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  • MIL-OSI Russia: A spy detective film about the 1960s was filmed at the Moskino cinema park

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    Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

    Filming of the four-part series “Dear Willy” about the secret friendship of Leonid Brezhnev and the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) Willy Brandt has been completed at the Moskino cinema park. The plot of the series is based on real archival interviews. The director of the project is Vladimir Shchegolkov. The main roles are played by Sergey Makovetsky and Kirill Kyaro.

    The action of the spy detective takes place in the 1960s against the backdrop of the threat of nuclear war. Soviet intelligence intercepts information about an impending US attack from bases in West Germany. To prevent a catastrophe, the leader of the Soviet state Leonid Brezhnev secretly makes a deal with Chancellor Willy Brandt, risking his career and even his life.

    “Opening a cinema park in Moscow is a great idea, it should have been done a long time ago. Several interesting objects for filmmakers are conveniently located here in one location. We filmed in the sets of “Tu-154 Airplane”, “Berlin Border Checkpoint”, “County Town”, “Center of Moscow”. This is very convenient because we do not need to close roads in the city center and cause inconvenience to residents. In the Moskino cinema park, you can fully control the filming process and decorate as needed, for example, decorate and fill the streets in accordance with the era that is needed. We are looking forward to the emergence of new interesting sites,” said Nadezhda Guselnikova, producer of the project “Dear Willie”.

    The development of natural, decorative parks within the city, where modern and historical projects can be filmed, is a huge help in film production and a mutually beneficial mechanism, noted Natalia Bernyakova, executive producer of the Format TV company. According to her, due to administrative difficulties, it is very difficult to work with railway stations and airports, and the film park has such decorations.

    The Moskino cinema park is part of Sergei Sobyanin’s “Moscow – City of Cinema” project and an object of the Moscow cinema cluster, which is being developed capital’s Department of Culture. The first stage has already been completed here: 24 natural sites, four pavilions and six infrastructure facilities have been built. Among them are the sets “Center of Moscow”, “Moscow in the 1940s”, “Vitebsk Station”, “Yurovo Airport”, “Cathedral Square of Moscow”, “Deaf Village”, “Partisan Village”, “County Town”, “Cowboy Town”, “St. Petersburg Bar” and other sites.

    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. Its structure includes the Moskino film park, the Gorky Film Studio (sites on Sergei Eisenstein Street and Valdaisky Proyezd), the Moskino film commission, as well as a film factory, a network of cinemas and the Moskino film platform.

    The director spoke about the filming of the series “Natalie and Alexander” in the Moskino cinema parkActors of the historical series talked about filming in the Moskino cinema park

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Race, master classes and tree planting: what awaits participants of the project “Time of Kindness”

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    Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

    From April 12 to 20, the capital will host the spring stage of the volunteer project “Time of Goodness”. The program will include patriotic events, creative master classes, sports events, clean-up days and much more. This was reported by Natalia Sergunina, Deputy Mayor of Moscow.

    “In the spring season of the project, Muscovites will see more than 60 events. For example, volunteers together with professional artists will paint portraits of participants in the Great Patriotic War. Then the works will be presented at an exhibition, and on the eve of Victory Day they will be presented to veterans,” said Natalia Sergunina.

    On April 12, volunteers will joinorganizing the race in Catherine Park. On the same day and on April 13, creative activities at the festival “City of the Caring”, which will take place on the territory of the “Bread Factory No. 9” space.

    On April 17, the Russian State Children’s Library invites you make postcards for the heroes of the special military operation. On April 19, those who wish are invited to participate intree planting campaigns “Alley of the 80th Anniversary of Victory”.

    On April 12, and from April 14 to 18, the “Good Place” volunteer centers in different districts of the capital will collect toys for patients of children’s hospitals, personal hygiene products for the wards of a non-profit organization, and food for animals from shelters. There are also recycling collection points for waste paper, plastic, and cardboard.

    The project participants will also answer questions from a history quiz, and will be given first aid training and a master class on making bird feeders.

    Citizens over the age of six are invited to try themselves in various areas of volunteering. To do this, pre-registration is required aton the website of the resource center “Mosvolonter”.

    For participating in the events, Muscovites will receive points that can be exchanged for a smart speaker, a T-shirt, an umbrella, and other useful items.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: How the BCL was built: a new photo exhibition has opened in the metro

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    Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

    A new photo exhibition dedicated to the history of the construction of the longest metro ring line in the world, the Big Circle Line (BCL), has opened in the capital. The exhibition features 30 photographs depicting different stages of the work and the modern architectural appearance of the stations. The photos can be seen in the passage from the Prospekt Vernadskogo station of the BCL to the platform of the same name on the Sokolnicheskaya Line.

    “Two years ago, Sergei Sobyanin launched the Big Circle Line. The opening of the new metro ring was one of the most significant events in the history of Moscow transport. The BCL made city residents’ trips more convenient and faster, the metro came to areas where it had not been before. The photo exhibition demonstrates not only the scale and complexity of the project, but also the beauty and functionality of the new stations,” said Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport and Industry

    Maxim Liksutov.

    The main focus is on the before and after photographs, which show how the appearance of different metro stations integrated into the BCL has changed. For example, the photos of Varshavskaya, which opened after reconstruction on March 1, 2023, show what the station was like during the renovation and how it was transformed afterwards. Now it is decorated with black and white marble slabs and illuminated ceiling vaults, visually expanding the space.

    Some of the photographs are dedicated to the history of the construction of Novatorskaya, which opened on December 7, 2021. The pictures show all stages of the work: from concrete walls to the final result – a modern, bright station.

    Another exhibition, dedicated to the Big Circle Line, opened as part of the project “Art in the Metro” in the passage between the Savelovskaya stations of the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya and Big Circle Lines. It will last until April 18.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Sobyanin: Moscow to introduce new digital solutions in healthcare

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    Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

    Moscow invites developers to join the innovative development of the capital’s medicine. They can offer their digital solutions in healthcare. About this in his telegram channel written by Sergei Sobyanin.

    “Today it is difficult to imagine our life without digital technologies. It is important that the Moscow healthcare system keeps up with the times, so we

    let’s continue “implement the most advanced solutions,” the Mayor of Moscow wrote.

    Source: Sergei Sobyanin’s Telegram channel @Mos_Sobyanin

    Priority areas include services for patients that will allow them to receive online consultations, choose a doctor, create a treatment plan and a medication schedule, and keep a health diary under the supervision of a specialist. In addition, these are technologies for remote health monitoring, automated systems for supporting the activities of medical organizations, innovations for operating rooms, and other areas.

    Developers can apply on the platform. The selected projects will be tested at city clinics and will receive support at all stages of testing. The best developments will be included in the Moscow healthcare system.

    Sergei Sobyanin told how digitalization has changed the capital’s healthcare

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Professional retraining program launched at Polytechnic University

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

    The Polytechnic University hosted the grand opening of the joint program of the Civil Engineering Institute and the engineering company NanoSoft, Digital Drawing Teacher, as part of the XV St. Petersburg International Educational Forum. It was developed by ISI teachers based on nanoCAD platform solutions for designing and modeling objects.

    Currently, the first group of teachers is undergoing online training at the Civil Engineering Institute. Representatives of schools in St. Petersburg, the Leningrad Region, Salekhard, Chelyabinsk and other cities are mastering drawing teaching skills based on modern NanoCAD platform solutions.

    At the opening at SPbPU, teachers from schools in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region who became students of the Center for Additional Professional Programs of the ISI were greeted by the Vice-Rector for Additional and Pre-University Education Dmitry Tikhonov, the Director of Programs for the Development of Interaction with Educational and Scientific Organizations “NanoSoft Development” Oleg Egorychev, the Director of the Center for Additional Professional Programs of the ISI Ksenia Strelets, the Head of the Directorate of Pre-University Education and Talent Attraction Nikolai Snegiryov, as well as the authors and teachers of the course.

    Dmitry Tikhonov noted the importance of the qualifications of school teachers, especially those who specialize in engineering, and expressed gratitude to NanoSoft for supporting the implementation of the program. Oleg Egorychev emphasized the importance of introducing domestic software, which replaces imported analogs in the field of engineering. This software helps to carry out digital modeling, calculations and design of building structures, as well as engineering and technological equipment for industrial and civil facilities. Oleg Olegovich presented letters of gratitude for assistance in the implementation of Russian software in education to the Director of ISI Marina Petrochenko, Dmitry Tikhonov, Ksenia Strelets and the author of the course, Associate Professor of ISI Elena Knyazeva. Nikolay Snegiryov spoke about the career guidance projects of SPbPU, implemented for schools of St. Petersburg, which will help improve and strengthen the partnership between schools and the university.

    High-quality training of students in drawing using digital tools is very important. Having become students of the Civil Engineering Institute, they already in their first year learn parametric modeling within the framework of the discipline “Engineering Graphics”, – noted Ksenia Strelets.

    Becoming a digital drawing teacher is a step into the future that we are taking together with the Polytechnic University. Despite the complexity of the material, I think I will be able to master the basics of digital drawing, surrounded by a close-knit team of teachers. Thank you for the new horizons that have opened up in education, – shared drawing teacher of school No. 252 Svetlana Vavilova.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Competition “Archer of the Future”. Polytechnic University has two victories!

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

    The fifth season of the All-Russian competition of student works for the best solution of business problems “Archer of the Future” was held in Moscow. Two teams of the Higher School of Media Communications and Public Relations of the Humanitarian Institute of SPbPU won confident victories.

    Students from 35 universities in the country’s specialized fields of study presented 134 solutions for such large companies as the State Hermitage Museum, SR Space, T-Bank, TMK, the Festival of Geobrands “Land of Discoveries”, the “Water of Russia” Museum, and Sakhalin Energy. Two student teams of the Higher School of Management and Social Sciences of the Russian Federation, “Special Agents of the Russian Federation” and “Echo”, were shortlisted for the competition and invited to participate in open defenses. The mentors of the polytechnics were Marina Arkannikova, Director of the Higher School of Management and Social Sciences of the Russian Federation, and Elina Avakova and Dmitry Popov, Associate Professors of the Higher School of Management and Social Sciences of the Russian Federation.

