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MIL-OSI Russia: Students of the State University of Management won the competition program of the IV Saratov Youth Legal Forum

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On October 8-10, 2024, the 4th Saratov Youth Legal Forum “The Role of Law in Ensuring National Security of Modern Russia” was held at the Saratov State Law School, in which students of the State University of Management took part and won the competition program.

Over the course of three days, at 48 industry sites, more than 500 young researchers from 37 subjects of the Russian Federation and 9 foreign countries exchanged experiences and research developments with each other, and strengthened their knowledge in the field of law and related areas at interactive lectures, business games and master classes.

The State University of Management was represented at the Forum by IGUIP students in the Jurisprudence program: Alexandra Zhuk, Eva Salnikova, Alisa Savkina, Varvara Yupatova and Karina Meshcheryakova (academic supervisor: Associate Professor of the Department of Private Law Svetlana Titor).

As part of the Forum, they took part in competitions for draft reports in the following nominations:

— “Values of Law in the Context of the New World Order,” where Karina Meshcheryakova became the winner;

— “Traditional family values: the law as a guarantee of their preservation and strengthening of national security”, where Alisa Savkina took third place;

— “Transformation of Russian state policy in the sphere of labor and youth employment,” where Eva Salnikova became the winner, and Alexandra Zhuk took second place and received the audience award.

Also, as part of the Forum, students visited the Historical Park in Saratov “Russia – My History” and presented reports at the All-Russian scientific and practical conference “Historical, legal, philosophical and socio-cultural experience of the development of Russian statehood”.

The result of the large-scale work of the Forum was a resolution that summarized all the results achieved, reflected the opinions of the participants and the recommendations of experts. It will serve as a basis for new research and development in the field of legal science and practice.

We congratulate our girls on a truly successful trip and a full podium of prize places, and wish them further great achievements in their studies.

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Students of the State University of Management won the competition program of the IV Saratov Youth Legal Forum

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January 23, 2025

MIL-OSI Russia: Mongolia: Concluding Statement of the 2024 IMF Staff Visit

Source: IMF – News in Russian

October 14, 2024

A Concluding Statement describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the end of an official staff visit (or ‘mission’), in most cases to a member country. Missions are undertaken as part of regular (usually annual) consultations under Article IV of the IMF’s Articles of Agreement, in the context of a request to use IMF resources (borrow from the IMF), as part of discussions of staff monitored programs, or as part of other staff monitoring of economic developments.

The authorities have consented to the publication of this statement. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF’s Executive Board. Based on the preliminary findings of this mission, staff will prepare a report that, subject to management approval, will be presented to the IMF Executive Board for discussion and decision.

A critical priority for the new coalition government is to manage the current commodity boom prudently to effectively implement its ambitious reform and investment agenda.
Building external and fiscal buffers will help create the necessary policy space to implement the ambitious investment program and other reforms in line with the economy’s absorptive capacity while maintaining external and internal balance. In the current situation, achieving these goals requires fiscal policy tightening, adherence to fiscal rules, tight monetary and macroprudential policies, and enhanced financial supervision.
Progress on soft infrastructure related to legislative, regulatory, and institutional frameworks is just as important as building hard infrastructure, to strengthen the business climate and governance. Priorities include upgrading important regulations, ensuring regulatory coherence, and boosting central bank operational independence. The introduction of a nominal debt ceiling with strong deterrence is a major and welcome step forward. So will be the planned and overdue energy tariff reforms, which will be essential to ensure reliable national energy supply. Infrastructure projects should be well prioritized and effectively implemented with proper feasibility studies, strengthened medium-term fiscal planning and sound public investment management.

The economy: A commodity boom

A booming mining sector, record high coal exports, and strong household and government spending have led to buoyant economic activity despite a large contraction in agriculture due to the severe winter. The large and permanent wage and pension increases in the 2023−2024 budgets, large dividend payouts by Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi, government support programs, and a minimum wage hike helped raise household incomes and salary‑backed consumer credit, boosting consumption and imports. Strong revenue collection and backloaded capex registration have contributed to a budget surplus despite significant public spending increases. Public debt declined to 47 percent of GDP at end-2023, consistent with IMF staff estimates of the appropriate debt anchor for Mongolia.

Headline inflation has eased and lies within the BOM’s 6±2 target band. The decline is largely due to softer import prices, supported by a small exchange rate (ER) appreciation, and has led to policy rate cuts. However, core inflation remains sticky and has ticked up to the upper limit of the target band in August. Moreover, credit growth in the bank and non-bank financial (NBFI) sectors, especially consumer loans, has been rapid, exceeding long-term trends and has prompted the BOM to tighten reserve requirements and debt service to income (DSTI) limits for consumer loans. Household debt is rising rapidly, especially for some segments of borrowers.

External vulnerabilities declined despite a marked deterioration in the current account deficit due to strong imports and softer coal export prices. FDI and other financing inflows have helped support gross international reserves (GIR) which remains broadly at end-2023 levels (US$4.7 billion at end-August, 3.3 months of imports or 96 percent of the ARA metric). Well-executed external debt refinancing and the BOM’s repayment of half of the outstanding PBOC swap line have reduced external debt risks, resulting in a sovereign credit ratings upgrade.

Outlook: Continuing commodity boom, robust growth, but rising imbalances

Growth is expected to remain robust in 2024−25 reflecting strong mining sector growth, bolstered by the increased production of higher‑grade copper and stronger coal exports to China, and the expansionary, and procyclical 2024 supplementary and draft 2025 budgets. Assuming the government’s spending plans on mega projects[1] is gradually phased in in line with external financing, fiscal deficits are expected to rise through 2029, raising gross financing needs, public debt, and fiscal risks. The output gap is estimated to remain positive through 2028.

Expansionary fiscal policies are likely to widen Mongolia’s external and internal imbalances. Inflation is expected to continue to rise in 2024H2 and remain above target till 2026 due to the lagged effects of the substantial fiscal stimulus in the pipeline, additional stimulus from the 2024 supplementary and 2025 budgets, energy tariff increases, and strong credit growth. Current account deficits are expected to persist due to the high import intensity of investment projects, reducing GIR buffers, despite FDI and new external borrowing.

The forecasts are subject to considerable uncertainty related to the implementation pace, financing, and private sector participation in mega projects, which is still under discussion. The greater the reliance on domestic financing, the larger the impact on GIR, ER, and inflation given the high import intensity of capex. However, procuring external financing to the tune of 67 percent of 2024 GDP within 4−5 years will be difficult. Realistically, therefore, investments are likely to proceed gradually, as implementation runs into capacity and financing constraints, thereby improving macroeconomic outcomes relative to current forecasts.

The outlook is also subject to downside risks stemming from commodity price volatility, uncertainty related to Chinese demand for coal, disruptions in fuel imports from Russia, and delays at China’s Tianjin port, a major transit point for Mongolia’s imports. Potential production and export delays in copper due to regulatory and procedural barriers pose risks. Natural disasters and geopolitical developments add uncertainty. On the upside, commodity prices or exports to China could be stronger than expected, especially in the near term. Moreover, new mining production could come onstream over the medium-term, boosting exports.

Policies: Prudent commodity boom management to sustain growth momentum

A. Fiscal tightening and adherence to fiscal rules: the top policy priority

Fiscal policy tightening is necessary to ensure external and internal balance, build buffers during the current boom and to reduce the burden on monetary policy in confronting inflationary risks. To achieve fiscal consolidation while boosting investment, additional measures are needed to reduce current spending and boost non-mining revenues, such as containing the wage bill, targeting social assistance, increasing progressivity in personal income taxes, reducing tax exemptions, and tax and customs administration reforms (IMF 2023 Report).

Reorienting spending toward infrastructure investment could enhance productivity, provided it is well managed and aligned with the economy’s absorptive capacity. The government should proceed cautiously given Mongolia’s external vulnerabilities, import dependence, limited domestic financing capacity, tighter global financing conditions, and weaknesses in public investment management (PIM). Building buffers during the boom helps create the fiscal space for a gradual, more effective implementation of critical public investment priorities. A more effective Medium-Term Fiscal Framework (MTFF) including capital expenditures is needed to guide capital spending and anchor fiscal and external risks. Investments should be well-prioritized based on proper feasibility studies, with sound implementation of PIM and PPP legislative frameworks to avoid corruption and unproductive projects.

The adoption of a nominal debt ceiling of 60 percent of GDP is a major step forward in strengthening Mongolia’s fiscal rules, as it boosts transparency and accountability, and includes strong deterrence measures. Retaining the structural deficit ceiling helps contain excessive deteriorations in fiscal balances. Nevertheless, neither rule will be able to constrain spending sufficiently in the near term since the debt limit is not binding at present. The procyclicality of the new expenditure rules helps support spending when the economy is booming, and requires spending cuts when it is not, thereby aggravating economic cycles. The rules will need to place some constraints on total spending, which would also preempt potential spending misclassifications (IMF staff stand ready to assist the government in developing appropriate total spending constraints that could allow the government to undertake spending related to its reform and investment plans). Frequent changes in fiscal rules should be avoided as they undermine the effectiveness of the rules as a policy anchor.

B. Ensuring tighter domestic financial conditions

Monetary and macroprudential policies should continue to ensure that domestic financial conditions remain tight. Given the expected rise in inflation in the absence of fiscal consolidation, the BOM should ensure real policy rates remain high until there is greater certainty regarding the stabilization of inflation within the target band. In this regard, maintaining an unchanged monetary policy stance in September 2024 would have been better aligned with the BOM’s assessment of the inflationary outlook. The tightening of DSTI limits and reserve requirements to slow excessive credit growth in the banking sector, on the other hand, were timely and appropriate measures, though more maybe needed (below). The government’s plans to resume domestic debt issuances to establish a yield curve should help improve monetary policy transmission.

C. Building external buffers to strengthen resilience, increase policy space for reforms

External buffers should be increased to strengthen resilience to external shocks and create the room for an effective implementation of the government’s reform priorities. The BOM should allow greater ER flexibility to help absorb external shocks. The government should use its ability to monitor export contracts to better enforce SOE repatriation and the currency settlement law and undertake reforms to attract new FDI and external private financing (below). The newly established BOM-MOF-MOED working group to align the pace of investments with external stability considerations, is an excellent initiative and should help inform the government’s investment plans and the MTFF.

D. Ensuring a sound financial sector

Financial sector supervision should remain vigilant about emerging risks, notably credit risk, given the exceptionally strong credit growth across the financial sector. Enhanced financial soundness indicators during periods of strong economic and rapid credit growth can mask underlying vulnerabilities. It would be important to align the planned reduction in DSTI limits for NBFIs with the lower bank DSTI limits rapidly to prevent regulatory arbitrage to contain explosive consumer credit growth. Supervisors should ensure that DSTI limits are being effectively enforced, accelerate the use of FICO credit scoring, and discourage over‑leveraged consumers from additional borrowing by improving financial literacy. Adherence to NBFI regulations and a rapid approval of the upgraded NBFI regulatory framework would help reduce risks. BOM and FRC supervisors should identify and reduce interlinkages between banks and NBFIs to pre-emptively reduce financial sector vulnerabilities and systemic risks including through targeted onsite supervisions and special provisioning requirements, if necessary. The BOM Governor should be allowed to exercise powers granted by the Central Bank Law to nominate key personnel responsible for financial sector supervisory oversight immediately to facilitate financial sector risk management and reforms.

The financial sector’s ability to lend to credit worthy entities should be strengthened through broader reforms. Insolvency and creditor rights must be improved to assist financial sector institutions address poor asset quality expeditiously. To keep banking sector reforms on track to meet the new end-2026 deadline, the BOM should continue to monitor the development of time-bound plans for shareholder diversification. Shareholder limits should be increased to ensure the effective management and operation of banks, including by allowing selected IFIs to invest in multiple banks.

E. Strengthening soft infrastructure is just as important for sustainable growth

Improving Mongolia’s business climate and governance is critical for strong and sustainable growth. Key priorities for soft infrastructure reform are—a strengthened Investment Law to cut red tape; accelerated overhaul of the Minerals Law; and approval of amendments to the SOE, Insolvency and the draft Whistleblower Laws. Effective enforcement of SOE governance reforms, and a strong judiciary is also necessary, as is ensuring the operational independence of BOM. The planned energy tariff reform is long overdue and necessary to secure energy supply to households and businesses while boosting long-term growth. Tariff increases should be well communicated, appropriately paced, and supported by targeted but temporary assistance to poor households to alleviate transition costs. Ensuring regulatory coherence with tax laws and effective tax dispute resolution processes would facilitate the operation of existing FDI projects and attract new FDI. The new Sovereign Wealth Fund is welcome but a strong governance framework for its sub-funds should be quickly established.

An IMF team visited Ulaanbaatar to conduct the discussions during September 25–October 1, 2024. The IMF mission would like to thank the Mongolian authorities for frank and constructive discussions and their kind hospitality.

