko familiarized himself with the key educational and scientific projects of the university and also assessed the work of the laboratories.

    The event was also attended by Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Andrey Omelchuk and Rector of RTU MIREA Stanislav Kudzh.

    “Today, when we are faced with the national goal outlined by President Vladimir Putin – technological leadership, the development of universities is becoming especially important. MIREA – Russian Technological University uses government support tools. The university participates in the Priority-2030 program of the national project “Youth and Children”, conducts research based on the Advanced Engineering School. Cooperation with industrial partners allows us to obtain specific developments, which we saw today in the university’s technological laboratories,” said Dmitry Chernyshenko.

    In total, more than 30 thousand students study at RTU MIREA, including more than 1.8 thousand representatives from 80 countries.

    The Deputy Prime Minister, together with the Deputy Head of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia and the Rector, assessed the modern digital prototyping laboratory and got acquainted with the educational and scientific testing complex “Import Substitution of Information Technologies”, created jointly with Rostelecom. Also, in the motion capture laboratory and the immersive technology laboratory, equipment was shown that allows recording the movements, movements and facial expressions of actors with high positioning accuracy, followed by the recreation of their actions in digital models of characters and animation objects.

    In addition, the guests assessed the work of the Departmental Situation Center for Monitoring the Sphere of Education and Science of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia.

    “RTU MIREA is an active participant in the national project “Youth and Children”. The University creates a comprehensive infrastructure for training highly qualified personnel. I would like to separately note the work of the Departmental Situation Center of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia for monitoring the sphere of education and science, operating on the basis of the University, which ensures the collection and verification of relevant data. Today, the results of its work help the Ministry and the heads of scientific and educational organizations to promptly respond to modern challenges and make effective management decisions,” said Deputy Head of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia Andrey Omelchuk.

    Rector of RTU MIREA Stanislav Kudzh spoke in detail about the work of the Situation Center of the Ministry of Education and Science, where monitoring of the educational sphere is carried out in real time.

    “We strive to make our university a driver of technological sovereignty: from digital prototyping laboratories and immersive technologies to large-scale projects such as the educational and scientific complex with Rostelecom and the Departmental Situation Center of the Ministry of Education and Science. These solutions are the basis for training personnel capable of responding to the challenges of the time. I am confident that the support of the Russian Government will allow us to further develop the innovative ecosystem, where education, science and the real sector of the economy are creating the future today,” said RTU MIREA Rector Stanislav Kudzh.

    The visit ended with a discussion of the university’s development prospects and its role in implementing state programs for digitalization and training personnel for high-tech industries.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Financial news: Two Federal Treasury deposit auctions will take place on 11.04.2025

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    Application selection parameters
    Date of the selection of applications 04/11/2025
    Unique identifier of the application selection 22025092
    Deposit currency rubles
    Type of funds funds of the single treasury account
    Maximum amount of funds placed in bank deposits, million monetary units 550,000
    Placement period, in days 4
    Date of deposit 04/11/2025
    Refund date 04/15/2025
    Interest rate for placement of funds (fixed or floating) Fix
    Minimum fixed interest rate for placement of funds, % per annum 20.05
    Basic floating interest rate for placement of funds –
    Minimum spread, % per annum –
    Terms of conclusion of a bank deposit agreement (fixed-term, replenishable or special) Urgent
    Minimum amount of funds placed for one application, million monetary units 1,000
    Maximum number of applications from one credit institution, pcs. 5
    Application selection form (open or closed) Open
    Application selection schedule (Moscow time)
    Venue for the selection of applications PAO Moscow Exchange
    Applications accepted: from 09:30 to 09:40
    Preliminary applications: from 09:30 to 09:35
    Applications in competition mode: from 09:35 to 09:40
    Formation of a consolidated register of applications: from 09:40 to 09:50
    Setting a cut-off percentage rate and/or recognizing the selection of applications as unsuccessful: from 09:40 to 10:00
    Submission to credit institutions of an offer to conclude a bank deposit agreement: from 10:00 to 10:50
    Receiving acceptance of an offer to conclude a bank deposit agreement from credit institutions: from 10:00 to 10:50
    Deposit transfer time In accordance with the requirements of paragraph 63 and paragraph 64 of the Order of the Federal Treasury dated 04/27/2023 No. 10n
    Application selection parameters
    Date of the selection of applications 04/11/2025
    Unique identifier of the application selection 22025093
    Deposit currency rubles
    Type of funds funds of the single treasury account
    Maximum amount of funds placed in bank deposits, million monetary units 50,000
    Placement period, in days 182
    Date of deposit 04/11/2025
    Refund date 10.10.2025
    Interest rate for placement of funds (fixed or floating) Flotting
    Minimum fixed interest rate for placement of funds, % per annum –
    Basic floating interest rate for placement of funds Ruonmds
    Minimum spread, % per annum 0.00
    Terms of conclusion of a bank deposit agreement (fixed-term, replenishable or special) Special
    Minimum amount of funds placed for one application, million monetary units 1,000
    Maximum number of applications from one credit institution, pcs. 5
    Application selection form (open or closed) Closed
    Application selection schedule (Moscow time)
    Venue for the selection of applications PAO Moscow Exchange
    Applications accepted: from 12:00 to 12:10
    Formation of a consolidated register of applications: from 12:10 to 12:20
    Setting a cut-off percentage rate and/or recognizing the selection of applications as unsuccessful: from 12:10 to 12:30
    Submission to credit institutions of an offer to conclude a bank deposit agreement: from 12:30 to 13:20
    Receiving acceptance of an offer to conclude a bank deposit agreement from credit institutions: from 12:30 to 13:20
    Deposit transfer time In accordance with the requirements of paragraph 63 and paragraph 64 of the Order of the Federal Treasury dated 04/27/2023 No. 10n