    The first winners were the team “Special Agents of the RSO”, represented by Adelina Borozdina, Aya Klimacheva, Vladislava Smelova, Yana Lipatnikova, Anastasia Sidorova and Ekaterina Yarovaya. The girls developed the PR campaign “Beacons of the Hermitage” for the Restoration and Storage Center “Staraya Derevnya” of the legendary museum.

    A third-year student of the Advertising and Public Relations program, Aya Klimacheva, spoke about how the team tried to take into account all the customer’s wishes, conducted several types of analytics and created a unique selling proposition, including the visual design of the concept.

    This year I took part in the competition for the first time and this debut was an absolute success. We won both the professional jury and the student jury! On stage we appeared as special agents who brought an artifact (case) from St. Petersburg. Our mysterious suitcase became the real Chekhov’s gun. After the performance, many teams who had not seen us on stage asked what was inside. And the case contained real light, which the Hermitage restorers carry within themselves, this was our main message, – noted Aya.

    Team captain Adelina Borozdina added: And for me, Luchnik is already the third. In 2022, the PR.com team and I took first place in the development of an HR brand for TMK. Then we collaborated with this company under an employment contract. For me, as a second-year master’s student of “Strategic Communications in Industries 4.0”, this is such a beautiful end point of an active student life. Now the dream is to take a big Archer as a specialist.

    The second winners were the Echo team, represented by Taisiya Temirova, Polina Pozhidaeva, and Alexandra Leleko. The students proposed a PR campaign to promote TMK’s activities in industrial tourism, which they called “6 Warm Acquaintances.” According to the team, this was their best collective work in the current academic year.

    Traditionally, this year, along with the expert council, a student jury also worked, which included representatives of five universities in the country after competitive procedures. The Polytechnic University was represented by first- and second-year students of the Advertising and Public Relations program at the Higher School of Management and Social Sciences, Darya Shevchenko and Ekaterina Karpova.

    I am very glad that I was able to pass the competition tests and join the jury. The first work experience was interesting and difficult at the same time, since each participant presented their developments with such dedication that it was difficult to choose the best. But I would like to separately mention two of our teams. They stood out brightly and were simply at their best. The originality of their solutions amazed everyone, both the student jury and the experts. The Polytechnicians deservedly became the winners. Thank you for such an invaluable experience, – shared Daria Shevchenko.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Prize places in fencing at the Universiade

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    Source: Novosibirsk State University – Novosibirsk State University – Fencing competitions were held as part of the regional student Universiade, in which teams from 8 universities took part. Over the course of two days, athletes found out who was stronger in battles with epees, sabers and foils. The NSU team won two medals in the individual championship and the final 3rd place in the overall standings. This is the fifth bronze award of the Universiade for NSU students!

    In the epee competition, Artem Tsaplin (GGF) took second place and Taisiya Zolotova (FF) took third place.

    Our team also included: Anastasia Krikun, Elizaveta Safronova and Maxim Gruzdev (FEN); Mikhail Trofimov, Kira Prokopyeva and Daria Koroleva (MMF); Polina Bykova and Anton Filatov (EF); Natalia Bedareva and Yuri Fateev (IIR); Oleg Tsyplakov and Maria Morozova (FF); Kermani Golzadeh (IMPZ) and Evgeniy Buzyurkin (FIT)

    Congratulations to our athletes and coach Olesya Onchukova on their successful performance!

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  • MIL-OSI Europe: Briefing – State of play: EU support to Ukraine – Payments, reform and investment, use of immobilised Russian assets – 09-04-2025

    Source: European Parliament 2

    Since the start of Russia’s full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine in February 2022, the European Union has provided Ukraine with financial, military and humanitarian support on an unprecedented level. To date, the support to Ukraine from ‘Team Europe’ – comprising the EU and its Member States – amounts to €143 billion. This support includes macro-financial assistance, financial support through the Ukraine Facility, humanitarian aid and military assistance from Member States and through the European Peace Facility, as well as support to EU Member States hosting Ukrainian refugees. The disbursement of EU payments under the Ukraine Facility is conditional on Ukraine implementing the Ukraine Plan, an ambitious plan for reform and investment drafted by Ukraine’s government and endorsed by the EU. The European Commission and the Ukrainian government publish data on the progress of the reforms and on the disbursal of payments. Those data form the basis for a Ukraine Facility Dialogue, which ensures the democratic scrutiny of the EU’s support to Ukraine. In addition to the Ukraine Facility, Regulation (EU) 2024/2773 provides for a €18.1 billion EU macro-financial assistance loan for Ukraine as part of a €45 billion G7 loan. Furthermore, a Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism was established, which uses extraordinary revenues originating from Russian sovereign assets immobilised in the G7 member states to repay loans and the associated interest costs. The rights, responsibilities and obligations provided for in the framework agreement under the Ukraine Facility, referred to in Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2024/792, will apply to the macro-financial assistance loan in order to ensure seamless political and financial management of both. The European Parliament has repeatedly called for the confiscation of the immobilised Russian sovereign assets as such – instead of just using the extraordinary revenues – to finance further support for Ukraine and the country’s reconstruction.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: The Capture of Königsberg: 80 Years of a Historic Victory

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

    On April 9, 1945, during the East Prussian Operation, troops of the 3rd Belorussian Front under the command of Marshal of the Soviet Union Alexander Vasilevsky stormed and captured the fortress city of Königsberg.

    It was not for nothing that the ancient German city was considered the stronghold of East Prussia. Shortly before the start of World War II, the fortress was modernized, equipped with the most modern military equipment, food and ammunition warehouses. The old forts were also strengthened, and anti-tank ditches and hundreds of pillboxes connected by underground passages were built along the perimeter. Documentation on the number of German troops defending the city was lost, but in all likelihood the group numbered at least 100 thousand people, supplemented by police and the Volkssturm – the people’s militia.

    As for the Volksturm, the situation here echoes the current state of affairs in Ukraine, where citizens are mobilized by force, seized right on the streets. In Germany in 1945, an order was issued stating that all men between the ages of 16 and 60 were required to report to mobilization points. In case of evasion, civilians faced a military field court. The mobilized were given uniforms, rifles, and sent into battle without any training. And there was no shortage of civilians in Königsberg. Gauleiter of East Prussia Erich Koch forbade the evacuation of the civilian population, since he saw no reason for this literally until the approach of Soviet troops to the city borders.

    The Red Army’s offensive on Königsberg began on April 6, 1945. Not all of Vasilevsky’s forces were used for it. The marshal formed assault detachments and groups totaling about 25,000 men, which included the most experienced fighters from rifle companies, engineering brigades, and chemical battalions – flamethrowers. The groups also included one or two tanks, several artillery pieces, and platoons of machine gunners and mortarmen.

    Despite fierce German resistance, Hitler’s order to hold the city to the last soldier, and the brutal actions of SS and Gestapo brigades shooting soldiers who tried to escape or surrender, Königsberg capitulated 81 hours after the assault began.

    The fortress commandant, General Otto Lasch, signed the corresponding document on April 9 at 21:30, but the resistance of individual groups of Wehrmacht soldiers continued until the next day, which is why the reverse side of the medal “For the Capture of Königsberg” bears the date April 10, 1945. Incidentally, this is the only medal of the USSR established for the capture of a city other than the capital.

    235 participants in the assault on Königsberg were awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union, 156 regiments, divisions, and corps were awarded orders, and 98 units were named “Königsberg”. In honor of the capture of the city, a salute was given with 24 artillery salvos from 324 guns.

    On September 30, 1945, a monument to 1,200 guardsmen who died during the assault was ceremoniously unveiled in Königsberg at the site of a mass grave. It is the first monument in the Soviet Union to perpetuate the memory of soldiers who died in the Great Patriotic War.

    The State University of Management congratulates you on this memorable date and remembers the representative of our university who had the opportunity to participate in the East Prussian operation.

    Georgy Lagunov is a junior sergeant, a DShK heavy machine gunner, a candidate of economic sciences, associate professor, and a leading research fellow at the Research Laboratory. He was an Honored Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation. He served in the Red Army from 1943 to 1945, a resident of besieged Leningrad and a participant in the defense of the city, awarded with the appropriate awards. On the day of crossing the border with Germany, he was seriously wounded in the arm and leg by a shell explosion. After an eight-month course of treatment, he was declared unfit for further service. After the war, he studied at the Leningrad Electrical Machine-Building College at the S.M. Kirov Electrosila Plant, the All-Union Correspondence Economic Institute, and the correspondence postgraduate program at MIEI. Since 1958, he worked at the Research Laboratory of Economics and Organization of Production of the Moscow City Council of National Economy, which was formed that year at MIEI. A number of the laboratory’s works were awarded medals of the All-Russian Exhibition Centre, including a gold one, and prizes and certificates of the USSR Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education. Later, he became an associate professor of the Department of National Economic Planning and eventually worked at our university for over 30 years.

    Königsberg was transferred under the jurisdiction of the USSR after the end of World War II, and in 1946 it was renamed Kaliningrad, and remains an integral part of the Russian Federation to this day.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Polytechnic University’s postgraduate program attracts talented young people from all over the world

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

    Another year of the Open Doors Olympiad has ended. 29 talented young scientists were selected for postgraduate studies at the Polytechnic University.

    The Open Doors Olympiad has been held for five years now, and foreign citizens from any country can participate in it. Winners of the bachelor’s, master’s or postgraduate tracks receive the right to free education at one of the leading Russian universities.

    The selection is carried out in two stages: a portfolio competition and an Olympiad in the online testing format. The tasks are divided into 14 topics, each participant must pass the selection in the selected profile. Universities offer educational programs and postgraduate academic supervisors linked to the profiles.