Table 1. Mongolia: Selected Economic and Financial Indicators, 2021−29

	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
	Actual			Projections

	(In percent of GDP, unless otherwise indicated)
*National Accounts*
Nominal GDP (in USD million)	15,286	17,146	20,315	23,669	27,242	29,120	31,569	34,024	36,400
Real GDP growth (percent change)	1.6	5.0	7.4	5.5	7.0	6.0	5.5	5.5	5.0
Contributions to Real GDP (ppts)
Domestic Demand	17.6	11.4	5.6	20.2	8.3	7.6	10.0	8.8	7.2
Exports of G&S	-7.5	13.9	17.9	1.6	7.3	6.5	0.9	2.8	4.5
Imports of G&S	-8.5	-20.3	-16.2	-16.4	-8.6	-8.2	-5.4	-6.1	-6.6

Consumption	67.9	65.8	57.5	61.5	60.4	61.5	63.0	63.6	63.2
Private	53.0	51.9	44.5	46.7	45.8	47.1	48.7	49.4	48.9
Public	14.9	13.9	13.0	14.7	14.6	14.4	14.3	14.2	14.2
Gross Capital Formation	36.7	42.3	33.9	35.9	35.4	35.3	35.5	35.8	36.0
Gross Fixed Capital Formation	26.8	29.8	25.3	26.6	28.4	29.3	29.3	29.6	29.8
Public	6.8	7.1	7.4	9.9	10.3	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0
FDI	13.5	14.2	10.7	8.6	9.3	10.3	9.9	9.4	9.1
Domestic Private (including SOEs)	6.5	8.6	7.3	8.1	8.8	9.0	9.4	10.2	10.6
Gross national saving	22.9	28.9	34.5	29.0	27.7	27.0	26.3	26.2	26.7

*Prices*
Consumer Prices (Avg; percent change) 1/	7.4	15.2	10.3	6.5	9.0	8.3	7.6	7.2	6.7
Consumer Prices (EoP; percent change) 1/	13.9	13.2	7.9	7.5	9.5	7.6	7.5	6.8	6.5
Copper prices (US$ per ton)	9317	8829	8491	9298	9450	9550	9584	9584	9584
Coal prices (US$ per ton)	150	123	131	115	105	105	105	105	105
GDP deflator (percent change)	14.4	17.7	21.8	10.0	8.9	6.7	8.1	7.1	6.6

*General government accounts*
Primary balance (IMF definition)	9.7	2.2	4.3	1.8	0.3	0.3	-0.3	-0.4	-0.1
Total revenue and grants	32.8	34.4	34.6	37.6	36.5	35.6	34.7	34.4	34.8
Primary expenditure and net lending	23.2	32.2	30.3	35.9	36.2	35.4	35.0	34.9	34.9
Interest	1.9	1.5	1.6	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.5	1.5	1.6
Overall balance (IMF definition)	7.8	0.7	2.7	0.4	-1.0	-1.1	-1.8	-2.0	-1.7
Non-mineral primary balance (in percent of GDP)	2.0	-6.3	-5.7	-10.3	-11.1	-10.6	-10.4	-10.2	-9.9
Gross financing needs	2.5	3.8	15.3	5.2	4.1	10.1	7.1	7.8	7.0
General government debt 2/	67.7	64.5	46.8	42.4	40.0	40.7	42.4	44.8	47.3
Domestic	3.2	4.4	3.4	3.6	3.0	3.3	3.5	3.8	4.0
External	64.6	60.1	43.4	38.7	37.0	37.5	38.9	41.0	43.3

*Monetary sector*
Broad money growth (percent change)	13.8	6.5	26.8	20.0	15.9	11.9	12.3	11.8	14.2
Reserve money growth (percent change)	6.5	39.9	7.4	20.1	13.7	11.9	12.3	11.8	12.1
Credit growth (percent change)	18.1	8.6	22.0	24.0	16.0	14.2	13.5	13.5	13.5

*Balance of payments*
Current account balance	-13.8	-13.4	0.6	-6.9	-7.7	-8.3	-9.2	-9.5	-9.3
Exports of goods 3/	53.2	57.5	68.5	62.7	60.0	58.9	55.1	53.1	53.3
Imports of goods	44.3	50.3	46.1	48.8	45.4	45.4	43.7	43.7	43.7
Gross official reserves (in USD million) 4/	4366	3400	4921	5027	5140	5828	6736	7159	7580
(In months of imports)	4.3	3.0	3.7	3.6	3.4	3.7	4.0	4.0	4.0
Net International Reserves (NIR) 7/	779.1	-796.6	570.3	…	…	…	…	…	…
(net of bank’s FX deposits held at the BOM)	3612	1949	3612	…	…	…	…	…	…
Net international reserves (NIR) 5/	779	-797	720	…	…	…	…	…	…

*Exchange rate*
Togrog per U.S. dollar (eop)	2849	3445	3411	…	…	…	…	…	…


Sources: Mongolian authorities; and IMF staff projections.
1/ Will be revised to reflect planned energy subsidy removal.
2/ Excludes BOM liabilities to PBOC. Domestic debt includes government’s liabilities to BOM related to the TDB settlement with regard to Erdenet as well as DBM’s domestic FX borrowing and DBM’s borrowing from BOM.
3/ The projections assume coal export volumes for 2024 and 2025 in line with the 2025 medium-term fiscal framework (75 and 80 million tons, respectively), gradually rising to 95 million tons by 2029, reflecting higher coal demand from China and better coal transportation services; Oyu Tolgoi’s revised medium-term copper production and FDI plans; and updated information on SOE off-take contracts.
4/ Gross official reserves includes drawings from the PBOC swap line and IMF SDR allocation in 2021.
5/ NIR is defined as GIR excl. commercial banks’ and government’s US$ deposits held at the BOM, the PBOC swap line, and liabilities to the IMF.

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January 23, 2025

MIL-OSI Russia: “Pedagogical Start”: Intern Training Begins at Polytechnic University

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

An important task of the university’s personnel policy is the development and systematic implementation of fundamentally new tools and mechanisms for the professional development of the teaching staff. Starting from this academic year, the Polytechnic University Four career paths have been introduced: teacher-researcher, teacher-mentor, teacher-practitioner and intern.

Last week, the training of interns under the Pedagogical Start program began. 75 young specialists began studying the basics of pedagogical activity and teaching methods with subsequent practice. The interns included final-year students and postgraduates who have been working at the university since the beginning of this academic year as educational and auxiliary or engineering personnel. The allocation and financing of full-time positions for interns is carried out from the university’s centralized fund. Each intern is assigned a mentor – an experienced teacher.

At the organizational meeting with interns and their mentors, the Vice-Rector for Educational Activities, Chairperson of the Selection Committee of the Faculty of the Faculty, Lyudmila Pankova, spoke about the specifics and features of training interns.

Formation of the career trajectory of interns is aimed at creating additional conditions for attracting, retaining and developing young promising specialists with high potential at our university. Through planned training of interns through the system of training and mentoring, in a year the university receives a formed young specialist, ready for teaching and research activities, possessing pedagogical experience and planning his professional development at the university, – noted Lyudmila Vladimirovna.

During this academic year, interns will undergo a special professional retraining program and enter the classroom with their mentors. Interns will also undergo an assessment of universal competencies on the presidential platform of the ANO “Russia – Country of Opportunities”.

The retraining program “Pedagogical Start” includes several thematic modules devoted to the history and development trends of higher education, regulatory framework for educational activities, psychological and pedagogical training, visualization technologies, design of educational resources in a digital educational environment, rhetoric, as well as practices of using artificial intelligence as a teaching tool.

An important element of the training program for interns is their internship, which includes attending classes with leading teachers of the structural unit where the intern works, developing and conducting practical classes with subsequent discussion of the results with their mentor, and creating an electronic educational resource for their course.

The modules of the “Pedagogical Start” program are designed so that interns can quickly integrate into the Polytechnic’s teaching community. For example, the first classes include an introduction to the history of our university and a visit to the museum, and the basics of public speaking will be mastered using a specialized VR complex, explained Elena Zima, head of the retraining program and director of the Education Quality Center.

In the second part of the organizational meeting, representatives of the PPS competition committee discussed topics of interest to interns, their mentors and those responsible for the implementation of personnel policy at the institutes. The employment procedure was covered by the Head of the Personnel Department Maria Pakhomova. Secretary of the PPS competition committee Olga Kalinina answered questions regarding the specifics of the entry conditions and the planned results of the intern’s career trajectory.

After the organizational meeting, Lyudmila Pankova gave the interns the first lecture under the retraining program on the topic of “Modern trends in education.”

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January 23, 2025
MIL-OSI Russia: Jordan — IMF Staff Conclude Article IV Discussions and Reach Staff Level Agreement on the Second Review under the Extended Fund Facility
Source: IMF – News in Russian

October 10, 2024

End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF’s Executive Board. Based on the preliminary findings of this mission, staff will prepare a report that, subject to management approval, will be presented to the IMF’s Executive Board for discussion and decision.
- IMF staff and the Jordanian authorities have reached a staff level agreement on the second review under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF). All commitments for the second review under the program have been met, demonstrating the authorities’ steadfast commitment to sound macro-economic policies and continued progress on reforms.
- Jordan continues to show resilience and maintain macro-economic stability, despite the headwinds caused by the intensifying conflict in the region. Jordan’s economy is expected to grow by 2.3 percent in 2024 and 2.5 percent in 2025. However, strong and timely international support remains important to help Jordan face the external headwinds, and to continue to shoulder the cost of hosting a large number of Syrian refugees.
- Bringing the Jordanian economy onto a higher growth trajectory is essential to create more jobs and raise prosperity. This requires accelerating structural reforms, while maintaining macro-economic stability, and making significant progress in implementing the authorities’ Economic Modernization Vision.
Amman: A staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Ron van Rooden, visited Amman during September 30–October 10, 2024, for discussions on the 2024 Article IV consultation and the second review under the arrangement under the IMF’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF), which was approved by the IMF’s Executive Board on January 10, 2024 (Press Release).

At the conclusion of the mission, Mr. van Rooden issued the following statement:

“We are pleased to announce that the IMF team and the Jordanian authorities reached a staff-level agreement on the second review of the authorities’ economic reform program supported by the EFF arrangement, approved in January of this year. Program performance continues to be strong, despite a challenging external environment. All quantitative performance criteria and structural benchmarks for the second review were met and steady progress is being made toward achieving the program’s overall objectives, including good progress toward meeting benchmarks for future reviews. The agreement is subject to approval by the IMF’s management and the Executive Board. The completion of this review will make another SDR 97.784 million (about US$131 million) available, out of the previously approved program size of SDR 926.370 million (about US$1.2 billion).

“Jordan continues to show resilience and maintain macro-economic stability, despite the headwinds caused by the intensifying conflict in the region. This resilience is the result of the authorities’ continued pursuit of sound macro-economic policies and reform progress. The recent upgrades to Jordan’s credit ratings, the first in over 20 years, testify to the credibility of the authorities’ economic policies.

“Nonetheless, as the conflict continues and widens, it is having a larger impact on Jordan’s economy than anticipated at the outset of the program. The economy is projected to grow by 2.3 percent this year, with weaker domestic demand offset by a stronger performance in net exports. Growth is projected at 2.5 percent for 2025. Inflation remains low, at 2 percent, thanks to the Central Bank of Jordan’s (CBJ) firm commitment to monetary stability and safeguarding the exchange rate peg. The financial sector remains healthy and well capitalized. The current account deficit is projected to narrow to 4.4 percent of GDP this year, helping to further build the CBJ’s reserve buffers, and to widen slightly to 4.7 percent of GDP in 2025.

“Government revenues have been adversely affected this year by the weaker domestic demand, as well as a sharper-than-expected drop in the prices of key export commodities. The authorities have taken strong actions to offset the revenue shortfall to contain this year’s central government budget deficit. With this, the authorities are committed to limit this year’s central government primary deficit (excluding grants and transfers to public utilities) to 2.9 percent of GDP, up slightly from 2.7 percent of GDP in 2023. Together with measures taken to limit the operational losses of the utility companies and continued surpluses of the social security system, the overall general government primary deficit (excluding grants) is expected to remain broadly unchanged this year, at 1.3 percent of GDP, compared to 1.4 percent in 2023, and public debt to be contained at just over 90 percent of GDP by end-2024.

“The authorities are firmly committed to continue to implement sound macro-economic policies to maintain stability and to advance structural reforms needed to further strengthen the resilience of Jordan’s economy and to improve people’s living standards, as envisaged also in their Economic Modernization Vision. Notably, fiscal policy aims to reduce public debt to 80 percent of GDP by 2028 to ensure fiscal sustainability, by advancing a gradual fiscal consolidation, including limiting the central government primary deficit (excluding grants and transfers to the public utilities) to 2 percent of GDP in 2025. With further efforts to improve the finances of the public utilities and continued surpluses of the social security system, the overall general government primary deficit (excluding grants) will be reduced by 1.1 percent of GDP to 0.2 percent of GDP. The CBJ’s monetary policy will continue to be underpinned by its firm commitment to the exchange rate peg to the US dollar and to maintain low inflation, and the CBJ stands ready to undertake policy adjustments as necessary to credibly safeguard monetary and financial stability.