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    DS – discount – a value expressed in hundredths of a percent and rounded (according to the rules of mathematical rounding) to two decimal places, calculated by multiplying the value of the Key Rate of the Bank of Russia by the value of the required reserve ratio for other liabilities of credit institutions for banks with a universal license, non-bank credit institutions (except for long-term ones) in the currency of the Russian Federation, valid on the date for which interest is accrued, and published on the official website of the Bank of Russia on the Internet.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Financial news: Not all banks disclose the full cost of a loan under preferential mortgage programs

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    When posting information on their websites about the range of the total cost of credit (TCC) for preferential mortgage loans, 16 banks do not take into account a possible increase in the interest rate. Violations were discovered during inspections by the Bank of Russia.

    Bylaw banks are required to calculate the APR based on the maximum possible loan expenses. This information must be available to the borrower on the websites and at the locations where the credit institution provides services.

    In some cases, a lender may increase the rate on a preferential mortgage if it becomes aware that the borrower has ceased to meet the terms of the preferential program or has previously taken advantage of the mortgage benefit.

    The regulator sent a demand to the violators to promptly correct the values of the PSC ranges in accordance with the law.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Financial News: Temporary unavailability of test systems on April 12

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    On April 12, 2025, technical work will be carried out to replace routers in the network segment serving test sites. The work will begin at 9:00 and will be completed approximately at 14:00. During the work, connection to the test systems will be unavailable.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Financial news: Bank of Russia moves to weekly repo auctions (10.04.2025)

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    The Bank of Russia will switch to holding weekly repo auctions instead of deposit auctions from April 15, 2025. This is due to the expected further decline in the structural surplus and the transition of the banking sector to a liquidity deficit, as well as the existing structure of demand from credit institutions in the money market.

    The weekly repo auction on April 15, 2025 will be held in accordance with graphics with the first part of the transactions to be executed on April 16, 2025, and the second part on April 23, 2025. The maximum amount of funds provided at the auction will be set on April 15, 2025. The auction schedule and parameters will be available on the pages of the Bank of Russia website “Schedule of repo operations in rubles” And“Parameters of repo auctions in rubles”.

    In case of a significant change in the dynamics of liquidity formation factors or growth in demand from banks for permanent loans, the Bank of Russia may need not only to provide but also to absorb liquidity. If a decision is made to hold a deposit auction for a period of 1 week instead of a repo auction, the relevant information will be published on the website no later than the working day preceding it. At the same time, the Bank of Russia, as before, will strive to hold weekly auctions for liquidity management in one direction – repo or deposit auction.

    The system of monetary policy instruments of the Bank of Russia will remain unchanged. Banks will still have access to all standing operations for both providing and absorbing liquidity. Also, at the end of the periods of averaging of mandatory reserves, the Bank of Russia will continue to hold “fine-tuning” auctions in the direction and in the volume necessary for banks to meet mandatory reserve requirements.