    The Polytechnic University participates in 11 profiles, in two of them – “Urban Studies and Civil Engineering”, “Economics and Econometrics” – it acts as a coordinator: it proposes selection criteria, carries out methodological and expert work on drawing up assignments and forms a jury to evaluate the work.

    The 2024 Olympiad is distinguished by a sharp increase in interest in engineering and natural sciences. 22 future postgraduate students (three quarters of this year’s winners) chose engineering and technical fields and scientific supervisors from leading Polytechnic institutes – ISI, IE, IBSiB, IKNK, PhysMech, and IET.

    The leader in attracting postgraduate students through the Open Doors mechanism this time was the Civil Engineering Institute: ten applicants will study in postgraduate studies and build a career in the field of construction, design and geoecology.

    Thanks to the development of the Urban Studies and Civil Engineering profile, which is supervised by the Civil Engineering Institute, this year the number of foreign students in the English-language Civil Engineering Master’s program has increased significantly. The geography of foreign applicants is expanding, their main request is to receive a world-class Russian engineering education. Our postgraduate program in geoecology also attracts increased attention from foreigners. This gives confidence in the long-term development of the institute, the expansion of its international positioning, and the influx of new young scientists, – says Marina Petrochenko, Director of the ISI.

    Traditionally, there is high interest in the postgraduate programs of the Institute of Biomedical Systems and Biotechnology: more than 35 candidates signed up for interviews with the scientific directors of this institute. Of these, four people were chosen, the most motivated, suitable in terms of topics and level of knowledge for the current scientific groups and laboratories. In addition, for the first time, two postgraduate students in the profile “Physical and Technical Sciences” will be admitted to SPbPU; scientific groups of the PhysMech and the Institute of Economics and Technology are waiting for them.

    I was surprised by the interest of foreign applicants in fundamental research into the optical properties of semiconductor micro- and nanostructures, which I supervise in the laboratory of “Spectroscopy of Semiconductors and Nanostructures”. Based on the interview results, our capabilities coincided with the desire of an applicant from Pakistan under my supervision in the specialty “Physics of Semiconductors”. This candidate already had two scientific articles from first and second quartile journals, – shared associate professor of the Higher Engineering Physics School of the Institute of Economics and Technology Maksim Vinnichenko.

    The Institute of Industrial Management, Economics and Trade actively participates in the Olympiad and shows excellent results, which are highly appreciated by the organizing committee. A year ago, at the suggestion of the organizers, Polytechnic became the coordinator of the profile “Economics and Econometrics”, and the specialists of IMPET demonstrated a good level of expert and methodological work. Therefore, from next year, another profile of the Olympiad – “Business and Management” – will be supervised by Polytechnic.

    In the spring, SPbPU international services, together with the institute directorates, begin to form a pool of scientific supervisors willing to take part in the Olympiad. By the fall, an extensive information package on postgraduate programs, laboratories, as well as information about scientists, including a video and portfolio, will be prepared. Based on the information posted on the website, future participants will be able to choose places for postgraduate study. In 2025, out of 36,000 registered people, only 474 were admitted to the third stage.

    The third stage takes place in January-February. Scientific supervisors get access to the portfolios of absolutely all winners of the second stage in their profile and can invite the most experienced and those who have shown high scores to an interview. This is truly a selection of talents. Every year we try to expand the range of scientists, attract new scientific groups, laboratories with interesting research tasks and topics. All so that participants can find a suitable supervisor and the place that will become the launching pad for their scientific career, – said the manager of the postgraduate track, head of the department of international interuniversity cooperation Ekaterina Belyaevskaya.

    Every year, 35-40 professors and associate professors of SPbPU participate in the Olympiad as scientific supervisors. In 2025, they conducted 179 interviews with applicants and selected 29 future postgraduate students from eight countries. After completing all the necessary documents, these students will come to SPbPU in the fall. Some of them will immediately begin their postgraduate studies in Russian- or English-language programs, while others will spend another year mastering Russian in the preparatory faculty programs.

    The Polytechnic University pays the closest attention to the quality of foreign students and postgraduates. The path to the university through the Open Doors Olympiad selection mechanism is the path for real talents, future scientists. The leadership of our country sets the universities the task of improving the quality of applicants, searching for and attracting scientific talents from all over the world. Therefore, we will treat the winners of the Olympiad with the utmost attention, supporting and developing their scientific career, adapting them to the university community, instilling love and respect for our university and country, – emphasized Vice-Rector for International Affairs Dmitry Arsenyev.

    I participated in this event as a scientific supervisor. I was surprised by the level of preparation of the candidates. Among the interlocutors were top-level IT developers, the results of whose work have been implemented in the infrastructure of their home countries. Participation in Open Doors is an important tool for international communication and development, which allows strong applicants from other countries to find their way in Russian science, and scientific supervisors to strengthen their positions in international science, – shared Konstantin Semenov, Associate Professor of the Higher School of Computer Technologies and Information Systems of the IKNK.

    To become a scientific supervisor for the Olympiad in 2025, you can contact Ekaterina Belyaevskaya, email: Belyaevskaya@spbsty.ru.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Plus or minus: HSE students discuss the impact of sanctions on the Russian economy

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

    Students from the International Institute of Economics and Finance and the Faculty of World Economy and International Relations discussed the positive and negative aspects of the impact of sanctions on the Russian economy during a debate.

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    On April 2, a student debate was held, jointly organized by ICEF and FMEI on the topic “The Impact of Sanctions on the Russian Economy”. The students were divided into two “mixed” teams in advance, each of which was offered a position to defend in the debate.

    The debate began with a short presentation of the teams’ positions. The team led by ICEF student Daria Tochilina, defending the position “Sanctions rather have a positive effect on the Russian economy”, emphasized the importance of the agricultural sector, which has shown significant growth since the introduction of sanctions in 2014. They also drew attention to the stability of the Russian financial sector, which has demonstrated positive dynamics and sufficient independence from the international payment system. The foundations for this, including the creation of its own payment system, were laid during the same period.

    The team noted that companies that had previously borrowed on international markets and transferred profits abroad had now switched to the domestic market. This led to a reduction in capital outflow, including due to the restrictions introduced. As a result, the savings rate in Russia, which is one of the main growth factors, has increased. The team also used the example of the oil and gas sector to show Russia’s diversification in the choice of trading partners, which has a positive effect on strengthening international relations and the revenue of companies in this sector.

    The team led by FMEiMP student Gleb Lopatin, who presented the thesis “Sanctions rather have a negative impact on the Russian economy”, focused on the growth of transaction costs when redirecting commodity and financial flows. The team also noted problems with settlements that arose due to the disconnection of a large number of banks from SWIFT. Other negative factors, especially in the long term, were limited access to innovative products and the outflow of human capital.

    In the second, “cold” part of the debate, the teams took turns asking each other questions. Thus, the “negative influence” team put forward a counterexample to the opponents’ argument about the creation of an analogue of SWIFT in the Russian Federation (SPFS) and the introduction of alternative forms of payment about additional difficulties associated with the ban on the use of SPFS by foreign companies. The students also noted the example of “stuck” payments in India in 2023, which demonstrates that many of the problems that arose were new in nature and the financial system was not always prepared for them. The “positive” influence team responded to the question about the effect of international companies leaving Russia with statistics on the accelerated development of small and medium-sized businesses in Russia associated with the emergence of “niches” in the market. Data on the growth of salaries and real disposable incomes of the population in Russia in 2023-24 were presented.

    The third part of the debate was the most heated, as participants had the opportunity to ask questions without observing the order, and even interrupt their opponents. In this part, the teams returned to discussing the effects on individual sectors and economic agents. High dividends of Lukoil, successes in the development of the IT and electronics market were noted, but also problems with payments and individual services in Russia. The departure of individual companies, on the one hand, created new opportunities for Russian business, but, on the other hand, in a number of cases, negatively affected the supply and orders for local manufacturers (the example of IKEA).

    The moderator of the discussion, Director for the Development of Teaching Excellence A. V. Dementyev, played an important role in the debate. Andrey Viktorovich regulated the “degree” of the discussion and asked both teams pointed questions. Thus, at first he suggested that both teams give a clear definition of “sanctions” for further discussion, and during the discussion he asked the team for the “positive effect” to think about the choice between the position of “sanctions do not work” and “sanctions are useful”, and he suggested that the team for the “negative impact” highlight the structural long-term and short-term effects of the sanctions.

    Following the debate, the jury, consisting of Deputy Director of the Department of Eurasian Integration of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation S.A. Raschukov, Head of the Monitoring Department of the Department for Control over External Restrictions of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation V.A. Filippov, Deputy Director of the ICEF O.O. Zamkov, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Relations A.K. Morozkina, Deputy Head of the Scientific and Methodological Department of the ICEF N.E. Kogutovskaya, determined the winner. It was the team in defense of “positive” effects, which demonstrated greater flexibility in adapting to different areas of discussion. It should be borne in mind that it was not the positive or negative effect itself that was assessed, but the persuasiveness of the teams in presenting each of these positions. The participants in the debate noted during the debate that it is impossible to unambiguously determine the prevalence of positive or negative effects. In the short and long term, negative effects may be more pronounced, while in the medium term – positive ones. At the same time, the impact of sanctions on different sectors of the economy and different economic agents varies.

    The debates were energetic, the participants showed a high level of involvement and activity, and the jury highly appreciated the level of preparation and performance of both teams! We wish the guys further success!

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  • MIL-OSI China: Isabelle Huppert presents ‘The Cherry Orchard’ in Shanghai

    Source: China State Council Information Office 3

    Legendary French actress Isabelle Huppert is in Shanghai presenting the French production of Anton Chekhov’s play “The Cherry Orchard” (La Cerisaie) from April 11 to 13.

    Isabelle Huppert (second from left) and co-star Adama Diop (second from right) meet with the media at Shanghai Culture Square on April 8. [Photo by Gao Erqiang/chinadaily.com.cn]

    Huppert and co-star Adama Diop met with the media at Shanghai Culture Square on April 8, where they spoke about their characters, theater, cinema and their experience in China.