“The authorities are determined to step up the pace of structural reforms to achieve stronger growth and generate more jobs, which is particularly important given that unemployment remains high, particularly among the youth and women. Reforms will focus on improving the business environment, to attract more investment, by enhancing competition and labor market flexibility, while further strengthening the social safety net. Efforts will also focus on streamlining regulation and digitalization of government services, including tax and customs administration.

“The staff team is grateful to the authorities for the candid and constructive discussions. The team met with Prime Minister Hassan, Minister of Finance Shibli, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Toukan, Minister of Economic Affairs Shehadeh, Governor of the Central Bank of Jordan Al-Sharkas; and other Ministers and senior government and CBJ officials.”

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January 23, 2025
MIL-OSI Russia: Family Education Assistance Center to be Renovated in Novo-Peredelkino

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One of the branches of the family education assistance center “Bereg Nadezhdy” will undergo major repairs. The design documentation for the work was approved by Moscow City Committee on Pricing Policy in Construction and State Expertise of ProjectsThe head of the department reported this. Ivan Shcherbakov.

Repairs are planned for the building at the address: Sholokhova Street, Building 6, Block 3.

“Moskomexpertiza has approved a major overhaul project for a three-story building in the Novo-Peredelkino district. It houses the Bereg Nadezhdy (Bank of Hope) family education assistance center, which helps orphans. The renovation will affect the first floor of the building,” said Ivan Shcherbakov.

During the work, specialists will renew the exterior and interior finishes, replace door and window units in one of the center’s departments. Various materials are used to repair the walls, depending on the functional purpose of the premises.

In addition, the department’s utility lines will be replaced.

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January 23, 2025
MIL-OSI Russia: New Level: Moscow to Host Personal Growth Festival

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The Technograd Innovation and Educational Complex at VDNKh invites Muscovites to the New Level personal development festival. The event will take place on October 13 in the Art. Technograd pavilion at 119 Mira Avenue, building 318. Participation is free, but a pre-registrationGuests will be arriving from 10:30 to 11:00.

Participants will master the tools and techniques of effective communication and clarify their goals for the year. In addition, guests will learn how to increase motivation to move from plans to actions. More than 10 specialists from different fields will help with this – business trainers, psychologists and coaches.

Competent communication

The festival will open with a lecture on the power of soft skills and their impact on quality of life and career development. It will be held by Tatyana Eremina, a business coach and expert in effective communication. In addition, master classes, trainings and workshops aimed at developing skills of awareness, self-improvement and professional development are planned.

At the master class “How to effectively interact with others and achieve your goals” Tatyana Eremina will reveal the basics of competent communication. The speaker will also talk about the influence of emotional and kinetic intelligence when communicating with people and share tips on how to form an image and manage impressions of yourself.

Confident speech and self-care

At the training “Acting for Career and Life” participants will be shown exercises for working on the voice, body, attention, imagination and self-esteem. They are used by students of theater schools to train self-confidence and charm. The lesson will be conducted by Maria Antipova – a professional actress, director, teacher. In addition, there will be a master class on producing clear speech and a beautiful voice.

As part of the workshop “Making decisions with the help of emotions”, psychologist Lyudmila Burlakova will teach visitors to listen and recognize their feelings when making decisions. And Valentina Lisina, a psychologist-consultant and game practitioner, will tell about how to work through internal fears and stop underestimating your achievements. Participants will master several tools that will allow them to change their thinking, learn to recognize successes and take care of themselves. And the master class “The code of success: from a request to the formation of internal motivation” will help find resources to solve difficult situations.

Correct goals and objectives

Those interested in art are invited to the lesson “Creativity without Borders”. The host Olga Korniltseva, a psychologist-consultant and coach, will offer to discover new facets of your personality and go the path to the goal from the idea to its implementation. The speaker will devote the second master class to the analysis of four universal competencies – critical thinking, creativity, communication and cooperation. Participants will practice universal competencies, work on personal goals.

The game “My Financial Path” will help you assess your own financial literacy and gain skills in planning and achieving financial goals. The game will be conducted by career consultant and coach Svetlana Poroskova.

Psychologist and game practitioner Elena Makarycheva invites you to join the game “Me and My Career”. Those gathered will be able to work through key issues in choosing a career path – define tasks and goals, analyze knowledge and skills.

Personal growth and prioritization

The game “Life as a Home” will help you find out how to harmonize seven areas of your life. Participants will have to evaluate their personal growth, environment and communication, relationships, health, work and finances, everyday life, hobbies, and also set priorities. Host Oksana Chernysh is a psychologist, game practitioner, and career guidance specialist.

Innovative and educational complex “Technograd” — a unique platform at VDNKh, offering a new format of career guidance, training and educational leisure for residents and guests of the capital. The Career Development Center is one of the divisions of Technograd. Its specialists help with training, choosing a profession and career planning. The project is supervised by Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Development of the City of Moscow.

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January 23, 2025
MIL-OSI Russia: Meetings with employers, trainings and consultations: a job placement marathon was held at the single support center for SVO participants

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IN single support center A marathon of employment and career development for veterans of the special military operation (SVO) who had completed their service was held. They were given training, career consultations and psychological testing. As part of the marathon, it was possible to have interviews with several potential employers at once and choose a training program.

“Moscow provides ample opportunities for professional development and offers effective HR services for both quick employment and building a new career track. We regularly hold career events for both the fighters themselves and their relatives. Several new career scenarios have been developed for candidates who contact the unified support center, and all services are adapted to the needs of applicants – SVO participants and their family members,” said Sofya Noskova, head of the employment office of the unified support center.

Candidates are supported by business start-up specialists, employer relations managers, and career and training consultants. They help update resumes, select relevant vacancies and retraining programs, prepare for interviews, and organize meetings with employers.

Training sessions aimed at developing soft skills were organized for veterans. A separate session was devoted to the topic of “How to write a selling resume.” Those who wanted to took a photo for a specialist profile, underwent psychological testing, which is often used by recruiters when hiring, and immediately received the results.

In addition, the employment marathon included consultations on training programs within the framework of the national project “Demography”. Employers presented current vacancies in various economic sectors. Candidates were able to pass interviews with several employers at once.

The Unified Support Center is the first in the country where SVO participants and their relatives are provided with comprehensive support and help veterans return to civilian life after completing their service. The center is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 09:00 to 21:00 at the address: Beregovoy Proezd, Building 8, Building 2.

Sergei Sobyanin: SVO participants and their relatives are provided with assistance in career development

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January 23, 2025
MIL-OSI Russia: Filming in the scenery, a festival of tastes and master classes: what the Moskino cinema park has prepared for this weekend

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Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

The upcoming weekend at the Moskino cinema park will be held in the format of a cinema weekend. On October 12 and 13, Muscovites will be able to join staged filming, attend various master classes and taste unusual dishes at the Golden Autumn festival venues. This is a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the world of cinema, try yourself in various creative directions and simply relax with your family and friends.

Honey expanse and culinary master classes

On Saturday, October 12, three tents will be open on the territory of the cinema park festival “Golden Autumn”In the first of them, from 12:00 to 19:45, three master classes will be held for visitors every hour.

The program will open with a traditional Russian tea ceremony. Guests will try four types of hot drinks with gingerbread, buns and pretzels. You will also be able to try on Pavlovo Posad shawls, kokoshniks, caps and take photos against the backdrop of old samovars.

The chef will teach lovers of pelmeni and vareniki how to make them correctly. Red fish and cherries are used as filling. You can taste the dishes you have prepared yourself.

In addition, guests will be treated to a master class on making traditional Russian drinks: cherry lemonade, lingonberry mors, and honey sbiten.

In the second tent at 11:00 there will be a master class on pumpkin carving. A specialist will teach children and adults to make real works of art from vegetables, carving ornaments and patterns on them.

Visitors will then be able to decorate cutting boards using decoupage techniques, using lace, beads, jute and dried flowers.

You will learn how to decorate jars in the third tent. For this, you will use burlap, lace, ribbons, beads, ears of corn and acrylic paints. Here you can also decorate wooden horseshoes.

The next day, October 13, in the second tent, guests will be able to make candles from beeswax with the addition of essential oils, dried herbs and dried flowers, and then lip balms from natural wax.

The third tent will host a master class on creating eco-friendly bird feeders from cardboard and based on a grid of sticks and dough. After that, guests will make a panel from cereals.

Pumpkin latte and zucchini tortilla: what else will visitors of the Golden Autumn festival be treated to

Guests of the cinema park will also be able to try a variety of dishes. For example, chicken and beef liver pates with berries and mushrooms, rabbit with pine nuts, trout, tuna, duck, as well as red fish riet with olives.

In addition, visitors to the cinema park’s gastronomic venues will enjoy the following types of honey: forest, buckwheat, sweet clover, linden, acacia, taiga, bee bread and honeycomb. They will also offer gingerbread or traditional handmade gingerbread with different flavors – from berry layer to condensed milk.

Farmers will present sausages and delicacies – raw smoked meat and dishes from duck, lamb and veal. In addition, there will be a lot of smoked and dried fish on the shelves.

The most popular product presented in the shopping chalets will be cheese. Guests of the Moskino cinema park will be able to choose from hard, semi-soft and soft, from cow’s and goat’s milk, with or without fillers.

Bonuses for guests of the Golden Autumn festival

Visitors to the Golden Autumn festival who purchase farm produce at the fair will be able to use the cashback system for the purchased ticket — this is a refund of the cost of the ticket to the cinema park or a free ticket to the cinema park, which will be valid until the end of the year. Upon purchase, festival guests will receive a coupon with a number that must be indicated in a message to a special chat bot of the cinema park in the Telegram messenger.

After processing the application, you can choose the return method – 100% cashback in money on a card or ticket. The coupon is valid until the end of the day it is issued. The cashback application will be reviewed and registered in the chatbot no later than October 17, 2024. You can receive the service once, if you try to create another application, the previous one will be canceled. You must be careful when filling in contact information. If the data is incorrect, the service cannot be provided.

The cashback service can be provided no later than 30 days from the date of registration of the application in the chatbot.

Photo sessions in the scenery and educational film expedition

During the cinema weekend, visitors will have the opportunity to take a photo “from the past” against the backdrop of the “County Town” stage. And for an additional fee – a professional photo as a keepsake and a retro-style card with various filters applied.

A costumed photo session with partisan props will be held at the Partisan Village site, and in the Cowboy Town space, in themed costumes with a frame with the inscription “Wanted.”

In addition, those who wish will be able to dress up as movie characters and take some photos as a keepsake.

The President of Russia and the Mayor of Moscow ceremoniously opened the Moskino cinema park

Guests of the cinema park will be able to go on a walking tour called “Cinema Expedition”. It includes a visit to the sites “County Town”, “Pitersky Bar”, “Cowboy Town”, “City Yard”, “Streets of Berlin” and “Gonzaga Theater”. An experienced guide will tell the participants the secrets of creating scenery, the intricacies of film production in the Moskino cinema park, as well as about the projects filmed in these scenery.

“Cinema Expedition” will appeal to both adults and children. Excursions lasting 1.5 hours will be held on Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 to 17:00. Meeting at the educational center, tickets can be purchased on site using a QR code. The excursion is intended for adults and children from 10 years old.

Geometrical games and attractions

An animation program awaits children in the fairy tale park. The kids will be able to play the game “Drawing”, which will help participants test their knowledge of geometric figures. Thus, it will be necessary to construct an oval, square or rhombus from a rope with their eyes closed. The “Mega Tetris” test is suitable for those who like active games. The relay race to find Tetris pieces will end with the creation of a high tower from them.

Anyone can take part in the animated sports programs from 11:00 to 17:00 on Saturday and Sunday, October 12 and 13.

There will also be children’s attractions on the territory: excavators, a two-story carousel and a Cheburashka carousel.

Staged shooting and a journey into the world of shadows

Staged filming will take place on location. Everyone will have the opportunity to try on the images of the most famous heroes of Russian cinema. Comfortable conditions will be created for changing the image.

The set of the “Pitersky Bar” is planned to be used for filming a scene from the movie “The Three Musketeers”. The “Cowboy Town” site will be used to film the famous scene of the acquaintance of the residents of an American town with the main character of the movie “The Man from Boulevard des Capucines” – Mr. Johnny Fest. All visitors to the park can take part in the staged filming.

At the “County Town” site, visitors will see an immersive show based on the famous comedy film “12 Chairs”. On the streets, you can meet Ostap Bender and Kisa Vorobyaninov, who are trying to find the treasured chair. Guests will witness the conflict between familiar and beloved characters.

On Saturday and Sunday, visitors to the Gonzaga Theatre will be able to go on a fascinating journey through countries with shadow theatre artists, visiting different parts of the world together, which will leave lasting impressions.