    The Bank of Russia will continue to monitor the liquidity situation in the Russian banking sector and, taking this into account, will adjust the volumes of operations to provide or absorb liquidity. The purpose of the Bank of Russia’s operations is to maintain money market rates close to the key rate while maintaining a sufficient level of market activity in the interbank money market.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Alexander Novak met with the delegation of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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    Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak met with Advisor to the President of Kazakhstan Magzum Mirzagaliyev and Minister of Energy of Kazakhstan Erlan Akkenzhenov. The meeting was also attended by Minister of Energy Sergey Tsivilev, representatives of the Ministries of Energy of Russia and Kazakhstan and the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Russian Federation.

    “Relations with Astana are one of the priorities of Russia’s foreign policy. Despite the ongoing external pressure from the West, Kazakhstan confirms its status as our closest ally and strategic partner. The dynamically developing relations are based on the high intensity of the political dialogue between Moscow and Astana, primarily at the level of heads of state. Cooperation in the trade, economic and investment spheres is successfully developing, large-scale joint projects are developing in industrial cooperation, energy, transport infrastructure, agriculture and the digital economy,” said Alexander Novak. According to him, Russia is one of Kazakhstan’s leading trading partners.

    The parties discussed cooperation within the OPEC line, interaction in the energy sector, including in the field of electric power, hydropower and renewable energy sources. With the participation of Russian specialists, three coal-fired thermal power plants will be built in Kazakhstan in the cities of Kokshetau, Semey and Ust-Kamenogorsk, and two power units at Ekibastuz GRES-2 will be reconstructed.

    The talks also focused on increasing transit supplies of Russian oil and gas through Kazakhstan and the possibility of providing the north and northeast of the country with Russian gas. The issues of Russian companies’ participation in oil projects in Kazakhstan were touched upon, as well as the possibility of cooperation in the peaceful nuclear energy sector and in the financial and banking sector.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: HSE summed up the results of work to improve financial literacy of schoolchildren

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    Source: State University Higher School of Economics – State University Higher School of Economics –

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    Over the nine years of work of the HSE structural division “Federal Methodological Center for Financial Literacy in the General and Secondary Vocational Education System” more than one and a half million schoolchildren received knowledge in the financial sphere. This was stated by the director of the center, HSE professor Nikolai Berzon, at the All-Russian scientific and practical conference “Formation of financial culture in the context of digitalization: meanings, practices, results”, which was held on April 10 at the HSE.

    According to him, more than 100 thousand teachers have completed training under the teacher training program. “We have separate training programs for teaching in elementary, middle and high schools. This year we also made a separate program for students,” said Nikolai Berzon.

    To encourage schoolchildren to study the basics of financial literacy, the Financial Literacy Olympiad was created. The winners receive certain preferences when entering universities. “When we held the first Olympiad, about 2.5 thousand people took part in it, in the last one – 42 thousand,” shared Nikolai Berzon.

    The conference included an award ceremony for this year’s winner, 11th-grade student Timofey Matsnev. He set a record by scoring 100 points. According to Timofey, we face problems in the area of financial literacy every day, so today everyone needs to be able to protect themselves from fraudsters. “We face financial issues and problems in the area of financial literacy every day. Every day we need to make some decisions related to this, we need to be able to protect ourselves from fraudsters. Therefore, the relevance of studying financial literacy is not decreasing, but, on the contrary, is increasing every day,” he said.

    Today, young people are much more advanced than the older generation, and this is evident when comparing the general financial literacy index and the financial literacy of young people, noted Lyudmila Presnyakova, Advisor to the Head of the Service for the Protection of Consumer Rights and Ensuring the Availability of Financial Services of the Bank of Russia.

    “Firstly, the financial literacy index of young people is higher than that of the rest of the population, and secondly, it is growing at a faster rate than that of adults. If among adults it increased from 53 to 55 points from 2017 to 2024, which is actually a good growth, which means that the financial literacy of the population as a whole is really changing little by little, then among young people the growth was from 55 to 62 points. Young people not only know technologies better, not only are they quicker to navigate, they demonstrate the very basics of proper financial literacy that we are all working to develop,” she said. Young people behave more consciously in relation to their finances – in particular, they use savings practices more often than adults. And this is a certain challenge for teaching financial literacy. Young people are a complex audience that needs modern examples, “well-pumped teachers,” so the work on training teachers is very important, concluded Lyudmila Presnyakova.

    Alexey Yakovlev, Director of the Finance Ministry’s Department of Financial Policy, is convinced that financial literacy needs to be taught “from school.” Children are a more open audience, and many of them are “much better versed” in modern tools than older Russians, he noted.