    “The Cherry Orchard,” which is the last play of Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), has been translated into many languages and presented in theaters all over the world since its premiere in Moscow in 1904. The French production was directed by Portuguese director Tiago Rodrigues, and premiered on July 5, 2021 as the opening show of the renowned 75th Festival D’Avignon.

    The play is about Lyubov, a woman played by Huppert, who returns to the family estate after living in Paris for years. The cherry orchard where she and her brother grew up is now about to be sold because of debt. “The theme of the play is the changing times, maybe it just disguises the theme as ‘the end’,” Rodrigues used to say. “We have this impression because it is not always a smooth road before the torrent of the times, and it often takes a large number of victims with it.”

    According to Huppert, Chekhov’s masterpiece explores universal feelings shared by all human beings, which transcends time and culture. The cherry orchard in the play is a philosophical and metaphorical existence, she said. “It can be real, or fictional, and that’s what makes Chekhov a genius. It could be a person, property, or an old place.”

    Huppert made her first performance at Shanghai Culture Square, doing a reading of Marguerite Duras in 2017. “Audiences in Shanghai welcomed me passionately. I felt their enthusiasm and am very happy to return,” said the French actress.

    Earlier this year Huppert participated in a Chinese reality TV show as a guest mentor, and she said that she hoped to have more opportunities working in China, and working with Chinese filmmakers. Huppert has seen quite a lot of films by Chinese directors, and named a few that she particularly liked, such as Jia Zhangke, Bi Gan and Lou Ye.

    She also named the movie Her Story by Shao Yihui, expressing her concerns for the subject of women existence.

    “The Cherry Orchard” was shown in Macao before the show in Shanghai. It will also be performed in Beijing and Nanjing of Jiangsu province.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Muscovites to choose name for Papuan hornbill chick in new Active Citizen poll

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    Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

    The Active Citizen project has begun its next phase voteParticipants are asked to choose a name for the new representative of the Moscow Zoo – a Papuan hornbill chick.

    The baby was born three months ago, but it became possible to observe him only recently. All this time, his caring parents – the male Ra and the female Nun – hid him in a closed nest, where the father brought food. During the period of growing up, the bird grew stronger, got feathers and now greets visitors to the Moscow Zoo. In honor of this, city residents are invited to choose a name for the young male.

    A Papuan hornbill chick can now be seen at the Moscow Zoo

    Ornithologists have decided to name the young hornbill following the example of its parents – in honor of one of the ancient Egyptian deities. Voters will be able to choose from five options, each of which conveys the features of the bird’s appearance or temperament.

    One of them is Bennu, a name that refers to a mythical bird from ancient Egyptian legend that represents rebirth and radiance. This is especially appropriate for the hornbill, with its bright, iridescent plumage.

    Another possible name is Nemti, in honor of the god who patronizes travel: its meaning “one who is on the road” perfectly reflects the mobility and restless nature of the chick, constantly jumping from branch to branch.

    Other possible choices include Thoth, associated with wisdom and the moon, Ptah, representing harmony and truth, and Shu, associated with the element of air and the sun’s rays. Each of these names can highlight the uniqueness of the young hornbill.

    The voting was prepared by the capital Department of Culture and the project “Active Citizen”Its users have already chosen names for many animals, including the Malayan bears Masha, Luchik and Zvezdochka, the alpaca Zephyr, the hyena Akela, the panda Katyusha and the tiger Amur.

    Project “Active Citizen” has been operating since 2014. During this time, more than seven million people have joined it, and more than seven thousand votes have been held. 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 creation, development and operation of the e-government infrastructure, including the provision of mass socially significant services, as well as other services in electronic form, correspond to the objectives of the national project “Data Economy” and the Moscow regional project “Digital Public Administration”.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: City services continue to eliminate the consequences of the snowfall

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    Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

    Bad weather does not leave the Moscow region. According to weather forecasters, today, April 9, the capital is expected to see air temperature fluctuations between positive and negative values, wind gusts can reach 14 meters per second, and ice may form.

    City services continuously monitor the condition of the street and road network and carry out the necessary work. Thus, early in the morning, continuous mechanized sweeping and anti-icing treatment of the roadway and pedestrian areas was carried out.

    Snow removal work is underway everywhere on the street and road network, pedestrian areas, approaches to public transport stops and metro stations, as well as courtyard areas.

    Citizens are asked to be careful on the street: do not take shelter under trees and do not park cars near them. Motorists should strictly observe the speed limit and keep a safe distance.

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  • MIL-OSI: Valeura Energy Inc.: Q1 2025 Operations and Financial Update

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    SINGAPORE, April 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Valeura Energy Inc. (TSX:VLE, OTCQX:VLERF) (“Valeura” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide an update on Q1 2025 operations.

    Highlights

    • Operations continuing smoothly, with oil production averaging 23.9 mbbls/d(1);
      • Continual programme of development and appraisal drilling throughout the quarter;
      • Strong ongoing safety performance, with no lost time injuries;
    • Strong cash position at March 31, 2025 of US$238.3 million, and no debt;
      • Taxes paid of US$39.2 million in Q1;
      • Repurchased 963,401 shares in Q1;
    • Resilient ongoing business based on strong balance sheet and cash flow, creating growth optionality in the current volatile climate.

    (1) Working interest share oil production, before royalties.

    Dr. Sean Guest, President and CEO commented:

    “Our strong operational and financial performance continued throughout Q1 2025, and our business is more resilient than ever. With our corporate restructuring completed in November 2024, and the final tax payment under the previous structure now behind us, we see an energised ability to generate cash flow as we look at the remainder of 2025. 

    We are carefully monitoring the current volatile market conditions while simultaneously reviewing and optimising our expenditures. However, our strong financial position with cash of US$238 million and no debt makes Valeura not only resilient, but also well positioned for attractive inorganic opportunities that may emerge during such a turbulent market environment.

    Notwithstanding the recent market volatility, we are maintaining all of our previously disclosed guidance assumptions for the year.” 

    Q1 2025 Update

    Valeura’s working interest share production before royalties averaged 23.9 mbbls/d during Q1 2025, a decrease of 8.4% from Q4 2024. Rates were affected by a planned seven-day annual maintenance shutdown of the Nong Yao field near the end of the quarter. All planned work on the Nong Yao facilities was conducted safely and under time and budget with production resuming on April 1, 2025. Valeura re-iterates its full year 2025 production guidance outlook of 23.0 – 25.5 mbbls/d.

    Oil sales totalled 1.88 million bbls during Q1 2025, less than the 2.15 million bbls produced. Sales were lower than in Q4 2024 and reflect the fact that at the beginning of the quarter, the Company had record low crude oil in inventory. At the end of the quarter Valeura had 0.89 million bbls in inventory, which is expected to be sold in Q2 2025 (including a lifting of approximately 0.25 million bbls which was sold on April 1, 2025).

    Price realisations averaged US$78.7/bbl during Q1 2025, reflecting a US$2.9/bbl premium over the Brent crude oil benchmark. Oil revenue during Q1 2025 was US$148.1 million, 35% lower than Q4 2024. The quarter-on-quarter difference is due to less oil volumes sold, and also one sale occurring very late in the quarter, for which revenue is expected to be received in April 2025. Accordingly, the Company recorded a receivable associated with that lifting of approximately US$30 million as at March 31, 2025.

    In addition to routine operating costs and planned capital spending, the Company has made a final tax payment of US$39.2 million in connection with its corporate restructuring that was completed in November 2024. This payment effectively completes the tax obligations for its Thai III licences under their previous organisation structure, and became due in Q1 2025, earlier than usual tax payments for Thai III licences which are payable in May and August of each year. Following the restructuring, petroleum income tax loss carry-forwards that were previously associated with only the Wassana asset are now being applied to all of the Company’s Thai III petroleum concessions, being Wassana, Nong Yao, and Manora, thereby resulting in a more efficient tax structure for the business.

    While the Company acknowledges the global market and oil price volatility experienced in early April 2025, at this time, Valeura re-affirms all of its guidance outlook expectations for 2025. The Company maintains a scenario-based approach to planning its investments, driven largely by forecast oil prices. Recent market conditions underscore the importance of such an approach, but more importantly highlight the value of maintaining a strong balance sheet so as to capitalise on emerging inorganic growth opportunities. As of March 31, 2025, Valeura had US$238.3 million in cash, with no debt.

    During the quarter, the Company acquired 963,401 shares as part of its NCIB programme.

    Operations Update

    Valeura provided an operations update on March 25, 2025, along with its announcement of results for Q4 and the full year 2024. Since that time, the Company has been conducting a drilling campaign on the Jasmine / Ban Yen field, and will provide an update in due course. 

    On March 28, 2025, an earthquake struck central Myanmar, which borders Thailand to the north-west. All Valeura’s personnel were confirmed safe, and all facilities continue to operate safely.

    Results Timing and AGM

    Valeura intends to release its full unaudited financial and operating results for Q1 2025 on May 14, 2025, and will discuss the results in more detail through a management webcast hosted in conjunction with its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “meeting”) later that day. The notice of meeting and related Management’s Information Circular have been mailed to shareholders and are available on the Company’s website at www.valeuraenergy.com/governance and on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.

    For further information, please contact:

    Valeura Energy Inc. (General Corporate Enquiries)
    +65 6373 6940
    Sean Guest, President and CEO
    Yacine Ben-Meriem, CFO
    Contact@valeuraenergy.com

    Valeura Energy Inc. (Investor and Media Enquiries)
    +1 403 975 6752 / +44 7392 940495
    Robin James Martin, Vice President, Communications and Investor Relations
    IR@valeuraenergy.com

    About the Company

    Valeura Energy Inc. is a Canadian public company engaged in the exploration, development and production of petroleum and natural gas in Thailand and in Türkiye. The Company is pursuing a growth-oriented strategy and intends to re-invest into its producing asset portfolio and to deploy resources toward further organic and inorganic growth in Southeast Asia. Valeura aspires toward value accretive growth for stakeholders while adhering to high standards of environmental, social and governance responsibility.