The parking lot near the Vadim Zadorozhny Museum of Technology will host an outdoor exhibition called “Behind the Ribbon,” as well as armored vehicles for the airborne, infantry, and support vehicles: BMD-1, BTR-60, BTR-70, Ural-375, GAZ-66, BTR-60, and other models.

Film screenings and acting workshops

This weekend, the Moskino Kinopark cinema will delight viewers with new Russian films. Morning sessions are for the little ones, they will be shown the cartoons Luntik. Returning Home and Malyshariki. Birthday.

In the afternoon, the program includes the films “Ruki Vverh”, “Vasilisa and the Guardians of Time” and “The Count of Monte Cristo”. All screenings are paid. The schedule and ticket purchase are available on the website.

For an additional fee, visitors to the cinema will be able to participate in master classes where children will learn about string art, or thread graphics, create the main cinematic symbol – a clapperboard, and also attend a class on artistic makeup, where they will be able to turn into their favorite superheroes. The events are intended for children aged six and up.

In addition, there will be master classes in acting, aimed at revealing the creative potential of the participants, studying the basics of managing emotions, and getting acquainted with different roles – from dramatic to comedic.

And for dance lovers, there will be classes called “Dance in the World of Cinema,” where they will talk about the features of body language and the ability to express emotions through movement.

At the master classes “Sing in the World of Cinema” you will have the opportunity to learn how to control your voice and breathing. Vocal exercises of the stars will help to reveal hidden talents.

The cost, detailed description and time of the event can be found atcinema platform “Moskino”.

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The Million Prizes program campaign as part of the Golden Autumn Film Weekend and Festival

This weekend, guests of the Moskino Cinema Park will be able to earn points for the city loyalty program “Million Prizes.” For visiting entertainment events at the Moskino Cinema Park, participants will be awarded 625 city points. They can only be received once if you have a full or standard account on mos.ru. To take part in the promotion, you must show your ticket and personal QR code for a participant in electronic city projects to the administrator at the entrance on the day of the event. You can find the QR code on the website, by logging in using your mos.ru account and clicking on the button with the shield image in the upper right corner of the screen.

Points can be exchanged for goods and services from more than 400 partners of the city loyalty program “Million Prizes”. For example, you can get discounts in restaurants and pharmacies, a ticket to a museum, top up your “Troika” transport card, or donate points to charity.

Entry to the events of the cinema weekend is by tickets, which can be purchased online only, cash payment is not accepted. Parking for personal vehicles is free.

The cinema park is part of the Moscow Cinema Cluster, which unites infrastructure facilities, services and services for filmmakers, which are being developed by the Moscow Government as part of Sergei Sobyanin’s project “Moscow – City of Cinema”. Currently, the cinema park has 18 natural sites, four pavilions and six infrastructure facilities, including the sets “Center of Moscow”, “Moscow of the 1940s”, “Vitebsk Station”, “Yurovo Airport”, “Cathedral Square of Moscow”, “Deaf Village”, “Partisan Village”, “County Town”, “Cowboy Town”, “Pitersky Bar” and others.

The structure of the capital’s film cluster also includes the Maxim Gorky Film Studio (sites onRyazansky Prospect, Sergei Eisenstein Street and in Valdaisky Proezd), the Moskino cinema chain, the Moskino film commission and film platform.

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January 23, 2025
MIL-OSI Russia: Traffic patterns in central Moscow to change this weekend

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Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

On the weekend of October 12 and 13, the traffic pattern in the center of the capital will temporarily change. This is due to the Moscow Marathon.

On Saturday, October 12, it will be impossible to drive on several streets and embankments in the Khamovniki district. From 08:00 to 12:00, traffic will be closed on Luzhniki Street, from 08:00 to 13:30 – on Luzhnetskaya, Novodevichy, Savvinskaya, Rostovskaya and Frunzenskaya embankments. From 09:00 to 12:15, the outer side of Smolensky Boulevard will be closed to cars, and from 09:00 to 12:30 – the outer side of Zubovsky Boulevard.

On October 13, restrictions will be in effect from 07:00 to 16:30. They will be introduced on Luzhniki, Smolenskaya, Yauzskaya, Tverskoy, Mokhovaya, Okhotny Ryad, Bolshaya Ordynka, Balchug streets, as well as Khamovnichesky Val, Krymsky Val, Korovy Val, in Lubochny and Bolshoy Putinkovsky lanes.

It will also be impossible to drive along Luzhnetskaya, Novodevichy, Savvinskaya, Rostovskaya, Smolenskaya, Nikoloyamskaya, Kostomarovskaya, Poluyaroslavskaya, Serebryanicheskaya, Moskvoretskaya, Kotelnicheskaya, Goncharnaya, Krasnokholmskaya, Kremlevskaya, Prechistenskaya and Frunzenskaya embankments.

In addition, traffic will be closed for the marathon on Smolensky, Novinsky, Zubovsky, Yauzsky, Pokrovsky, Chistoprudny, Sretensky, Rozhdestvensky, Petrovsky, Strastnoy and Tverskoy Boulevards. Restrictions will also affect Sadovnichesky, Ustinsky, Teatralny and Kitaygorodsky Drives.

The Krymsky, Maly Moskvoretsky, Bolshoy and Maly Ustinsky, Astakhovskiy, Kostomarovsky bridges, as well as the Oktyabrsky tunnel, Smolenskaya, Lubyanskaya, Novaya and Staraya squares will be closed to traffic.

From 00:01 on October 12 until the end of the marathon, parking will not be possible in restricted areas.

Drivers are asked to plan their route in advance. Detailed information is available on the website Traffic Management Center.

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January 23, 2025
MIL-OSI Russia: Mental Health and Longevity: Older Muscovites Attend Psychology Classes

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For project participants “Moscow Longevity” Psychology classes are organized. Together with professionals, they analyze various situations – from conflict resolution and building communication with relatives to questions on how to maintain motivation for personal development.

“Psychology classes are becoming an alternative to personal therapy for project participants. In old age, the number of psychological needs for many increases: there is a desire to rethink life, strengthen relationships with grown-up children and grandchildren, and most importantly, to realize their own importance. Psychology is one of the priority areas of the project. According to the latest study, which we conducted jointly with the Research Institute of Health Organization and Medical Management of the Moscow Department of Health, project participants have a positive attitude towards psychological trainings and seeking help from specialists. This may indicate a high degree of trust among the older generation in the project’s classes and a desire to deal with psychological issues, to approach mental health consciously,” said the Deputy Head of the Department of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the City of Moscow

Vladimir Filippov.

There are currently over 300 psychology groups open. The classes are attended by over 19,000 senior citizens. Teachers select topics for discussion based on the requests of the participants themselves.

“The main goal of the classes is to give participants various techniques and practices that they can immediately begin to apply in life. In addition, the classes help not only the older generation, but also their children and grandchildren become happier. Adult family members play a major role in shaping the personality of children, and when grandparents can set an example with their behavior and correctly build communication with their grandchildren, this is a great contribution to their upbringing and future,” shared Olga Dobrynina, a psychology teacher at the Silver University of the Moscow Longevity project.

Research by the Research Institute of Health Organization and Medical Management of the capital Department of Health and the Moscow Longevity project showed that its participants have a higher mental well-being index, are less prone to anxiety and consider themselves active in socio-cultural life. 76 percent of respondents are not afraid of developing mental disorders and believe that the main tools in preventing them are working on themselves and engaging in activities that support and develop cognitive functions.

To university for knowledge, to yoga for health: what opportunities do older Muscovites have Sergei Sobyanin spoke about the capital’s active longevity system The number of Moscow longevity centers has increased to 134 — Sergei Sobyanin

All interested senior citizens are invited to join the classes of the Moscow Longevity project. You can choose a group and sign up for the project on the portal mos.ruor by contacting any Moscow longevity center. The project offers more than 40 types of classes – from vocals and drawing to computer graphics and animation.

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January 23, 2025
MIL-OSI Russia: Heading for your own business: how the MBM Business School helps aspiring entrepreneurs

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Find an idea for a business, register your business, learn the basics of marketing and develop a strategy for promoting your personal brand – these and other important knowledge for entrepreneurs can be obtained in“MBM Business School”Any Muscovite who wants to open their own business and run it successfully can become a participant in free classes.

In October, the MBM Business School celebrated its seventh anniversary. During this time, more than 16 thousand people have completed their studies there. Every second graduate opens your own business. Read about how experts help aspiring entrepreneurs to identify their target audience, study the market and modern trends, and work through legal and accounting issues in the mos.ru article.

Come up with an idea and create your own brand

Many people dream of switching from a paid job to their own business in order to freely manage their time, gain financial independence, set goals and achieve results. But starting a business and achieving success is not so easy: it requires not only courage and organizational skills, but also certain knowledge and skills. During the five-day free course at the MBM Business School, students will be helped to find an entrepreneurial idea, taught how to prepare effective presentations, “package” a product or service, analyze the market and promote a brand on social networks.

“Every day, different speakers address the participants of the classes with specific topics. I talk about the importance of social networks for expanding the audience, attracting customers and increasing brand awareness. At the same time, it is better to limit yourself to two or three social networks at first, because you may not have enough time and energy for more. The next important point is to choose a social network that is used more often by the target audience. For example, Odnoklassniki is preferred by older people than users of the social network VKontakte. In addition, during the class, we have time to create a Telegram channel, come up with a name for it and invite the first subscribers,” says Alexandra Lynova, an expert in visual communication in digital and social media at the MBM Business School.

To register for the school, you don’t necessarily have to have a ready-made entrepreneurial idea: anyone who wants to start their own business can join. For the convenience of participants, classes are held in person or online.

“Everyone has entrepreneurial skills, and it’s never too late to change your life. For example, a man over 60 years old became a participant in the last cohort of the MBM Business School. He had worked in journalism all his life, and now he is thinking about his own publishing business. We also had a mother of many children who was inspired by the idea of creating a network of fitness clubs for women with small children. Experts help aspiring entrepreneurs in all matters,” continues Alexandra Lynova.

Sobyanin: Entrepreneurs can receive educational support from the city The country’s first youth entrepreneurship hub has been created in Moscow — Sobyanin

Set goals and find mentors

The training at the MBM Business School is structured in such a way that students not only receive theoretical knowledge, but also complete practical tasks and adopt the experience of experts. Thus, the founder and director of the online educational center Diana Ipkeeva came to the MBM Business School a year ago with an already working project, but without a specific understanding of where to move next. Experts helped her refine the concept, formulate the mission and values.

“I always wanted to work for myself, and after moving to Moscow, my husband and I started tutoring Russian and mathematics. As a result, there were so many students that we decided to open our own educational center and attract other teachers. But I didn’t know where to get them, how to train them and employ them. At the MBM Business School, I became convinced that people needed my idea, received tremendous support from teachers and other entrepreneurs, mastered accounting and legal aspects, and learned the rules of marketing,” says Diana Ipkeeva.

After training, the entrepreneur added English to the list of subjects at her educational center, tripled the number of teachers, and the number of students increased several times.

“On this course I found two mentors who still support me. New plans appeared, an understanding of where to grow further, we already have goals planned for two years in advance. I recommend the MBM Business School to anyone who wants to start their own business. These five days are enough to understand whether a person is ready to become an entrepreneur or if it is better for them to work for hire. For those who are not ready, this will help to avoid mistakes and disappointments, and if after the classes a person is strengthened in their desire, they will be informed enough to boldly follow this path,” the mos.ru interlocutor believes.

From maternity leave to entrepreneurship

Participants of the MBM Business School take various industry streams: courses for the self-employed, social business, education, restaurant business, beauty industry, marketplace business and women’s entrepreneurship. The latter is in demand among young mothers.

“My target audience is aspiring female entrepreneurs who dream of being successful in their favorite business. And most of them are mothers who have two, three or even four children. It is important for me to show how a woman can achieve success at a comfortable pace and attract grateful clients, relying on her personal qualities,” says Oksana Sharaya, entrepreneur, coach and women’s trainer at the MBM Business School.

One of her students, working as a marketer at a bank, decided to start her own jewelry business during the coronavirus pandemic. After completing the course, the aspiring entrepreneur created a business project, registered as self-employed, and today is the owner of a successful jewelry brand.

“The main thing in training is the search for meaning. A female entrepreneur must understand what she can bring to this world and who will benefit from it. In classical business, it is absolutely unimportant for an entrepreneur and his target audience to have similar values, but for women’s self-realization it is important. In addition, women, as a rule, have good organizational skills and can be unobtrusive leaders, and they implement these qualities in business, inspiring and supporting their employees,” Oksana Sharaya is sure.

Women entrepreneurs are invited to take part in the MBM mini-intensive

Overcome the crisis and expand your business

Participation in the MBM Business School helps aspiring entrepreneurs to work out an idea, form a concept for their brand, and strengthen their business and personal qualities. Offline stream participants prepare projects that they present at the end of the program — a business plan or strategy for developing their company. For example, fashion designer and head of a shoe fashion house Daria Detkina, studying at the business school in 2018 helped her get out of the crisis and find a new direction in her favorite business.