    The conference also announced the ceremonial signing of a cooperation agreement between the Federal Methodological Center for Financial Literacy in the General and Secondary Vocational Education System and the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution “Institute of Correctional Pedagogics”. The agreement was signed by Nikolai Berzon and Deputy Director for General Issues of the ICP Anastasia Belikova.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: A world of career opportunities

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    Source: Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University – Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University –

    On April 10, the Youth Career Forum was held in the Technopolis Polytech research building. Representatives of companies offered students and future graduates vacancies, internships, practical training places and development programs. The event was organized by the SPbPU Career Development Department.

    Vice-Rector for Educational Activities of SPbPU Lyudmila Pankova opened the forum and expressed gratitude to the company representatives for their participation.

    Today, representatives of 64 companies have gathered at the Polytechnic University. This is a record number for us. Employers will share information about the best places for practice and internships. Various surprises and activities await you. I am sure that our partners will find ambitious and unique young specialists, and our students will get acquainted with the companies of their dreams, – emphasized Lyudmila Pankova.

    A career is a life-long marathon, full of ups, downs, personal transformations and discoveries. Today, we, employers, together with Polytech, will help you find answers to important questions: what internships will help you, what programs will suit you, – said Svetlana Barabantseva, Head of Young Talents at Severstal.

    At the stand session, the largest Russian companies vividly demonstrated vacancies and opportunities for internships and traineeships. Representatives talked about the conditions, answered students’ questions and conducted interviews.

    Among the regular participants of the IFF are such well-known companies as Sber, Gazprom Neft, Power Machines, Severstal, Petersburg Tractor Plant, VK Education, Rosatom State Corporation, Geropharm, etc. They attracted the attention of students with logical tasks, quizzes, games, puzzles, and, of course, branded gifts.

    The company “Russian Mechanics” from Rybinsk specializes in the development, production and sale of snowmobiles and ATVs. At the forum, representatives demonstrated the RM 800 T ATV of the “Silk Road” series and the multi-purpose snow and swamp vehicle with a 6×6 wheel arrangement “Termite”.

    The Petersburg Tractor Plant is a regular participant in the Polytechnic University career events. The enterprise employs many Polytechnic University graduates: designers, technologists and quality management specialists. At the forum, the company showed the Kirovets K-7 tractor.

    The Sovcombank company has been participating in SPbPU events for several years now, and many of its employees are graduates of the Polytechnic University. Today, specialists have prepared tasks related to key areas of activity, a game of Tic-Tac-Toe with artificial intelligence, and gifts.

    Polytechnicians work for us as interns, junior specialists, employees in the departments of system analysis and development. Students actively participate in our events. This is an intensive course in system analysis “SovkomLab”, the School of Credit Analysts, competitions in the profile of information security and the career festival “Adventure League”. Many of them continue to work in full-time positions. Therefore, our cooperation with Polytechnic is truly productive, – shared the team leader of the team for the development of the HR brand and interaction with universities Valeria Kozinets.

    Young were present as new members

    In addition to manufacturing products for the science and medical industries, we actively cooperate with schools and universities in matters of popularizing science. So that children can see in practice what radiation is and not be afraid of it. We are also interested in finding new employees in universities. The company has an agreement with the Polytechnic University, students do their internships with us. Today we decided to show ourselves at our home university. By the way, I am also a graduate of the Polytechnic University, I graduated from IMMiT in 2017, – said the head of the component sector Pavel Krikunov.

    Traditionally, the forum featured a stand of the Advanced Engineering School of SPbPU “Digital Engineering”. Leading engineers and heads of educational programs of the Advanced Engineering School of SPbPU told students and graduates of the Polytechnic University about promising areas of training and employment. The event was also attended by industrial partners of the school, including Centrotech-Engineering LLC (part of the Fuel Division of the Rosatom State Corporation), St. Petersburg State Unitary Enterprise Gorelectrotrans. They presented joint master’s programs that combine fundamental training with applied knowledge. Students gain unique experience by participating in real research and development (R&D) work.

    The forum was attended by employees of the SPbPU Center for Work with Applicants, who provided advice to students on issues of admission to a master’s program.

    The business program included 19 offline and online activities, divided into two tracks: career and skills. Students watched presentations of internship programs, learned life hacks on building a career after university, participated in master classes on time management, project management and building self-esteem, attended workshops and networking.

    CareerTalks format events were held by VK Education, SBER, Rosatom, Lukoil. Employees of Axenix, Tricolor, Arman, Gazprom Gazofiya held master classes. Specialists of the Scientific and Educational Center for Information Technologies and Business Analysis Gazprom Neft organized a business game “Everything (Not) According to Plan”. A career master class on adaptation in the company after an offer was held in the VK group of the Career Development Department of SPbPU.