    Additional information relating to Valeura is also available on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.

    Advisory and Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Information

    Certain information included in this news release constitutes forward-looking information under applicable securities legislation. Such forward-looking information is for the purpose of explaining management’s current expectations and plans relating to the future. Readers are cautioned that reliance on such information may not be appropriate for other purposes, such as making investment decisions. Forward-looking information typically contains statements with words such as “anticipate”, “believe”, “expect”, “plan”, “intend”, “estimate”, “propose”, “project”, “target” or similar words suggesting future outcomes or statements regarding an outlook.

    Forward-looking information in this news release includes, but is not limited to, the Company’s anticipated full year 2025 guidance assumptions, being full year working interest share oil production before royalties of 23.0 – 25.5 mbbls/d, capex of US$125 – 150 million, exploration expense of approximately US$11 million, and adjusted opex of US$125 – 245 million, all as more fully described in the January 9, 2025 press release; the anticipated receivable of approximately US$30 million as at March 31, 2025; and Valeura’s expectation that it will benefit from a more efficient tax structure as a result of the corporate restructuring. Although the Company believes the expectations and assumptions reflected in such forward-looking information are reasonable, they may prove to be incorrect.

    Forward-looking information is based on management’s current expectations and assumptions regarding, among other things: political stability of the areas in which the Company is operating; continued safety of operations and ability to proceed in a timely manner; continued operations of and approvals forthcoming from governments and regulators in a manner consistent with past conduct; ability to achieve extensions to licences in Thailand and Türkiye to support attractive development and resource recovery; future drilling activity on the required/expected timelines; the prospectivity of the Company’s lands; the continued favourable pricing and operating netbacks across its business; future production rates and associated operating netbacks and cash flow; decline rates; future sources of funding; future economic conditions; the impact of inflation of future costs; future currency exchange rates; interest rates; the ability to meet drilling deadlines and fulfil commitments under licences and leases; future commodity prices; the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine; the impact of conflicts in the Middle East; royalty rates and taxes; management’s estimate of cumulative tax losses being correct; future capital and other expenditures; the success obtained in drilling new wells and working over existing wellbores; the performance of wells and facilities; the availability of the required capital to funds its exploration, development and other operations, and the ability of the Company to meet its commitments and financial obligations; the ability of the Company to secure adequate processing, transportation, fractionation and storage capacity on acceptable terms; the capacity and reliability of facilities; the application of regulatory requirements respecting abandonment and reclamation; the recoverability of the Company’s reserves and contingent resources; future growth; the sufficiency of budgeted capital expenditures in carrying out planned activities; the impact of increasing competition; the availability and identification of mergers and acquisition opportunities; the ability to successfully negotiate and complete any mergers and acquisition opportunities; the ability to efficiently integrate assets and employees acquired through acquisitions; global energy policies going forward; international trade policies; future debt levels; and the Company’s continued ability to obtain and retain qualified staff and equipment in a timely and cost efficient manner. In addition, the Company’s work programmes and budgets are in part based upon expected agreement among joint venture partners and associated exploration, development and marketing plans and anticipated costs and sales prices, which are subject to change based on, among other things, the actual results of drilling and related activity, availability of drilling, offshore storage and offloading facilities and other specialised oilfield equipment and service providers, changes in partners’ plans and unexpected delays and changes in market conditions. Although the Company believes the expectations and assumptions reflected in such forward-looking information are reasonable, they may prove to be incorrect.

    Forward-looking information involves significant known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Exploration, appraisal, and development of oil and natural gas reserves and resources are speculative activities and involve a degree of risk. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by the Company including, but not limited to: the ability of management to execute its business plan or realise anticipated benefits from acquisitions; the risk of disruptions from public health emergencies and/or pandemics; competition for specialised equipment and human resources; the Company’s ability to manage growth; the Company’s ability to manage the costs related to inflation; disruption in supply chains; the risk of currency fluctuations; changes in interest rates, oil and gas prices and netbacks; the risk that the Company’s tax advisors’ and/or auditors’ assessment of the Company’s cumulative tax losses varies significantly from management’s expectations of the same; potential changes in joint venture partner strategies and participation in work programmes; uncertainty regarding the contemplated timelines and costs for work programme execution; the risks of disruption to operations and access to worksites; potential changes in laws and regulations, including international treaties and trade policies; the uncertainty regarding government and other approvals; counterparty risk; the risk that financing may not be available; risks associated with weather delays and natural disasters; and the risk associated with international activity. See the most recent annual information form and management’s discussion and analysis of the Company for a detailed discussion of the risk factors.

    Certain forward-looking information in this news release may also constitute “financial outlook” within the meaning of applicable securities legislation. Financial outlook involves statements about Valeura’s prospective financial performance or position and is based on and subject to the assumptions and risk factors described above in respect of forward-looking information generally as well as any other specific assumptions and risk factors in relation to such financial outlook noted in this news release. Such assumptions are based on management’s assessment of the relevant information currently available, and any financial outlook included in this news release is made as of the date hereof and provided for the purpose of helping readers understand Valeura’s current expectations and plans for the future. Readers are cautioned that reliance on any financial outlook may not be appropriate for other purposes or in other circumstances and that the risk factors described above or other factors may cause actual results to differ materially from any financial outlook.

    The forward-looking information contained in this news release is made as of the date hereof and the Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless required by applicable securities laws. The forward-looking information contained in this news release is expressly qualified by this cautionary statement.

    This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities in any jurisdiction, including where such offer would be unlawful. This news release is not for distribution or release, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, Ireland, the Republic of South Africa or Japan or any other jurisdiction in which its publication or distribution would be unlawful. 

    Neither the Toronto Stock Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Toronto Stock Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.

    This information is provided by Reach, the non-regulatory press release distribution service of RNS, part of the London Stock Exchange. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.

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  • MIL-Evening Report: The Coalition’s domestic gas plan would lower prices – just not very much

    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Hepburn, Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University

    A LNG carrier departs Gladstone. Ivan Kuzkin/Shutterstock

    It surprised many Australians when the Coalition announced a plan straight from the progressive side of politics: force large gas companies to reserve gas for domestic use – at a lower cost than they could sell it for overseas.

    As a populist move during a cost-of-living election, it’s a good one. Australia’s gas producers sell 70% of gas extracted on the east coast overseas under long-term contracts, even as southeastern states such as Victoria face possible gas shortages. Western Australia has long had an effective policy requiring up to 15% of offshore gas to be reserved for domestic use.

    After a fortnight’s delay, the Coalition has now publicly released the modelling behind its policy. Undertaken by Frontier Economics, the modelling indicates that reserving 50 to 100 petajoules of gas in the first year would cut wholesale prices by 23%. This would mean a 15% drop in prices for large-scale users – but only a 7% fall for household gas bills and a 3% fall in electricity bills.

    This doesn’t sound like much, because it isn’t. Gas prices soared during the Ukraine war and haven’t yet returned to their pre-war levels. Labor has dubbed the plan “gaslighting”, and will rely instead on a gas policy released last year to open up more gasfields and build import terminals. Gas producers don’t like the Coalition’s plan, and neither does billionaire Liberal benefactor Gina Rinehart. Dutton’s plan isn’t crazy – it’s just not likely to make a big difference.

    Most of Queensland’s gas is exported at present.
    Chris Andrews Fern Bay/Shutterstock

    How would this gas reservation policy work?

    The Coalition has proposed what it calls an East Coast Reservation Scheme, with the goal of progressively decoupling Australia’s east coast gas market from the volatile international market.

    It has two parts. First, it would require new exporters, in the first year of operation, to reserve an additional 50–100 petajoules for the domestic market. Second, it would create a gas security charge, to be imposed on gas producers seeking to export “additional” (non-contracted) gas on the international market.

    This would give gas producers an incentive to sell non-contracted gas to the domestic market, because they would get greater profits selling in Australia, even at a lower base price.

    Further, the policy would prevent gas producers from charging domestic buyers international prices, setting a competitive price.

    In effect, the gas security charge is akin to a levy or a reverse tariff. The levy can be avoided if producers supply up to 100 petajoules to domestic markets. That’s about as much gas as New South Wales’ gas pipelines deliver each year – 101 petajoules (PJ) as of 2022–23, or the equivalent of 26 full liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers, which hold about 3.8 PJ on average.

    What are the issues with this plan?

    There are legitimate concerns. First, the policy does not directly address domestic gas pricing and won’t help with the cost of living crisis. Over time, it could create a more competitive domestic market, but the fact producers could make marginally more money selling gas on the domestic market doesn’t guarantee change.

    Second, the policy does not directly address the looming gas supply crisis. That’s because existing gas producers would not be legally obliged to commit to more gas domestically – they could still export it. The obligation to commit an additional 50-100 petajoules to the domestic market only applies to gas exporters in their first year of operation.

    If policymakers want to solve the supply crisis, they would be better served by imposing direct export controls in the form of a clear gas reservation mandate. This works, as Western Australia’s long experience shows.

    How did we get here?

    When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, it led to huge spikes in global gas prices and shortages in Europe as the world moved away from Russian gas.

    In the 2010s, Australia had already been ramping up gas production. But in the wake of the Ukraine war, Australia became a major gas exporter. Producers traded as much gas as possible on the international market, selling it for over A$40/GJ. Meanwhile, Australia’s coal production was falling.

    Domestic gas demand shot up, and prices went from $8 to $30 a gigajoule. In response, the Albanese government introduced an emergency price cap for the wholesale gas market, prohibiting producers from entering into supply contracts with domestic purchasers for prices above a cap, currently set at $12/GJ. While the cap did partly insulate domestic consumers, it was always intended as a temporary measure.