“Working in one company, I grew from a designer to a creative director. At the same time, private orders began to come in, and I became more and more immersed in the world of entrepreneurship. And after 2014, I finally decided to go into my own business. Fortunately, I quickly found clients, and then a business partner. However, three years later, I realized that I needed to change somehow. Then I learned about the MBM Business School,” says Daria Detkina.

After participating in the program, the fashion designer decided to create not only custom-made shoes, but also limited collections, and provide services to entrepreneurs who want to produce shoes under their own brand. Darya Detkina has a workshop, a production facility with 3D equipment, and a photo studio, and she recently rented another space, where she is currently renovating.

“At business school, they told us how to analyze the target audience, create unique offers, explained accounting and legal subtleties. I save all these lectures and often review them. But the most valuable thing for me in my studies was networking. When you communicate with similarly charged, motivated people, it is very inspiring,” says the mos.ru interlocutor.

The next stream of the MBM Business School will begin offline classes on October 14. You can register for participation by link.

State Budgetary Institution “Small Business of Moscow” also holds free forums, seminars, trainings, conferences for entrepreneurs, which help to improve professional competencies and find like-minded people. You can get advice on opening and running your own business and learn more about measures to support entrepreneurs on the website “Small Business of Moscow”, in person at business service centers and by phone: 7 495 225-14-14.

Support for entrepreneurs is provided within the framework of the national project “Small and medium entrepreneurship and support for individual entrepreneurial initiatives”. More information about this and other national projects implemented in Moscow can be found on a special page.

Starting with coffee: entrepreneurs are invited to join the new MBM training project Invent, produce and sell: what entrepreneurs are taught in the courses of the State Budgetary Institution “Small Business of Moscow”The number of small and medium entrepreneurs in the education sector has grown by 27 percent in three years

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January 23, 2025
MIL-OSI Russia: Tea ceremonies and a gastronomic route: what awaits Muscovites in the last days of the Golden Autumn festival

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The festival ends in Moscow “Golden Autumn”During its duration, residents and guests of the capital managed to try seasonal dishes, saw a gallery of art pumpkins and a fashion installation, and also followed a gastronomic route. We tell you what awaits festival guests this weekend.

Tea ceremonies and mini tractor races

This weekend, October 12 and 13, the Moskino Cinema Park, located in the village of Yurovo, has prepared a special program for city residents. Here, against the backdrop of film sets, a gastronomic area has appeared. Guests will be able to purchase farm products delivered from 30 farms across the country, as well as learn production secrets and recipes for all occasions.

At creative workshops in the cinema park, children will make wooden horseshoes, decorate cutting boards using decoupage, create wax candles and eco-friendly bird feeders, and also assemble a panel from cereals and make lip balm.

From 12:00, traditional Russian tea ceremonies will be held in a separate tent. In addition, participants will be shown how to cook pelmeni, vareniki and national drinks, as well as how to make a work of art from a pumpkin, decorating the fruit with carved floral and other ornaments and patterns.

On Saturday, October 12, from 12:00 to 18:00, a gastromarket and two make-up vans will be open. At the same time, a picnic and a tour of the cinema park will take place. Guests will be able to feel like movie characters and take part in a filming inspired by the characters of the films “The Thaw” and “Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears”. Visitors will also enjoy mini-tractor races, and a cart with a samovar and traditional Russian sweets will be installed on the site, which will be served until 21:00.

This weekend, an unusual gallery will move to the Moskino cinema park. Guests will see 20 art objects in the form of pumpkins, painted by street artists. In addition, there will be culinary competitions between professional chefs.

Drum and dance show and neofolk

Artists and musical groups will perform at the venues of the Moscow Seasons cycle of city street events in different districts of the capital.

On Saturday, October 12, at 17:00 on Admirala Rudneva Street, the cover band “VIA The Champions” will perform. On the same day, at 17:00, the performer Karl Hitch will take the stage on Volgogradsky Prospekt. Guests will enjoy a hit parade of popular songs, as well as an immersive show. And at 18:30 on Gorodetskaya Street, Muscovites will see a drum and dance show by the Drumma Queens group.

On Sunday, October 13, at 17:00 on Krasnodarskaya Street you can listen to neofolk. Victoria Bars will perform at the new venue of the Moscow Seasons. She performs Russian folk songs in a modern style. Her repertoire includes the compositions “The Volga River Flows”, “Oh, It’s Not Evening”, “Romashki Sprytalis”, “Za Tikhoi Rekoyu”.

Open-air theatres

In addition to musical concerts, festival guests can also enjoy theatrical performances.

On Saturday, October 12, at 4:00 p.m., the play “Three from Prostokvashino” will be shown on Volgogradsky Prospekt. The actors of the Pushkin Musical and Drama Theater will perform on stage.

On Sunday, October 13, at 4:00 p.m. on Mitinskaya Street, the Magic Fan Theatre will show the play “Tales Told by the Learned Cat.” At the same time, on Krasnodarskaya Street, the Yaroslava Slavskaya Theatre will present the play “Fly-Tsokotukha.”

Creative activities and gastronomic master classes

One of the most popular places of the Golden Autumn festival was the site located on Tverskaya Square. This weekend, master classes will be held there for guests of all ages.

At 13:00 you can learn how to paint clay plates, and at 14:00 you can learn how to create a decorative pumpkin that will decorate your autumn interior. Here at 15:00 guests will make a panel from cereals.

Muscovites will be able to learn how to cook delicious dishes in a real oven on Svyatoozerskaya and Teply Stan streets. At 13:00 they will make a chicken pie with rice and seasonal vegetables, and at 15:00 – a roast with mushrooms, sweet onions and new potatoes.

At Revolution Square, guests will try various types of pancakes, as well as grilled veal and pumpkin latte. In the Brigantina Park on Koptevsky Boulevard, you can enjoy pork ribs and brisket, which will be cooked in a smoker. In the park near Golyanovsky Pond, visitors will be offered meat solyanka.

In addition, Tverskaya Square will feature fish delicacies from Astrakhan, craft cheeses made from premium milk, caviar and canned goods. On Dmitry Donskoy Boulevard, you can buy Dombai jam, pickles, as well as tea and herbs from Karachay-Cherkessia. Pastila and marmalade made from cheese are sold on all days of the festival at the Moscow Seasons site near the Nekrasovka metro station.

In Kamergersky Lane, guests will be able to follow the autumn gastronomic route. About 20 restaurants will present special set menus and seasonal hot drinks. In addition, a famous DJ will perform here.

During the Golden Autumn festival, sports, culinary and creative events will be held at venues across the capital. Guests can take part in weightlifting, push-ups, squats and other competitions. Children will learn wood carving and wickerwork. A special program will be organized at the Moskino cinema park, where a large-scale gastrofestival will take place. Guests will enjoy barbecue parties, chef battles, tastings of farm products and much more. For the first time, city fish markets located in the Kosino-Ukhtomsky and Mitino districts will become festival venues.

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January 23, 2025

MIL-OSI Russia: 90% of Moscow’s 2025 budget expenditures will go toward implementing state programs

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Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

The Moscow government approved the draft city law “On the budget of the city of Moscow for 2025 and the planning period of 2026 and 2027”. The budget was formed based on strategic plans for the development of the economy, infrastructure and social sphere of the capital until 2030, the expected results of the 2024 budget execution and the base scenario of the forecast of the socio-economic development of Moscow for the next three years.

In 2022–2023, the capital’s economy as a whole went through a period of adaptation to unprecedented sanctions pressure from unfriendly countries and is now on a balanced growth trajectory. Active implementation of domestic technological developments, reduced dependence on imported equipment and components, substitution of products from unfriendly countries, and a high level of employment allow us to predict its further progressive development in the next three years.

In 2025, the costs of implementing 13 state programs of Moscow will make up 90 percent of the budget expenditure. Among them are the development of healthcare, education, the transport system, the cultural and tourist environment, the preservation of cultural heritage and social support for residents.

Expenditures on the implementation of state programs of the city of Moscow in the draft budget for 2025 and the planning period of 2026 and 2027 (in billions of rubles)

Program	2025 year	Over three years (2025–2027)
1	2	3
Expenditures on the implementation of state programs, total Taking into account compulsory medical insurance funds	5 013,5 5 499,1	15 229,8 16 799
Including:
Development of the transport system	1084.9	3192.8
Social support for residents	737.1	2 237,7
Development of education	649.6	2121.2
Healthcare development	610.7	1828.6
Taking into account compulsory medical insurance funds	1096.3	3397.8
Housing	567.6	1843.7
Development of public utility infrastructure and energy saving	131.7	416.6
Development of the digital environment and innovations	204.3	640.3
Development of the urban environment	262.8	834.4
Development of the cultural and tourist environment and preservation of cultural heritage	241.7	698.8
Economic development and investment attractiveness	206.8	490.1
Moscow Sports	106.1	298.4
Safe City	106.6	333.2
Urban development policy	103.5	293.8

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January 23, 2025

MIL-OSI Russia: Marat Khusnullin: The project for modernization of housing and communal services in Kursk region has been approved

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The Presidium of the Government Commission on Regional Development, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin, approved a project to modernize public utilities infrastructure using a preferential loan from the National Welfare Fund in Kursk Oblast.

“Despite the difficult conditions, Kursk Region continues to develop, including work on modernizing the communal infrastructure in the region. Now a project has been approved, according to which a sewage pumping station with pressure-gravity collectors will be built in Kursk for an actively developing residential area. The existing pumping station cannot cope with the increasing load, and the construction of a new one will solve this problem. The implementation of the project will improve the quality of utilities for 9 thousand people. It will also be possible to connect new subscribers in residential buildings with an area of about 72 thousand square meters and eliminate possible environmental risks,” said Marat Khusnullin.

The capacity of the new sewage pumping station in Kursk will be 520 cubic meters per hour. The project also includes the installation of pressure and gravity collectors with a total length of 5.6 km.

The total cost of the project is 219.9 million rubles, including the loan from the National Welfare Fund – 119 million rubles. It should be implemented by July 2026.

“The program for modernizing public utilities infrastructure using preferential loans from the National Welfare Fund, implemented in the regions since 2022, is part of the Government’s socio-economic initiative “Infrastructure Menu”. Earlier, under this program, 2.8 km of sewerage networks were reconstructed in Kursk, as well as about 3 km of heat and hot water supply networks. This improved the quality of life of 29.6 thousand city residents,” said Ilshat Shagiakhmetov, General Director of the Territorial Development Fund.

In total, to date, the Presidium of the Government Commission for Regional Development has approved 239 housing and utilities modernization projects using funds from the National Welfare Fund in 76 regions. The operator of the program is the Territorial Development Fund.

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January 23, 2025
MIL-OSI Russia: Russia’s largest archival complex has accepted about 20 million files for storage

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In the first year of operation, the largest in Russia Archival complex in TiNAO accepted about 20 million cases for storage. This was reported by Anastasia Rakova, Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Social Development.

“We have created an innovative document storage system based on the Main Archives of Moscow that combines accessibility, efficiency and security. A year ago, a unique complex with an area of about 70 thousand square meters and a capacity of up to 100 million storage units was launched in the capital. It has become the largest state robotic archive in Russia. In the first year of its operation alone, the complex accepted about 20 million cases for storage. In addition, we plan to implement artificial intelligence systems and computer vision technologies that will ensure accurate and fast document monitoring and increase the speed of entering new data. Such an innovative approach emphasizes the technological maturity of the complex and its ability to manage archival data on a large scale,” noted Anastasia Rakova.

The new complex should fully meet the city’s need for storing documents from healthcare, social protection and educational institutions. Specialists work on moving data on a daily basis. Robotic manipulators help with their processing; they recognize text, automatically identify and extract key information, and create a personalized search system. In just one year, they have performed more than 30 million operations. Together withDepartment of Information Technology It is planned to implement special software for these tasks.

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January 23, 2025
MIL-OSI Russia: The division of the sports and leisure center “Favorit” will move to new premises

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The sports and leisure center “Favorit” received new premises from the city in the Kryukovo district. This will allow opening additional creative studios and sections for local residents. This was reported by the Minister of the Moscow Government, the head of the capital’s Department of City Property Maxim Gaman.

“One of the divisions of the sports and leisure center “Favorit” occupied a 32.5 square meter space on Zavodskaya Street in a building that was included in the renovation program and will be dismantled. In exchange, the city selected and transferred to the organization a new property in building 1512 of the Kryukovo district with an area of 282.4 square meters. Thanks to this, even more residents of Zelenograd Administrative Okrug will be able to attend sections and studios based on their interests,” said Maxim Gaman.

The city supports district socially oriented organizations by providing them with comfortable premises. Building 1512 will be conveniently accessible to residents of all microdistricts of Kryukov, as well as the private sector and the cottage village of Malino.

The new site plans to recruit groups for dance, applied arts, choreography, foreign languages, drawing, board games and other areas.

Currently, the organization occupies 14 premises with an area of over 1.7 thousand square meters. About 1.3 thousand residents of Zelenograd Administrative Okrug of different ages attend classes at the sports and leisure center.