    The forum also included a round table for ISI students and employers in the construction sector, “Problems of Forming Interaction between Students and Organizations: Expectations vs. Reality.” The event was moderated by ISI student practical training officer Janis Olekhnovich. Company employees shared valuable advice and recommendations with students on developing the necessary skills and acquiring knowledge that will allow them to stand out in the professional environment.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Scientific Regiment. Architect Alexander Sokolov preserved and restored cultural heritage

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    Source: Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering – Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering –

    Alexander Sokolov

    Every day for almost 70 years, thousands of people pass between the main building of SPbGASU and the Technological Institute metro station. At one time, among them was the architect, dean of the urban planning faculty of LISI (now SPbGASU), the author of the project for this station (co-authored with A.K. Andreev) Alexander Mikhailovich Sokolov (1906-1984). It was largely thanks to him that the cultural heritage of Leningrad was preserved during the Great Patriotic War.

    Study and work

    Alexander Sokolov entered the preparatory course of the Institute of Civil Engineers (IGI, now SPbGASU) in 1920 after graduating from the Tikhvin Real School, where, according to historical sources, “training was thorough, especially in mathematics and physics,” and the Tikhvin Second Soviet Labor School of the 2nd level, where he studied art history as one of the main subjects. In Petrograd, he worked as an installer, then as a draftsman. At the same time, he began studying in the workshop of Professor I. A. Fomin at the Free Art School of the People’s Commissariat of Education of the RSFSR (Academy of Arts). Until 1923, he studied at two universities, and then gave preference to the Academy of Arts. He would return to LISI years later as a teacher.

    Famous projects of the architect

    Aleksandr Sokolov was forced to combine his studies with work. He worked as a foreman (leader of a group of workers) in the Leningrad Commercial Port Administration, as a draftsman at the construction of the I. I. Mechnikov Hospital, and as an assistant to the architect S. O. Ovsyannikov during the construction of the Krasnoye Znamya factory. As a student, he designed an administrative building that was built in 1923–1924 on the territory of the commercial port (it has not survived).

    Later, the architect’s famous works included projects for the Vyborg District Sound Cinema with 1,300 seats in Leningrad, the House of the Government of Abkhazia, the building of the All-Union Institute of Experimental Medicine in Moscow, ground pavilions of the Lenin Library metro stations in Moscow and Moskovskie Vorota in Leningrad, and a hotel for sailors in Murmansk.

    In the siege of Leningrad and after the war

    In 1941, Aleksandr Mikhailovich Sokolov was engaged in research work in the archives of the Pavlovsk Palace Museum. With the outbreak of the war, he took an active part in the evacuation of valuables from the palace and the shelter of the park sculptures. During the siege, he worked in the Inspectorate for the Protection of Monuments, where he took part in the work of the city commission to identify the damage caused to the architectural heritage of Leningrad. The sketches of facades and interiors and design work he made during this period played a major role in the revival of the city. In particular, Aleksandr Sokolov supervised the restoration of the Mariinsky Theater. In 1943, Sokolov was awarded the medal “For the Defense of Leningrad”, in 1946 – the medal “For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”.

    In early 1944, the primary task was to develop master plans for the affected cities of the Leningrad, Novgorod and Pskov regions. This work was carried out by the workshop of the Leningrad Regional Department of Architecture and the Lenproekt and Lenoblproekt trusts. The architectural planning workshop of the latter was headed by Alexander Sokolov in 1944–1948. Among other things, he worked on the master plan for his native Tikhvin, every corner of which he had known since childhood.

    Lecturer, Dean, Professor of LISI

    In 1931, Alexander Mikhailovich Sokolov began teaching architectural design at the Faculty of Architecture of the Leningrad Institute of Municipal Construction (now SPbGASU). In 1943–1946, he headed the course “Introduction to Architecture”. In 1946, he defended his PhD dissertation on “Architectural Structures of Pavlovsk Park”. In 1962–1969, he held the position of Dean of the Faculty of Urban Planning. Then, until 1983, he was a professor at the Department of History and Theory of Architecture.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: At a meeting of the presidium of the government commission headed by Marat Khusnullin, the situation in housing construction was discussed

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    Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin held a meeting of the presidium (headquarters) of the Government Commission on Regional Development, where they discussed issues of housing and road construction, and comprehensively examined key tasks within the framework of the national project “Infrastructure for Life”.