    The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission recently predicted a gas supply shortfall of up to 40 petajoules in the southern states as early as September due to declining production in Victoria and South Australia as well as higher demand. Without access to uncontracted Queensland gas, supply will run very low. This is a significant energy security risk, and one the Coalition’s gas policy doesn’t directly address.

    Victorian residents are more reliant on gas than other states – and shortfalls are looming.
    M-Production/Shutterstock

    What’s next?

    Australia is one of the world’s top three LNG exporters. The fact a gas giant could be facing domestic shortages is both unnecessary and embarrassing. Reaching this point represents decades of policy failure.

    Reserving gas for domestic use works for the west coast, and it would work for the east. But the Coalition’s plan is not quite a gas reservation scheme. It doesn’t create a comprehensive reservation mandate and questions remain about its capacity to address domestic pricing and supply.

    At present, it seems like a lot of effort without great benefit. Will households really notice their gas bill is 7% cheaper?

    Samantha Hepburn does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

    – ref. The Coalition’s domestic gas plan would lower prices – just not very much – https://theconversation.com/the-coalitions-domestic-gas-plan-would-lower-prices-just-not-very-much-254194

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  • MIL-OSI China: TIR transport service launched between China, Uzbekistan

    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

    SHENYANG, April 8 — Loaded with 20 tonnes of locally-produced ice cream, two refrigerated trucks bearing TIR signs on Monday departed from an international road transport assembly center in Shenyang, the capital of northeast China’s Liaoning Province.

    The shipment will exit China via the Bakti port in Xinjiang, traverse Kazakhstan and arrive in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, in around 8 to 10 days.

    This marks the official launch of Shenyang’s first TIR cross-border road transport route connecting China, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, a new route that expands the assembly center’s existing China-Russia transport network.

    TIR, an abbreviation for Transports Internationaux Routiers, or International Road Transport, is an international customs transit system that saves time and cuts costs for transport operators and customs authorities moving goods across borders. Notably, China became a member of the TIR system in 2016.

    “This direct route from Shenyang to Tashkent ensures seamless delivery without transshipment,” said Han Qingfeng, general manager of the shipping company, adding that monthly operations are planned.

    Since its certification by the International Road Transport Union in late 2024, the Shenyang assembly center has handled 50 TIR shipments valued at over 30 million yuan (about 4.16 million U.S. dollars), exporting machinery, auto parts, office supplies and food.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: The number of products in the online showroom “Made in Moscow” has increased by a third

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    Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

    Thanks to the program’s tools “Made in Moscow” Moscow brands have sold products worth 350 million rubles since the beginning of the year. This is four times more than in the first quarter of 2024, reported Natalia Sergunina, Deputy Mayor of Moscow.

    “The project has already united over seven thousand entrepreneurs. Over the past year, the number of goods on the Made in Moscow website has grown by a third – to 34 thousand items. These are interior items, food products, toys, cosmetics and much more,” said Natalia Sergunina.

    According to her, since January, the online showroom has been visited by about 700 thousand people. Most of them were interested in clothes, shoes and accessories.

    Product cards lead to online store pages where you can make a purchase. Since the beginning of the year, about 70 percent of all sales have come from marketplaces.

    The program’s reach is increasing not only through promotion on online platforms, but also through city events. For example, brands that presented their collections at Moscow Fashion Week have joined the ecosystem. This area is now one of the most numerous. Every seventh resident of the project belongs to it.

    The magic market was a successful experience. In seven pavilions, which operated from December 20 to February 28 as part of the Winter in Moscow project, more than 50 thousand products from Moscow manufacturers were sold.

    In addition, the program has its own branded retail network – five offline stores.

    Sergei Sobyanin announced the launch of a chain of branded stores “Made in Moscow”The number of participants in the Made in Moscow program has exceeded six thousand

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: A new quarter with sports and business infrastructure will appear in Kommunarka under the integrated territorial development program

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    A residential area will be built in the Kommunarka district of the Novomoskovsky administrative district of the capital. Inefficiently used plots with a total area of 13.74 hectares will be reorganized under the program of integrated development of territories (IDT). The corresponding draft decision has been published on the website Moscow Government. This was reported by the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Urban Development Policy and Construction Vladimir Efimov.

    “As part of the redevelopment of two sites near Alexandra Monakhovaya Street in a rapidly developing district of Moscow, another modern residential quarter with the infrastructure necessary for city residents will appear. Thanks to the construction of various facilities, it is planned to create over 2.5 thousand jobs here. Investments in the implementation of the project will amount to 60.64 billion rubles, and the annual budget effect is estimated at more than one billion rubles,” said Vladimir Efimov.

    The plots are conveniently located – the Kommunarka station of the Troitskaya metro line is nearby.

    “In accordance with the draft decision, the territory will be used for the construction of multi-apartment residential complexes. More than four thousand people will be able to live in the new buildings. In addition, an administrative and business complex with a parking lot for 740 cars, with an area of 62.64 thousand square meters, will be built nearby. A sports and recreation complex with public spaces with a total area of 5.4 thousand square meters and a parking lot for 300 cars will also appear here. The plots themselves will be landscaped and greened,” said the Minister of the Moscow Government, head of the capital’s Department of City Property.

    Maxim Gaman.

    According to the KRT program, multifunctional city blocks are being created, where roads, comfortable housing and all the necessary infrastructure are being designed on the site of former industrial zones and inefficiently used areas. Currently, 302 projects for the integrated development of territories with a total area of about 4.2 thousand hectares are at various stages of development and implementation in Moscow. This work is being carried out on behalf of Sergei Sobyanin.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Another 10 ultra-fast charging stations for electric buses installed in the capital

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    Another 10 ultra-fast charging stations for environmentally friendly ground transport have been installed in the Novokosino district in the east of the capital. This will allow more electric bus routes to be opened and the operation of existing ones to be improved, said the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport and Industry Maxim Liksutov.

    “We continue to expand the charging infrastructure at terminal stations. This allows us to replace buses with innovative Russian-made electric buses faster. In total, there are already more than 370 charging stations operating in the capital. We are developing environmentally friendly transport on behalf of Sergei Sobyanin,” said Maxim Liksutov.

    Moscow remains the leader in the number of electric buses in Europe. More than 2.3 thousand Russian-made vehicles serve 190 routes. To replace buses with electric buses, the city is developing charging infrastructure. With the creation of new charging stations in Moscow, new electric bus routes are opening.

    Charging stations for electric buses work in any weather and are suitable for all models of eco-friendly transport. The electric bus pantograph is connected to the charging dome, and the batteries are recharged.

    In total, there are about 850 ground transportation routes in Moscow, covering all districts. On a weekday, on average, more than four million trips are made on all buses and electric buses in the capital. Passengers are transported by the most modern and convenient for all categories of citizens ground city transportation.

    Moscow was the first in Russia to start building modern electric bus depots. In 2022, the first in Russia and the largest in Europe, Krasnaya Pakhra, opened in TiNAO. Eco-friendly vehicles first hit the routes in new districts. In the summer of 2023, the Mitino depot opened in the northwest of the capital. At the end of 2023, the third innovative electric bus depot, Saltykovka, opened. It serves routes in the east of the city.

    Since 2022, the capital has been supplied with improved equipment. 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, makes it even easier to see the number from afar. The interior has an electric heater, which minimizes the impact on the environment and maintains an optimal temperature. The power reserve has increased from 40-50 kilometers to 80 kilometers, while the weight of the vehicle has remained the same. Since 2024, KAMAZ and LiAZ vehicles with an updated design have been entering service.

    Electric buses are purchased under life cycle contracts. For 15 years after the vehicles are transferred to the Mosgortrans State Unitary Enterprise fleet, the manufacturers independently ensure the proper operation of the equipment on the routes.

    The new technology increases the comfort of travel and reduces the impact on the environment. The cabin has climate control, there are chargers for phones, and the nearest stops are shown on media screens. For passengers with limited mobility, there is a folding ramp and driver call buttons. If necessary, they will help enter and leave the cabin. Strollers or bicycles can be conveniently placed on the storage area.

    In 2023, Moscow signed the largest contract in Europe for the supply of 1,200 new electric buses. According to the State Budgetary Institution MosEcoMonitoring of the capital Department of Nature Management and Environmental Protection, the introduction of innovative vehicles on routes has made it possible to increase the total environmental impact of replacing buses with electric transport by almost two times.

    In 2024, electric buses began to serve another 71 capital routes. This is twice as many as in 2023. Over 800 electric buses from PJSC KAMAZ and LLC LiAZ arrived in the fleets of GUP Mosgortrans, including 600 vehicles in a new, even more modern design. It is planned that by 2035, almost the entire fleet of GUP Mosgortrans will operate on electric traction.

    Three modern electric buses have entered a new route in the South-West Administrative DistrictSobyanin: Switching to electric buses has reduced pollutant emissions

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Between Blue and Gray: How to Prepare Recyclables for Recycling

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    Every year, more and more city residents join the separate waste collection program. The two-stream waste collection system has been in effect in Moscow since 2020. So, if in 2019, before the start of the program, only 450 thousand tons of recyclable materials were allocated, then in 2024 – over 1.65 million tons.

    Today, many residents have already become accustomed to two-container sorting and know that plastic, paper, glass and metals should be placed in the blue bin, and food, contaminated and mixed waste should be placed in the grey bin.

    The Moscow City Services Complex shared advice with those who are just planning to start sorting waste at home, and told them how to properly prepare recyclable materials for recycling.

    How to become a participant of the program

    Anyone can join the separate waste collection program. It does not require much effort, it is enough to have two separate trash cans (or two bags) at home. The first will be intended for non-recyclable waste – for this, a gray bin is installed at the container sites, and the second will be used for recyclables – this waste must be put in a blue container. Thanks to recycling, they will get a new life.

    For those who have not yet decided to sort waste, there is a website “Clean Moscow”, where online lectures with answers to the most popular questions on this topic are posted and links to useful publications on separate waste collection are collected. There, pop, theater and film stars share their personal experience of participating in the separate waste collection program.