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January 23, 2025
MIL-OSI Russia: Sobyanin: In 2025, social spending will make up half of Moscow’s budget

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Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

IN Moscow budget project more than 689 billion rubles are allocated for providing social support measures to Moscow residents in 2025. Sergei Sobyanin reported this in on your telegram channel. Among them are pension supplements, benefits for travel on public transport, for payment of housing and communal services, as well as provision of medicines.

“Development of the social support system is our most important task. We will introduce more flexible and effective tools, improve the quality of service through digital transformation and simplify the procedure for receiving services,” the Moscow Mayor wrote.

Source: Sergei Sobyanin’s Telegram channel @mos_sobyanin

From January 1, 2025, the amounts of benefits and payments to senior citizens, families with children and people with disabilities will be indexed by 5.5 percent.

The draft budget provides 92.8 billion rubles for cash payments to families with children, 202.4 billion rubles for the older generation, of which 177.7 billion rubles are for additional payments to pensions for non-working pensioners.

The minimum pension with the city supplement will increase to 25,850 rubles per month. About two million Moscow pensioners receive the city supplement.

More than 186 billion rubles will be allocated to improve the quality of passenger service and provide free and discounted travel for certain categories of citizens on public transport in Moscow and the Moscow region, as well as suburban rail transport. All passengers have access to free transfers between metro stations and Moscow Central Diameters (MCD).

The city plans to allocate about 62 billion rubles in 2025 to provide Muscovites with free or discounted medicines, medical products and specialized therapeutic nutrition. City residents suffering from oncological, cardiovascular, rare and life-threatening (orphan) diseases, diabetes, bronchial asthma and other ailments will be provided with the most modern and effective medicines in full.

It is planned to allocate 32.6 billion rubles to finance benefits for payment of housing and communal services (HCS) for certain categories of citizens in 2025, and 22.4 billion rubles to pay subsidies for payment of HCS for families with a low income. About 3.6 million Muscovites use social support measures for payment of HCS.

In 2025, the capital will continue to implement a project popular among residents of the Moscow Longevity project. A unique network of 134 has been created in the city Moscow longevity centers — city club spaces for communication and self-realization of older Muscovites. It is planned to complete its formation so that Moscow longevity centers appear in each district, including the actively developing territories of TiNAO. 3.9 billion rubles are allocated for the implementation of the project in 2025.

The development of the social support system for Muscovites will continue. To this end, the city will introduce more flexible and effective tools, improve the quality of service through digital transformation, and simplify the procedure for receiving social services.

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January 23, 2025
MIL-OSI Russia: Over two million tourists from the regions visited Moscow’s cafes and restaurants in six months

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Over two million guests from Russian regions visited Moscow cafes and restaurants in the first half of 2024. Most often, these were residents of St. Petersburg, Krasnodar Krai and Tyumen Oblast, reported Natalia Sergunina, Deputy Mayor of Moscow.

“There are more than 22 thousand establishments in the capital – these are fine dining restaurants, coffee shops, bakeries, family cafes. Many of them use farm products, the menu offers both signature versions of traditional treats and modern dishes,” said Natalia Sergunina.

Over the past few years, demand for domestic products in Moscow has grown significantly. Now their share in the total consumption in the capital makes up 84 percent. Vegetables, cheeses, meat and fish are brought from more than 80 regions of the country.

Festivals and culinary competitions

Festivals, in particular “Tastes of Russia” and “Moscow — on the Wave. Fish Week”, as well as the projects “Moscow Breakfast” and “Moscow Tea Party”, introduce the variety of farm products and gastronomic concepts. The city is currently hosting festival “Golden Autumn”, where more than 150 large and small farms from all over the country presented their products.

During the recent large-scale forum-festival “Territory of the Future. Moscow 2030” a competition “Dessert of the Future” was held. It involved 30 cafes, bakeries, restaurants and hotels of the capital. Over three weeks, city residents and tourists tried 2.5 thousand portions of cakes, pastries and pastries. Among the treats were varenets with condensed milk, ice cream and lingonberries, chocolate millefeuille and sweet sushi. The results were announced in September, the winner was a team from a large hotel chain. According to its representative, festivals give chefs the opportunity to experiment with traditional and modern cooking techniques and also attract new guests.

Another iconic gastronomic project has united regional chefs at the forum-festival “Territory of the Future. Moscow 2030”. They prepared dishes worth up to 300 rubles from domestic products. You could try them on Manezhnaya Square. The main prize was contested by perepechi with farmer’s cheese and green onions, Far Eastern fisherman’s slice with crab salad, sugudai from nelma with baked potatoes, the dessert “Kalinnik” and other delicacies. The winner was mini-chebureki with crab and shrimp – visitors bought them most often.

Center of gastronomic tourism

Thanks to such events, interest in restaurants of regional and national cuisine is growing. For example, a representative of a Baikal and Buryat-Mongolian establishment noted that residents and tourists, who a couple of years ago cautiously ordered dishes with specific names, now come for them from all over the capital and even from other cities.

Moscow is becoming a Russian and international center of gastronomic tourism. If you had breakfast, lunch and dinner in different establishments of the city every day, it would take 20 years to visit them all. Many restaurants and cafes are also targeting visitors from specific countries, such as China or India. They undergo certification for compliance with the culinary traditions of the country, over time they become more famous and open new places.

Development of the tourism industry – resultcomprehensive support for the industry and close cooperation between the city and business. The volume of tourist and excursion consumption in the first half of 2024 amounted to 650 billion rubles, of which revenues to the capital’s budget are estimated at 89 billion rubles. Both figures are a third higher than in the record pre-pandemic year of 2019.

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January 23, 2025
MIL-OSI Russia: A school will be built in the Akademichesky district

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The Moscow Committee for Architecture and Urban Development has amended the land use and development rules for the construction of a school in the Akademichesky District. This was reported by the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Urban Development Policy and Construction Vladimir Efimov.

“The school will be designed for a thousand places. It is planned to be built at the address: Shvernika Street, Building 17, Building 2 as part of the city’s Address Investment Program. The maximum area of the educational institution will be 30 thousand square meters,” said Vladimir Efimov.

As specified Juliana Knyazhevskaya, Chairman of the Moscow Committee for Architecture, the area of the land plot for the new educational institution will be 2.29 hectares. It will house the school building itself, sports and playgrounds, and recreation areas.

In recent years, the city has built seven schools with a capacity of one thousand or more students.

“All new educational facilities are located in areas that have received an impetus for development. Three of them are in the Nekrasovka district, one each in Obruchevsky, Levoberezhny and Molzhaninovsky, and another one is on the territory of the former ZIL industrial zone in the Danilovsky district. The building in Akademichesky will become a new school built at the expense of the city,” noted the head of the capital’s Department of Civil Construction.

Rafik Zagrutdinov.

Earlier, Sergei Sobyanin spoke about construction of social infrastructure in the capital.

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January 23, 2025
MIL-OSI Russia: Muscovites to choose the best short film of the project “From idea to premiere”

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Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

The Active Citizen project has begun new vote, in which users will choose the best short film shot within the framework of the Moskino project “From Idea to Premiere”. Three films are participating in the voting: “Escape”, “Yashka” and “The Path to Yourself”.

The plot of “Escape” centers on an unexpected meeting of two former lovers. The action takes place in a car that is driving through Moscow at night to the airport. The author of the idea is Alexander Konstantinov. “Yashka” is a story about how an elderly Muscovite, after meeting a robot courier, was able to improve her relationship with her daughter and grandson. The story was invented by Igor Sheremetyev. The main character of the film “The Path to Yourself” is an office worker who found the strength to start a new career and change his whole life. The author of the idea is Alexandra Koneva.

Voting for these paintings has been prepared Department of Culture Moscow city and the project “Active Citizen”.

The project “From Idea to Premiere” appeared this summer. All those who wanted to send in their stories, and the best were chosen. Then the jury members (directors, producers and scriptwriters) held a public casting of actors: out of almost one thousand Muscovites who applied, 32 people got roles. The premiere of the films with their participation took place on August 24 at the Khudozhestvenny cinema – as part of the “Cinema Night” campaign.

The Moscow Film Cluster is an infrastructure facility, services and facilities for filmmakers, which are being developed by the Moscow Government as part of the Moscow — City of Cinema project. Moskino oversees the development of city cinemas of the eponymous network, the film commission and the Moskino film platform, as well as other citywide projects in this area. The capital has Moskino cinemas, where you can watch feature films and documentaries, attend special film screenings and events.

The structure of the film cluster includes the Moskino film park, the Maxim Gorky Film Studio, the Moskino cinema chain, the film commission and the Moskino film platform.

Project “Active Citizen” has been operating since 2014. During this time, over seven million people have joined it, taking part in more than 6.6 thousand votes. Every month, 30-40 decisions made by Muscovites are implemented in the city. The project is being developed by the capital Department of Information Technology and the State Institution “New Management Technologies”.

The use of digital technologies and artificial intelligence to improve the quality of life of city residents corresponds to the objectives of the national program “Digital Economy of the Russian Federation” and the regional project of the capital “Digital Public Administration”. More information about the national projects implemented in Moscow can be found Here.

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January 23, 2025
MIL-OSI Russia: The city has put six plots of land for construction of private houses up for sale in the Eastern Administrative District

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Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

Entrepreneurs will be able to purchase six plots of land for individual housing construction in the east of Moscow. This was reported by the head of the capital’s Department for Competition Policy Kirill Purtov.

“On

city auction put upsix plots in the Eastern Administrative District with an area of 727 to 1,525 square meters. Buyers will be able to build private houses on them with a maximum area of 363.5 to 762.5 square meters, depending on the plot. The auction will be held on October 31 and November 7,” said Kirill Purtov.

All plots are located on the inner-city territory of the Kosino-Ukhtomsky municipal district. They have access to all utilities – gas, electricity, sewerage, water supply.

The auction will be held in the format of an open auction. Applications for participation are accepted until October 25 and until November 1, depending on the lot. To participate in the auction, you will need to register on the Roseltorg digital trading platform and have an enhanced qualified electronic signature. Information about the auction is posted on capital investment portal.

Moscow is a city that develops entrepreneurship. The capital puts up for auction various properties, and the Moscow investment portal acts as a showcase of the offered objects. In the section “Property from the city”All necessary information about the lots is published: photographs, documentation, conditions and form of implementation. Here you can also take a 3D tour of the objects. You can participate in the city auction remotely – the entire procedure takes place online.

Development of electronic services for business corresponds to the objectives of the national project “Digital Economy”. You can find out more about this and other national projects being implemented in Moscow Here.

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January 23, 2025
MIL-OSI Russia: Another house will appear in Sviblovo under the renovation program

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Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

A house will be built on Sedova Street (land plot No. 9/1) under the renovation program. The corresponding urban development plan for the land plot has already been released. This was reported by Juliana Knyazhevskaya, Chairman of the Committee for Architecture and Urban Development of Moscow.

“A residential building with a maximum area of 40.1 thousand square meters will appear on a 0.55 hectare plot of land within the framework of block development. Recreation areas with landscaping elements will be created on the adjacent territory, as well as children’s playgrounds and sports areas will be set up,” added Yuliana Knyazhevskaya.

Earlier Sergei Sobyanin told, that since the beginning of the year 23 new buildings erected under the renovation program have been put into operation. 44 residential complexes have been handed over for occupancy.

Renovation program approved in August 2017. It concerns about a million Muscovites and provides for the resettlement of 5,176 houses. Last year alone, 59 new buildings were handed over for settlement in the capital and the resettlement of over 47 thousand people was ensured.

Moscow is one of the leaders among regions in terms of construction rates and volumes. In recent years, within the framework of the federal project “Housing” of the national project “Housing and Urban Environment” the volume of construction and commissioning of residential properties in the capital has doubled – from three to five to seven million square meters per year. More information about this and other national projects being implemented in Moscow can be found Here.

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January 23, 2025
MIL-OSI Russia: An architectural concept is being developed for the first integrated development project for an undeveloped area

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A modern city block will appear in the west of the capital. It will be built as part of the implementation of the first project for the integrated development of undeveloped territory (KRNT). The development of the architectural concept of the future block has already begun. This was reported by the Minister of the Moscow Government, head of the capital’s Department of City Property Maxim Gaman.

KRNT projects are implemented on land plots owned by the city, as well as those where state ownership is not delimited. In this case, the plots must be free from the rights of third parties.

“Under the agreement with the city, the developer will reorganize an undeveloped area of 7.94 hectares on Starovolynskaya Street in the Fili-Davydkovo area. It is planned to build 150 thousand square meters of housing and the same number of public and business facilities. All the necessary infrastructure for residents will appear on the site, including an educational complex for 315 students and pupils with an area of at least nine thousand square meters,” said Maxim Gaman.

The auction for the right to implement the first project for the integrated development of undeveloped territory was held in April. The winner was BMS Development Group.

According to the developer, it is planned to build a modern ecopolis on the site. When choosing a site for the implementation of projects, attention is paid to their surroundings, the presence of natural areas and waterways nearby. The site near the Minskaya metro station meets these requirements.