    “On the instructions of the President of Russia Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, we, together with the Ministry of Construction, DOM.RF and the regions, are constantly monitoring the situation in housing construction and mortgage lending. In the first three months, according to preliminary data from the regions, housing commissioning amounted to 31.6 million square meters, which is 7% more than last year. Individual housing construction shows particularly impressive results – 24.6 million square meters, which is 20% more than the same period last year. Thanks to the record figures of previous years, we have formed a good reserve for the near future. However, due to the current difficult situation, we already see certain risks of a decrease in the rate of housing commissioning in the future, and it is necessary to begin working systematically to prevent them,” said Marat Khusnullin.

    The meeting of the headquarters also raised issues of road activities. The level of contracting today is 85.6%, cash execution – 16.9%. The Deputy Prime Minister recalled that a six-year plan for road activities has been approved, aimed at achieving target indicators for the regulatory condition of federal and regional roads, backbone roads and agglomerations. By the end of 2030, at least 50 bypasses of populated areas on federal and regional highways will be built.

    In his report, Minister of Construction and Housing and Public Utilities Irek Faizullin spoke about the comprehensive work being carried out by the Ministry of Construction to reduce the procedures of the investment and construction cycle, and drew the attention of the regions to the importance of bringing regional legislation into line with federal legislation.

    “The tasks set by the President of Russia in Decree No. 309 to reduce the procedures of the investment and construction cycle are included in the new national project “Infrastructure for Life” and the federal project “New Construction Rhythm” included in it. Currently, active work is underway together with the regions to improve the efficiency of urban planning standards taking into account the current level of human mobility, as well as the provision of specialized and public transport services. In order to speed up the construction of OKS, the subjects of the Russian Federation can specify and supplement the requirements for the placement of social infrastructure facilities taking into account regional and local characteristics,” said Irek Faizullin.

    The head of the Ministry of Construction also reported that the department quarterly updates the duration of the investment and construction cycle in the regions based on eight groups of criteria. These include the terms of the implementation of the project for the construction of capital construction projects (CCP), the provision of a land plot, the collection of initial data for design, the examination of design documentation, the issuance of permits for construction and commissioning, passing state construction supervision, cadastral registration and registration of rights, as well as regional requirements.

    Representatives of the Prosecutor General’s Office also took part in the meeting. Marat Khusnullin expressed gratitude to the employees of the supervisory agency for their systematic support and close attention to the development of the construction industry. He noted that productive interaction with the prosecutor’s office has become a key factor in the implementation of many strategic decisions to improve the construction sector and shared construction in particular.

    Special attention was paid to the issue of protecting the rights of equity holders who suffered from the actions of unscrupulous developers. The meeting participants discussed current mechanisms for restoring citizens’ rights and measures to prevent similar situations in the future.

    During the meeting, issues of infrastructure development of regions using the mechanism of treasury infrastructure loans were also discussed.

    In addition, representatives of the Ministry of Transport, as well as Primorsky Krai, the Udmurt Republic, Irkutsk, Omsk, Moscow and Novosibirsk regions, made reports at the meeting.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Financial news: 04/10/2025, 11:51 (Moscow time) the values of the upper limit of the price corridor and the range of market risk assessment for security RU000A101590 (DOM 1P-7R) were changed.

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    Source: Moscow Exchange – Moscow Exchange –

    04/10/2025

    11:51

    In accordance with the Methodology for determining the risk parameters of the stock market and deposit market of Moscow Exchange PJSC by NCO NCC (JSC) on 10.04.2025, 11-51 (Moscow time), the values of the upper limit of the price corridor (up to 103.17) and the range of market risk assessment (up to 1118.7 rubles, equivalent to a rate of 7.5%) of the security RU000A101590 (DOM 1P-7R) were changed.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Financial News: Investments on Crowdfunding Platforms Will Become More Transparent

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    Bank of Russia recommends operators of investment platforms should disclose on their websites information about the actual profitability of investors on loans provided and the share of borrowers’ overdue debt in the total volume of liabilities.

    When calculating the actual yield, it is proposed to take into account the amount of all payments under loan agreements, the term of fulfillment of obligations under which has already arrived. Such information should be disclosed at the end of the year no later than March 1.

    It is recommended that information on borrowers’ overdue debt be generated at the end of the quarter, broken down by terms (from 1 to 90 days and more than 90 days) and published no later than one calendar month after the reporting date.

    Increasing the amount of information available to investors will help to strengthen the protection of their interests and enable them to make more informed decisions.

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