    How to Properly Prepare Recyclables for Recycling

    The first thing to remember is that items submitted for recycling must be clean. Plastic and glass bottles, aluminum cans must be rinsed with water and dried before recycling, plastic trays and food trays must be cleaned of food residues. Contamination spoils the quality of secondary raw materials or makes their recycling impossible. For example, plastic at modern sorting plants is sorted by special mechanisms – optical separators. They may not recognize contaminated containers and not select them for recycling.

    Plastic bottles need to be flattened – they will take up less space both in your bin and in the container. However, more importantly, an unflattened bottle, when it arrives at the sorting plant, will roll along the conveyor belt, so the optical separator will not be able to recognize it.

    Non-obvious sorting rules

    There are also some nuances, the knowledge of which will significantly facilitate the further processing of recyclable materials. Thus, it is recommended to hand over different types of waste separately. For example, plastic cups with dairy products can be sealed in cardboard, and cookies or marmalade are often placed in a plastic tray, sealed with film and then placed in a cardboard box. All these materials should be separated from each other – this way they will have a chance to be sent for recycling.

    Plastic caps can be left on PET bottles. Although these items are made from different types of plastic, technologies allow for the separation of materials during recycling. Another way is to collect caps separately. In this case, they should be placed in canisters or five-liter bottles and in this form handed over to the blue bin or taken to special boxes of the “Good Caps” project.

    The shrink wrap needs to be removed and sent to a grey container because it is made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) – the third type of plastic that cannot be recycled. Juice bottles and fermented milk cups are often wrapped in such film. PVC film is easy to recognize – it follows the shape of the container, and it is easy to remove – just cut and pull the edges.

    Aerosol cans may only be thrown away when empty.

    Batteries and accumulators are hazardous waste that are first rendered harmless and only then recycled. They cannot be placed in regular containers with other waste. Before throwing away an old children’s electronic toy or other electrical appliance, you need to take out the batteries and accumulators. They can be handed over for recycling in special boxes that are available in many stores and shopping centers.

    Doors, nightstands, chairs, cabinets, plumbing and other items that are larger than 50 centimeters on one side should not be placed in regular bins. There are special bins for large-sized waste for such items.

    Car tires and tyres are not municipal waste and also require special recycling technology. They cannot be thrown into regular bins. Car tires and tyres must be handed over separately to special points – often large car shops and tyre repair shops accept them for free.

    Gadgets and household appliances are accepted by network communication stores and large household appliance stores.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Heart diagnostics in clinics will become more accurate thanks to new equipment

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    Moscow polyclinics have received more than five thousand units of modern equipment for diagnosing cardiovascular diseases. Now patients can undergo a full heart examination using the latest cardiographs, 24-hour monitoring systems and stress tests, and doctors can identify risks earlier and prevent the development of diseases. This was reported by Anastasia Rakova, Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Social Development.

    “We regularly improve the availability of care for patients with cardiovascular diseases. We pay great attention to the prevention of heart diseases along with emergency medicine. They develop gradually, but they can be detected and prevented long before complications arise. As part of a large-scale modernization, we have supplied city clinics with more than five thousand modern devices for cardiac diagnostics. All updated medical institutions have electrocardiographs, Holter monitors, devices for 24-hour blood pressure monitoring, and stress systems that help doctors more accurately identify hidden pathologies and risks. The new equipment helps to more accurately assess the condition of the heart, identify hidden rhythm disturbances, monitor blood pressure levels throughout the day, and conduct functional tests with physical activity,” the deputy mayor said.

    The renovated clinics received more than two thousand electrocardiographs, over 1.7 thousand Holter ECG monitoring devices, more than 1,450 24-hour blood pressure monitoring systems (ABPM) and 145 stress systems, including treadmills and bicycle ergometers.

    At the same time, one of the most important elements in the development of the cardiology service remains the digitalization of diagnostics. All adult and children’s clinics use electrocardiographs connected to the unified medical information and analytical system (EMIAS). Smart algorithms help to analyze studies faster and identify possible deviations, and also allow doctors to receive automatically decoded ECGs. The same digital technologies work in the analysis of Holter monitoring and ABPM, thereby reducing the time of diagnosis and increasing its accuracy.

    AI services in Moscow have learned to identify pathologies in 39 clinical areasSobyanin spoke about early diagnostics of oncology in the Kommunarka Endocenter

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Moscow supported more than three thousand innovative solutions with patent grants

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    Since 2022, Moscow developers have been approved for city grants to patent 3,180 inventions and utility models in Russia and abroad. The total amount of grants was more than 290 million rubles. The support was used by creators of innovations in the field of radio electronics, robotics, public safety, construction and information technology.

    Entrepreneurs can receive a grant of 75 thousand rubles for each Russian patent for an invention or utility model registered in the last 12 months. The maximum amount of grant support for submitted foreign patent applications is up to five million rubles per year.

    Two grants were received by a company that develops and manufactures robotic devices for industrial high-pressure cleaning. The funds were allocated for patenting a microhydropercussion hydrodynamic cleaning complex for the inner surface of heat exchanger pipes. Patents for the invention are currently being processed in Russia and abroad.

    Another recipient of financial support was a research and production enterprise that manufactures innovative equipment for disinfecting air, hard surfaces and water from all types of dangerous bacteria. The technology of high-intensity pulsed ultraviolet radiation allows disinfecting premises of all classes with an efficiency of up to 99.9 percent in a minimum period of time – from 30 seconds. More than 3.5 thousand such installations are successfully used in more than 500 Russian organizations. In addition, the enterprise exports its products to the Republic of South Africa, Mexico, Belarus and Kazakhstan.

    A Russian developer and manufacturer of thermal indicators has received five grants for filing foreign patent applications and nine grants for Russian patents. The company has developed a new type of thermal fire alarm designed to prevent pre-emergency and pre-fire situations by detecting overheating of contact connections that occur in electrical distribution devices. Its products are patented in more than 40 countries.

    As part of the strategy Sergei Sobyanin for business development and innovation support, the Moscow Innovation Cluster promotes support for patenting and commercialization of intellectual property through grant, consulting, and educational programs, as well as preferential lending secured by rights to the results of intellectual activity.

    The application period for grant support for patenting inventions and utility models in Russia and abroad is open until June 30, 2025.i.moscow platform.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: The grand marble staircase is being restored at the Pokrovskoe-Streshnevo estate

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    Restoration work continues at the Pokrovskoe-Streshnevo estate. Specialists are paying attention to every detail of the unique historical monument of the 18th-19th centuries, trying to preserve its interior decoration and return the estate to its former appearance. In particular, the main staircase with tritons, which is located in the central volume of the main house of the estate, is currently being restored.

    “The main marble staircase was brought to Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo from the city estate on Bolshaya Nikitskaya in the 1910s. At that time, Princess Evgenia Shakhovskaya-Glebova-Streshneva was rebuilding the estate. A vestibule with a main staircase made of white and gray marble with a bypass gallery (balcony) at the level of the second floor appeared in the central volume. The balcony is supported from below by two decorative figures of tritons, and the bypass gallery is decorated with columns and pilasters of the Ionic order, the composition is completed by a round ceiling lamp,” said the deputy head of the Department of Capital Repairs

    Vladimir Alyabyev.

    Before the work began, the staircase was in poor condition. The steps were worn and cracked, the five lower ones were different in shape and color of the stone, and the last one was completely missing. The marble balusters and wide handrail were completely destroyed. Two figures of tritons on the sides of the staircase also needed restoration, one of them was missing the tip of its tail. In addition, the balcony railing was lost.

    “During the work, a comprehensive restoration of the main staircase was carried out. Specialists cleaned the marble steps, completed the assembly in places of losses, sealed cracks with a special compound in the tone of the stone, polished the surfaces. They replaced the steps that did not correspond to the historical ones and recreated the lower one that was lost. In a special workshop, balusters, railings and pedestals were recreated according to historical samples, and their installation is currently underway. They also restored the marble figures of newts supporting the balcony, and restored the lost tip of the tail, copying it from the surviving one,” Vladimir Alyabyev clarified.

    In addition, the columns and pilasters of the Ionic order located in the bypass gallery were put in order. Having cleaned the surviving elements from late layers of paint, specialists discovered places of damaged plaster and additional compositions from late materials, as well as areas of incorrect joints of architectural elements. Then the plaster elements were cleaned to a solid base and restored. To do this, they cast the missing fragments according to historical samples, removed late inserts from alabaster, cement and other materials, and repaired small chips and cracks. In addition, the ceiling lamp was restored.

    The restoration work of the Pokrovskoe-Streshnevo estate ensemble corresponds to the goals and objectives of the national project “Infrastructure for life”.

    Sobyanin: The lost spire has been returned to the greenhouse of the Pokrovskoe-Streshnevo estateAtmosphere of manor life: stucco work is being restored in Pokrovskoe-Streshnevo

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Moskino Cinema Park to Host Space Weekend

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    Guests of the Moskino Cinema Park can look forward to a space weekend on April 12 and 13. The program includes performances by professional stuntmen, space tricks, fantastic performances for the whole family, games for children, film screenings, and much more. Login by tickets.

    Space adventures and incredible stunts

    On April 12 at 13:00 and 14:30, the Gonzaga Theatre will host a performance for the whole family, “Frantic Cosmists.” It will be performed by actors from the Village Theatre. The fantastic story will tell viewers about the great discoveries of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Nikolai Fyodorov and Alexander Chizhevsky, as well as about the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. The heroes of the production will have to prevent a catastrophe that threatens the planet.

    From 17:00 to 18:00, stuntmen will perform on stage. Viewers will learn how stunts are done for space films, watch fragments of famous Russian films, and will also be able to take part in the performance themselves. Professionals will demonstrate special technical devices that are used to film flight scenes. Varvara Nikitina, the first Russian female stuntwoman and vice-president of the Stuntmen’s Guild at the Union of Cinematographers of Russia, will take part in the program.