Residents and guests of the complex will be able to walk in the Matveevsky forest, which is part of the Setun River Valley nature reserve. The Mosfilmovsky pond is also located nearby.

The architectural concept for the future city block will be developed by the Apex bureau, with which the investor signed a corresponding agreement.

It is planned that in the designed quarter such values as environmental friendliness, modern technologies in terms of equipment and energy efficiency, sports, health and culture will become the norm of life.

The KRNT project involves the creation of a full-fledged quarter with developed infrastructure. Cafes and restaurants will appear in the stylobate part of the office buildings, and recreation areas in the residential part. In the sports core, the investor will place choreography classes, gyms, yoga and meditation rooms, as well as a spa complex, saunas and swimming pools. Green spaces are planned for outdoor activities.

According to the program of integrated development of territories (IDT), multifunctional city blocks are created, where roads, comfortable housing and all necessary infrastructure are designed on the site of former industrial zones and inefficiently used areas. Currently, 236 IID projects with a total area of more than 3.1 thousand hectares are at various stages of implementation in Moscow. Their development is carried out on behalf of Sergei Sobyanin.

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January 23, 2025
MIL-OSI Russia: 13 electric buses have started operating on two more city routes

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Electric buses have been launched on two more city routes – the night H8 and No. 293. This was reported by the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport and Industry Maxim Liksutov.

“Today, more than two thousand electric buses provide operation of 154 routes of ground city transport, including six night ones. This is a reliable and comfortable way to get to different points of the capital at any time of the day. We continue to develop the network of electric bus routes on the instructions of Sergei Sobyanin,” said Maxim Liksutov.

Now, after the metro closure, trips for residents of 15 districts have become even more comfortable. Eco-friendly transport runs on the night route H8 from the stop “Ostafevskaya Street” to the metro station “Kitai-Gorod”, and on route No. 293 – from the stop “Ostafevskaya Street” to the station Butovo of the second Moscow Central Diameter. In total, 13 Russian-made electric buses operate on both lines.

Moscow is one of the world leaders in the development and use of electric transport. Eco-friendly Russian-made equipment has been on the capital’s routes since 2018. Today, two thousand electric buses provide comfortable travel for city residents to important social facilities, as well as metro and railway stations.

Replacing one bus with an electric bus reduces carbon dioxide emissions by more than 60 tons per year. In addition, a smooth ride and the absence of noise and vibrations provide a high level of passenger comfort. The cabins are equipped with charging ports for gadgets and media screens with route information. In addition, electric buses are equipped with folding ramps for people with limited mobility, platforms for strollers and bicycles.

Since 2022, improved equipment has been delivered to the capital. Such vehicles have adaptive interior lighting, which changes from a cold shade to a warm one at 14:00 for the comfort of passengers. The front route indicator, increased by 18 percent, allows you to see the number from afar. The interior is heated by an electric heater, which does not affect the environment and maintains an optimal temperature. The power reserve has increased from 40-50 kilometers to 80 kilometers. At the same time, the weight of the vehicle remains the same. This year, KAMAZ and LiAZ vehicles with an updated design are entering the line.

Innovative transport is serviced at 11 Mosgortrans sites. Moscow was the first in Russia to start building modern electric bus depots. Thus, in 2022, an electric bus depot opened in TiNAO “Red Pakhra”— the largest in Europe. Eco-friendly vehicles went on routes in the Novomoskovsk and Troitsk administrative districts. A year later, a park was built in the northwest “Mitino”. With its appearance, electric buses began to run on routes in almost 20 districts of the capital and two nearby cities of the Moscow region. At the end of 2023, the third innovative fleet of electric buses began operating “Saltykovka”It serves routes in the east of the city.

New equipment deliveries and development of charging infrastructure will allow to put even more electric buses on the line and replace buses. They will make the trips of Muscovites and guests of the capital more comfortable and reduce the impact of transport on the environment.

Sobyanin: Moscow is a world leader in terms of the dynamics of transport infrastructure development

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January 23, 2025
MIL-OSI Russia: Muscovites are invited to walk along the routes of the “City of Tasks” and receive “Million Prizes” points

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Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

Project “City of Tasks” offers to Muscovites follow 11 routes autumn capital and get points of the city loyalty program “Million Prizes”. For example, you can walk from Zaryadye Park to Tverskoy Boulevard, visit VDNKh and walk along the aerial eco-trail, stroll along the embankment from Gorky Park to Vorobyovy Gory.

The user needs to log in to the application on the smartphone and select one of 11 tasks with a suitable route. Then you need to arrive at the starting point and start completing the task. You need to walk at least 10 thousand steps along the selected route. A pedometer will help you count them – it is available in the task itself.

At the start, participants need to determine the coordinates, take a photo of the area and add them to the report form in the “Progress” section. Here, you should also mark the location and leave a photo of the final point of the route, then click the “Finish task” button.

For successfully completing the route and walking at least 10,000 steps, Muscovites will receive 200 points of the city loyalty program “A Million Prizes”. They can be exchanged for discounts in stores, cafes and restaurants, donated to charity, or used to top up a Troika transport card or a parking account in the Parking Russia app, and much more.

The “City of Tasks” project appeared in January 2022. With its help, residents of the capital can control the work of the capital’s services, participate in environmental, cultural and sports events. Muscovites have already completed more than 2.3 million tasks. The project is being developed by the State Institution “New Management Technologies” and the capital Department of Information Technology.

“City of tasks” is developing and constantly offers Muscovites interesting formats. In particular, it gives the opportunity to use audio guide in parks, and also test your knowledge about redevelopment and re-planning in an apartment building and much more.

The use of digital technologies to improve the quality of life of city residents corresponds to the objectives of the national program “Digital Economy of the Russian Federation” and the regional project of the city of Moscow “Digital Public Administration”. More information about the national projects implemented in the capital can be found Here.

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January 23, 2025
MIL-OSI Russia: Polytechnic University Strengthens Ties with Belarusian Universities

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

Last week, a planned working trip of representatives of the Institute of Industrial Management, Economics and Trade of SPbPU to the capital of Belarus, Minsk, took place. The delegation included Professor, Deputy Director of the Higher School of Service and Trade for Research Sergey Barykin and Associate Professor, Deputy Director of the Higher School of Industrial Management for International Activities Natalia Alekseyeva. The trip included visits to four Belarusian universities.

Sergey Barykin visited the Belarusian State University of Economics (BSEU) under the state program of the Republic of Belarus “Education and Youth Policy” at the invitation of the Dean of the Faculty of Marketing and Logistics Svetlana Lapina. He held open lectures for students on the topic “Logistics and Digitalization of Logistics”. The Polytechnic University staff also discussed issues of joint academic mobility with the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Olga Morozevich. At a meeting with the Vice-Rector for Ideological and Educational Work Sergey Skriba, the Polytechnicians outlined plans for joint scientific cooperation aimed at students of universities in Belarus and Russia.

Communication with students was positive, in an atmosphere of mutual dialogue. Working meetings with colleagues allowed us to find new opportunities for interaction in various areas, – said Sergey Barykin.

At the Belarusian National Technical University (BNTU), IPMET representatives took part in the plenary session of the XX international scientific and practical seminar. The event was held by the Faculty of Marketing, Management, and Entrepreneurship of BNTU under the auspices of the XXII international scientific and technical conference “Science for Education, Production, and Economy”, where a joint work with polytechnics “Network-centric organizations as a new basis for managing scientific and technical cooperation” was presented.

IPMET representatives met with the dean of the faculty Alexey Danilchenko, deputy dean for research and development Irina Ustinovich and head of the department of “Economics and management of innovative projects in industry” Natalia Ponomareva. The participants summed up the results of the faculty’s performance in the international scientific conference “GDTM-2024: Global Challenges of Digital Transformation of Markets”, which took place at IPMET at the end of September.

It is pleasant to note that over several years of cooperation with universities of the Republic of Belarus, we are met here not only as colleagues, but also as friends. In the corridors of universities we see familiar students, which came to the Polytechnic University. This gives us a sense of unity, despite the distance between our cities, shared Natalia Alekseeva.

At the Belarusian State University (BSU), the polytechnics visited the Department of Logistics of the Institute of Business. Together with the head of the Department of Logistics Nikolai Zenchuk, they discussed promising areas of cooperation related to modeling the behavior of logistics systems and academic mobility.

IPMET maintains strong friendly ties withFaculty of Engineering and Economics Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics (BSUIR). This year, the collective monograph, which is being published as part of the GDTM-2024 conference, included the work of Vladimir Parkhimenko, Head of the Department of Economics and Marketing at BSUIR, and Daria Frolova, Senior Lecturer of the Department.

Natalia Alekseeva told BSUIR students about the IPMEiT student scientific society and the annual scientific conference “Youth Week of Science IPMET”. In addition, at a meeting with the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Economics, Veronika Vernyakhovskaya, colleagues discussed Internship plan Belarusian teachers and students.

Representatives of IPMET also attended a festive concert dedicated to Teacher’s Day.

Our institute has started actively develop cooperation with Belarusian universities since 2022. And over these years we have achieved tangible results in academic mobility of teachers and students, joint scientific and congress activities. We regularly We accept students from Minsk and send our students to events organized by Belarusian universities. For several years now, teachers from partner universities have been participating in IPMEiT conferences and forums and working on joint scientific research. I would like to note that after our colleagues’ trip to Minsk, we plan to sign a cooperation agreement with the Institute of Business of the Belarusian State University and are already working on a roadmap. The Higher School of Industrial Management and the Higher School of Service and Trade are jointly developing a program for the admission of Belarusian students scheduled for the period of the annual conference “Youth Science Week of IPMEiT,” noted Vladimir Shchepinin, Director of IPMEiT.

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January 23, 2025
MIL-OSI Russia: Students of the State University of Management visited the Russian Ecological Forum

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

Students of the State University of Management attended the main event in the field of circular economy – the Youth Day of the Russian Environmental Forum (REF).

Representatives of the government apparatus, industry specialists and entrepreneurs gathered at one site.

The main topics of the forum in 2024 are extended producer responsibility (EPR) and new mechanisms for regulating the industry, investment projects, green financing, rule-making in the field of solid municipal waste management, digitalization of the industry and building a closed-loop economy.

At the Youth Day of the REF-2024, GUU was represented by 4th-year students of the IOM and IM Danila Yakovlev and Sergey Zvonarev. As part of the project-based learning at GUU, the students are developing their environmental project ECOGROUP|Voskresensk, which is aimed at developing and implementing innovative technologies in the procedure for collecting and processing solid municipal waste. The project involves the creation of a network of micro-enterprises using methods of sorting, recycling and reusing solid municipal waste.

“Participation in the forum from the Russian Environmental Operator is an excellent opportunity to meet industry representatives and understand what opportunities there are for business projects in the environmental agenda,” the students noted.

The Russian Environmental Forum is the largest industry event that brings together the main players in the field of municipal solid waste management. The REF was first held in 2021. This fall, the forum opened its doors for the fourth time.

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January 23, 2025
MIL-OSI Russia: Marat Khusnullin: Restoration of the famous Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in St. Petersburg is completed a year early

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Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in St. Petersburg

October 11, 2024

Restoration of the famous Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in St. Petersburg is completed a year early

October 11, 2024

Restoration of the famous Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in St. Petersburg is completed a year early

October 11, 2024

Restoration of the famous Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in St. Petersburg is completed a year early

October 11, 2024

Restoration of the famous Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in St. Petersburg is completed a year early

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Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in St. Petersburg

The large-scale restoration of the St. Petersburg State Conservatory named after N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov under the supervision of the Single Customer in the Sphere of Construction PPC is in its final stage. This was reported by Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin.

“The facades of the first higher musical educational institution have already been restored and presented to city residents in the same historical light beige color as when it opened at the end of the 19th century. The building of the N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory is a cultural heritage site of federal significance. That is why the return of its historical appearance has become one of the key tasks of the reconstruction. Specialists were able to recreate as much as possible what was built more than 150 years ago. And today, the long-awaited restoration has been completed a year ahead of schedule,” said the Deputy Prime Minister.

The engineering systems have already been fully installed at the site, interior finishing is nearing completion, and builders have already begun commissioning. Currently, more than 2,000 specialists are working in the historic building around the clock to successfully complete all construction, installation, and restoration work by the end of 2024.

Also last year, builders installed translucent domes in the inner courtyards of the conservatory, and today new public spaces have appeared in the country’s music university. Thanks to this solution, the useful area of the building has increased by more than 600 sq. m.

According to the general director of the Unified Customer Production and Construction Company, Karen Oganesyan, specialists restored more than 300 square meters of stucco decoration and 170 square meters of wooden balustrades on the walls and interior vault of the building.

“Highly qualified specialists took and are taking part in this work. It was extremely important that all elements – tiles, stucco, finishing, facades, windows, doors strictly corresponded to the solutions that were initially laid down. Therefore, the most experienced builders and restorers of our country are working on this site,” noted Karen Oganesyan.

Very soon, visitors to Russia’s first music university will be able to see the main staircase in its original light color, the recreated paintings of the House Church, the interiors of the Glazunov Small Hall, the Rubinstein Large Hall, and other rooms.

The main objective of the reconstruction project of the Rubinstein Great Hall was to equip it with modern acoustic and theatrical technologies, as well as to recreate the interiors lost in Soviet times in the Renaissance style. By now, most of the work has already been completed: the frame of the room has been reinforced with 1 thousand tons of metal structures, and for better acoustics, the hall has changed its shape from rectangular to horseshoe-shaped. Finishing and delivery of high-tech equipment are currently being completed.

“The result of the large-scale reconstruction of the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory will be the emergence of one of the largest theater venues in Russia with variable acoustics technologies, where each of the 1.1 thousand spectators at any point will be able to equally well hear the performance of music with electrical amplification or classical music. At the moment, the work has entered the final stage: the installation of 190 tons of mechanical equipment for stage and acoustics control is being completed, and 70 tons of lighting and sound equipment is being installed,” noted Alexey Borodin, General Director of AO Politekhstroy-Svargo.

One of the main challenges for the team of restorers was the House Church. At the end of the 19th century, artists Andrei Ryabushkin and Vasily Belyaev created paintings for the conservatory church based on the paintings of churches built in the 16th–17th centuries. After the October Revolution in the 1920s, these works of art ended up under numerous layers of plaster and wallpaper as a result of church reconstructions.

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January 23, 2025
MIL-OSI Russia: GUU and Profit Service will launch production of new unmanned systems

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

GUU and Profit Service presented a joint project for the production of small-sized drones intended for use in anti-drone systems.

The basis for the development was a model of an unmanned aerial vehicle, previously created and patented by one of the members of the project team formed at the State University of Management.

A joint team of the university and the company, which included GUU postgraduate student Vladimir Kutkov, performed at the in-person stage of the competitive selection of projects, organized by the National Technological Initiative Foundation, which took place at the site of the Federal Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems in the Rudnevo Industrial Park.

The industrial partner plans to launch production of a new type of aircraft, developed by engineers of the Engineering Project Management Center of the State University of Management together with specialists from the Profit Service company based on the presented scientific and technical background, in the first quarter of 2025.

In addition, specialists from the Engineering Project Management Center of the State University of Management took part in a strategic session on the application of various types of radio-technical means and systems to solve problems in developing the unmanned aircraft systems industry, organized by the Department for Coordination of Educational Organizations of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia. The event was held at MIREA.

Representatives of the State University of Management outlined a number of promising areas based on the integrated use of diverse unmanned systems, as well as complexes that combine unmanned aircraft with ground robots and other technical means and systems.

The outcome of the meeting was a list of areas in which various universities are ready and have the opportunity to develop new technologies of radio engineering, communication and navigation equipment for unmanned aviation.

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January 23, 2025
MIL-OSI Russia: Financial news: Ilya Kochetkov’s interview with the Izvestia newspaper

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MFIs will have to eliminate practices that lead to citizens becoming over-indebted

Director of the Central Bank Department Ilya Kochetkov talks about how people are drawn into a chain of endless borrowing and what measures the regulator will use to combat this.

About 20% of loans issued by microfinance organizations are spent by so-called dependent clients of organizations on sports betting, online casinos, etc. — this estimate was given in an interview with Izvestia by the head of the non-bank lending department of the Central Bank, Ilya Kochetkov. He also reported that a third of expensive loans — with an overpayment of 100% or more — can be classified as usurious, when organizations bypass regulations and drag people into a debt hole. In order to stop this vicious practice, the Central Bank proposes to introduce a number of measures, in particular, the mechanism of “one loan in one hand.” However, as Ilya Kochetkov stated, this restriction will only apply to expensive loans. It is also planned to establish a three-day “cooling-off period” after the repayment of obligations to microfinance organizations.

“First of all, measures will be taken to protect citizens”

— In August, the Central Bank published a report for public discussion describing what was effectively a reform of the microfinance market. The changes proposed by the regulator are indeed serious, which is why they caused a strong reaction from the market. How is the discussion going with industry participants?

— The main goal of the changes proposed in the report is to create conditions for the development of companies that provide loans to businesses, but at the same time it is necessary to eliminate practices that lead to an increase in the indebtedness of citizens on consumer loans.

Indeed, the market has responded actively to our proposals. We have received feedback from self-regulatory organizations (SROs) and most of the largest industry participants. Several stages of discussion have already taken place. In early September, we held a meeting with representatives of microfinance organizations, SROs, infrastructure and public organizations, and the scientific and expert community. Last week, the proposals described in the report were conceptually supported at a meeting of the Financial Market Committee in the State Duma. And on October 14, we plan to discuss the feedback received with market representatives.

— Did any of the proposals from market representatives interest the Central Bank and will they be taken into account when preparing amendments to the legislation?

— Speaking about preliminary results, among the comments received there are proposals that we are ready to listen to. For example, the market suggests reducing the period for providing information to credit history bureaus. Currently, it is two days. We support this initiative. This will allow companies to track the receipt and repayment of loans in real time.

Also, a number of MFIs pointed out excessively strict requirements for capital and investment attraction. We are ready to take these proposals into account and adjust individual prudential requirements (aimed at avoiding risks and ensuring stability. — Izvestia) taking into account the opinions of companies.

— As I understood from the discussion of your proposals in the State Duma, the deputies are extremely determined and are ready to prepare and adopt a bill in the near future, almost in the autumn session. Will this be a separate law or will amendments be made to existing ones? When can we expect the bill to be adopted?

— Changing the configuration of the MFI market will require a comprehensive revision of legislation and regulations. They will be introduced into the law on microfinance activities and microfinance organizations, the law on consumer credit (loan), the law on the Bank of Russia and about 20 more laws. It is assumed that this will take place in several stages over three years.

First of all, measures aimed at protecting citizens will be implemented: the introduction of the “one loan per hand until repayment” rule, the establishment of a “cooling-off period” and a reduction in the maximum overpayment on consumer loans.

“The ban will only apply to the most expensive loans”

— Has the Central Bank already decided how the “one loan per person” rule will work? Will the restriction apply to all MFIs and will liabilities in banks, many of which now offer the “money until payday” product, be taken into account?

— It is planned that the ban will apply only to the most expensive MFI loans, for which the total cost of credit (TCC) exceeds 100% per annum. A person will not be able to have two such obligations. The purpose of this measure is to protect citizens from excessive indebtedness. If a person already has one such loan, then until it is repaid, no MFI will have the right to issue him a second expensive loan. At the same time, if a person has a bank loan or a loan with TCC up to 100%, the ban will not apply.

In addition, it is planned to establish a “cooling-off period” between receiving loans. This is done so that the borrower has the opportunity to take a more thoughtful and balanced approach to their obligations, and companies cannot issue new loans to pay off current debts.

— What kind of “cooling off period” will this be?

— We plan for it to be three days.

— Recently, in a review of retail lending trends, the Central Bank indicated that many borrowers have both a bank loan and a loan from an MFI. The regulator has consistently tightened macroprudential measures for borrowers with a high debt burden, who, having been refused by a bank, went to refinance in an MFI, where money is more expensive. Doesn’t it make sense to also take into account obligations to banks when imposing restrictions?

— Requirements for calculating the debt burden ratio (DBR) and macroprudential limits (MPL) for issuing loans to the most indebted borrowers are established not only for banks, but also for microfinance organizations. Yes, the limits were initially different — they were more lenient for microfinance organizations. But since the fourth quarter of this year, the same MPL values for loans with a high DBR have been in effect for microfinance organizations. This allows us to avoid regulatory arbitrage and limit the growth of indebtedness.

When calculating the borrower’s DTI, MFIs are required to include in his monthly expenses all payments on existing loans and credits. If the DTI is more than 50%, MFIs will be able to issue such a person a loan only within the limits established by the MPL.

— You recently said that restrictions on the maximum daily interest rate for microfinance organizations may be introduced. To what extent?

— For several years, we have been systematically working to reduce the cost of loans for individuals. During this time, the APR has been reduced from more than 1000% to 292% per annum, and the maximum overpayment has been reduced from four times the loan amount to 130%. But even now, MFI loans remain quite expensive for individuals, since most of them are issued at the maximum possible rate. We see potential for further reduction of the daily interest rate; specific values are currently being worked out. We are also considering various options for prudential regulation to encourage MFIs to differentiate rates and provide more favorable conditions for quality clients.

According to our estimates, a more effective measure to reduce debt load could be to limit the maximum amount of borrower overpayment. Currently, it is 130% of the loan amount. As an operational measure to reduce the cost of loans for citizens, we propose reducing the borrower overpayment to 100% of the amount. That is, conditionally: if you took a loan from an MFO for 1,000 rubles, then taking into account all interest, penalties, etc., you will still return no more than 2,000 rubles.

— SRO “Mir” proposes to review the criteria for “loans until payday”, reducing them to 15 thousand rubles and shortening the term of issue, and only then introduce a limit on them. Do you agree with this proposal?

— Indeed, the criteria for a payday loan — up to 30 thousand rubles and up to 30 days — are outdated. MFIs artificially extend loan terms or increase their amounts in order to circumvent regulatory restrictions. That is why a comprehensive review of consumer loan regulation is required, and restrictions should be introduced based not on formal criteria, but on the cost of the product. Therefore, we propose introducing stricter regulation for loans with an APR greater than 100%.

“Companies that do not accept the new rules of the game will have to leave the market”

— The head of the Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina has repeatedly said that usurious microfinance organizations should leave the market. What kind of organizations are these and what is their share?

— In a number of cases, consumer loans from microfinance organizations remain quite burdensome for citizens. High-quality, conscientious borrowers receive money on the same terms as less reliable clients. Although, based on the risks, the conditions for the former should be more favorable. The current model creates an excessive burden on solvent citizens and does not encourage companies to more carefully select borrowers.

Moreover, there is a practice of hidden loan refinancing on the market. Instead of stopping the accrual of interest when the overpayment reaches 130%, MFIs issue a new loan to a person and include previously accrued interest in its body. So-called loan chains are formed. As a result, the MFI client’s debt grows like a snowball.

According to our estimates, about a third of all expensive consumer loans issued by MFIs are part of such “chains” that lead to an increase in the indebtedness of citizens. The introduction of a limit on one loan per person and a cooling-off period is aimed at curbing such practices. Companies that do not accept the new rules of the game will have to leave the market.

— In your report, you indicated that many people have developed an “addiction to microfinance organization loans”; they borrow money to bet on sports or in online casinos. Are there any estimates of how much is borrowed for these purposes?

— Based on the analysis of actual spending on bank cards of several million MFI clients, we conclude that up to 20% of the amount of issued loans is spent on these purposes. At the same time, for some companies, the share of such loans may significantly exceed the average value, and individual clients spend all the funds they borrowed from the MFI on these purposes.

— Won’t it turn out that by squeezing unscrupulous players out of the market, you will simultaneously push MFIs and their clients into the “gray” and even “black” zone?

— This question is asked every time there is a plan to strengthen regulation in the MFI sector. We expect that the market will hear our arguments and respond to them by changing approaches and eliminating negative practices. We expect that this will be a change in the essence of business models, product lines, approaches to assessing the quality of borrowers, and not a search for various options to bypass regulation. This is important both for the image of the market and for its future, given the constantly emerging initiatives to ban MFIs.

As for “going into the shadows”, it is very important that citizens understand all the risks of turning to “black” creditors. Such companies operate outside the legal field and do not comply with the requirements established by law. Citizens are threatened with high rates, incorrect collection methods and other risks.

The Bank of Russia is working to combat the activities of illegal lenders. Last year, almost 2,000 illegal lenders were identified, and in the first nine months of this year, more than 1,300. We publish information about them on our website, where there is a special section. This helps promptly warn citizens about the risks.

We work closely with law enforcement agencies — we pass on all the data on the identified illegals. The organizers are brought to administrative responsibility. There are facts of initiating criminal cases. Together with the Prosecutor General’s Office and Roskomnadzor, we block the websites of illegal companies. Now this happens very quickly — within a few days.

— Since you yourself mentioned the ban on microfinance organizations… A corresponding bill has been introduced for many years, but as far as I understand, it has not been seriously considered. Why can’t the idea of closing the microfinance organization market be realized?

— We understand that MFIs are often associated with something dubious and semi-criminal. This image is largely formed by illegal lenders operating outside the legal field, as well as high rates and negative practices on the market, which I have already mentioned. But let’s look at the market as a whole. MFIs are an important part of the country’s financial market; they allow people to quickly and easily get money for a short period. It is also important to note that the MFI market is not only expensive loans, but also money for business, POS lending for large purchases. The rates on them are comparable to those of banks.

We proposed a concept for changing this market to eliminate negative aspects, make it more transparent and regulated. MFIs will have to adapt to new restrictions, eliminate practices that lead to citizens becoming over-indebted.

Anna Kaledina, News

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January 23, 2025

Category: Russia

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