    On the weekend, guests will be able to take part in the interactive quest “Space Frontier”. Adults and children will transform into heroes who save the Earth from an alien invasion. Unusual characters will support them in passing the tests. For example, together with Professor Zvezdochetov, participants will build a star map, conduct physical experiments with engineer Kapustin, and the young cosmonaut Baikonurov will help find items important for a trip into space.

    Songs, games and master classes

    On April 13, musicians will perform famous songs from films on the stage of the Gonzaga Theatre, from musicals to Soviet hits. You can listen to the concert and sing along with the artists from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM.

    Master classes will be held for children on the central square. Young guests will make space-themed keychains, paint a souvenir in the form of the Earth’s natural satellite, the Moon, and create interior items. Participants will also be able to take photos in a model of Yuri Gagarin’s space capsule, dressed in special suits, and play mini-football and big dominoes.

    At the Vadim Zadorozhny Museum of Technology, children and animators will build a spaceship from cubes, catch meteorites and play other games in the fresh air.

    On April 12 and 13, the Moskino Kinopark cinema will show films for the whole family. The comedy drama Everything That Concerns You will tell about a fascinating emotional journey and the search for a loved one. The comedy Batya-2. Ded will continue the audience’s favorite story about family, growing up and nostalgia for childhood. Animal lovers will appreciate the film Palma-2. This is a film about a boy, his faithful shepherd dog and a bear cub. The friends will have to go through a forest full of wild animals, hunters and other dangers. Buy tickets you can here.

    You can get to the Moskino cinema park not only by your own car, but also by free transport. Buses M1 and M2 run every 25 minutes from the Salaryevo and Teply Stan metro stations. You can find out more about the routes and see the schedule on the cinema park’s website in the section “How to get there”.

    The Moskino cinema park is part of Sergei Sobyanin’s “Moscow – City of Cinema” project and an object of the Moscow cinema cluster, which is being developed by the capital Department of CultureThe first stage of development has already been completed here: 24 natural sites, four pavilions and six infrastructure facilities have been built, including the sets “Center of Moscow”, “Moscow in the 1940s”, “Vitebsk Station”, “Yurovo Airport”, “Cathedral Square of Moscow”, “Deaf Village”, “County Town”, “Cowboy Town”, “St. Petersburg Bar” and others.

    The Moscow Film Cluster is an infrastructure facility, services and facilities for filmmakers, which are being developed by the Moscow Government within the framework of the Moscow — City of Cinema project. Its structure includes the Moskino film park, the Gorky Film Studio (sites on Sergei Eisenstein Street and Valdaisky Proyezd), the Moskino film factory, the Moskino cinema chain, the film commission and the Moskino film platform.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Another 32 lifting platforms for people with limited mobility will be installed in nine districts of the North-Eastern Administrative District

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    In the North-Eastern Administrative District, 32 lifting platforms are planned to be installed this year. They will be mounted in the entrances of apartment buildings where wheelchair users live, in accordance with previously submitted applications.

    “Work has already begun on the installation and connection of seven platforms, including six inclined and one vertical. After the survey and design, the installation of lifts for people with disabilities will begin in another 25 entrances,” said the Deputy Head of the Department of Capital Repairs of the City of Moscow

    Evgeniy Adamov.

    In Bibirevo, 10 platforms will be installed, in Otradnoye – five, in Lianozovo and Losinoostrovsky district – four each, in Yaroslavsky district – three, in Sviblovo and Babushkinsky district – two each, in Altufevsky district and Yuzhnoye Medvedkovo – one each.

    With the installation of a lifting platform in the entrance hall, the life of a person with special needs, who is forced to spend entire days in an apartment, changes dramatically. It becomes possible to go outside without outside help, which means meeting with friends, working, attending various events. The lift also makes life much easier for families with children with disabilities. Trips to the doctor, to school, or just walks become accessible if the mother does not have to lift a heavy stroller up the stairs.

    You can submit an application for installation of the platform on the mos.ru portal or on the website Department of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the City of Moscow in the section “Internet Reception”. Permanent registration in Moscow and the presence of a recommendation in the IPRA (individual rehabilitation and habilitation program) on the need for a wheelchair are required. According to the Housing Code of the Russian Federation, neither a meeting nor a decision of the owners of the premises in an apartment building is required to install a lifting platform in the entrance.

    The technical feasibility of installing a platform in an entrance is determined by interdepartmental commissions that have been created in each district of the capital. After this, the design stage begins, during which the type of platform is selected taking into account current GOSTs, regulations, building codes and rules. Projects are subject to mandatory state examination, which confirms the correctness of the technical solutions adopted.

    “In entrances with spacious halls, vertical lifting platforms are most often installed, which are more convenient to use. They resemble mini-elevators and allow you to rise to a height of up to four meters. If there is not enough space or the free space is occupied, for example, by a concierge room or a stroller room, an inclined lift is installed. This design is mounted on the wall parallel to the stairs. It is compact and does not disturb the neighbors,” noted Evgeny Adamov.

    When installing lifting platforms, other work is also carried out to create a barrier-free environment for people with limited mobility: ramps and handrails are installed at the entrance to the building, as well as doors with closers that a person in a wheelchair can open remotely. If technically possible, an additional entrance to the building is made, to which a ramp is brought. In addition, visual and dispatch control systems are installed. This not only ensures the safety of descent and ascent, but also prevents the platform from being used for other purposes.

    From 2011 to 2024, the Department of Capital Repairs installed 2,128 lifting platforms for wheelchair users in all 12 districts of the capital.

    Installing ramps and laying tactile tiles: how the portal “Our City” helps make the capital more comfortable29 lifts for people with limited mobility will be installed in residential buildings in northwest Moscow

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: In April, more than 600 educational events were prepared for schoolchildren and college students

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    More than 600 educational events were prepared for young Muscovites, their parents and teachers in April. Registration for them is available on the service “Horizons” based on the Moscow Electronic School (MES). Here you can find a list of all free educational events for children and youth in the capital — lectures, festivals, master classes, competitions, quests, hackathons and excursions.

    “The Horizons service allows schoolchildren and college students to attend sports, cultural and educational events. Since its launch in 2023, it has been used more than 2.5 million times, and the number of unique users has exceeded 1.3 million. The service was most in demand among 10th-11th grade students and parents of schoolchildren,” the press service of the capital said.

    Department of Education and Science.

    So, on April 12 at 12:00 a master class will be held at the Moscow University of Finance and Law “Traditional Chinese Cuisine”. Participants will not only learn about the national dishes of the Celestial Empire, but also learn to write their names in Chinese. Schoolchildren and college students are invited to the lesson.

    On April 12 at the same time, the Palace of Children and Youth Creativity “Vostochny” will host a festival for schoolchildren master class in karate. The course is suitable for both beginners and experienced athletes. And at 16:00, students will be able to join the lesson right here “Rhythm in vocals”The children will be told about methods of working with musical ear and will be revealed the secrets of expressive performance.

    Available for primary school students and their parents excursion through the enclosure complex of the Bitsevsky Forest natural and historical park. Guests will get acquainted with wild and farm animals – squirrels, pheasants, chickens, goats and sheep, and learn interesting facts about them. The event will begin on April 16 at 14:30.

    On April 19 at 12:45 at the Russian State University of Oil and Gas named after I.M. Gubkin you can attend a lecture “Computer – from Babbage to smartphone”. Pupils of grades 7–11, college students, their parents and teachers will be told about the creation of computers and the first programs.

    In total, more than 10 thousand events were published in the Gorizonty service. The events are divided into four areas: “Technology, exact, natural sciences”, “Humanities and economics”, “Medicine, health and sports”, “Culture and art”. For the convenience of users, a filter is available that helps select an event according to age. After registration, information about the event automatically appears in the schedule of the MES electronic diary, and is also sent to e-mail.

    The Horizons service is available in the School section (News tab) of the electronic diary and in the Events section of the mobile application “MESH Diary”. You can also use the service on the website Horizons.Mos.ru.

    “Moscow Electronic School”— a joint project of the capital’s departments education and science Andinformation technology, created in 2016. A single digital educational platform is available to Moscow teachers, students and their parents. Among the main services of “MES” are a library of educational materials, an electronic diary and journal, “Moskvenok”, “Student Portfolio” and “Olympiads”.

    Providing the capital’s schoolchildren with modern digital services increases the efficiency of the educational process, helps children to plan their school and personal time wisely and corresponds to the objectives of the “All the Best for Children” national project “Youth and Children”.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Services and services for large families: how the mos.ru portal helps Moscow families

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    Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

    Large families in Moscow have access to various benefits, payments and city support measures that help take care of children. Many of them can be quickly and conveniently applied for on the mos.ru portal, without wasting time on personal trips to departments and collecting paper documents. All the necessary electronic services and services are collected in the subsection “Assistance for families with children, including large families” of the section “Family, children” catalog of services for residents.

    “On the mos.ru portal, you can register as a large family and get a corresponding digital ID, apply for a parking permit or a Muscovite card for yourself and your children, apply for cash compensation, and much more. And some services, such as extending a parking permit for large families, are provided proactively: at the right time, the city sends a notification through the portal, and the person only has to agree to receive the service or refuse it,” said the Deputy Head of the Moscow City Department of Information Technology

    Dmitry Ivanov.

    Authorized mos.ru users with a standard and full account can use electronic services and services. You can find out how to register on the portal and upgrade your account status fromthis instruction.

    Obtain the status of a large family and a digital ID

    On the mos.ru portal, submit an electronic application for receiving orextending the status of a large family is convenient and simple. Any parent living with their children may apply for the government service, provided that the family is registered at their place of residence in the city of Moscow.

    Everyone who has received the status of a large family will automatically have access to a digital certificate confirming it in their personal account on the portal. This is an electronic document that contains a unique QR code with information about all members of such a family and the validity period of benefits. It can be downloaded to your smartphone as a pdf file or used using the QR code in the city mobile application “My id”A digital ID is equivalent to a paper ID.

    Apply for a Muscovite card for each family member

    Children from large families, regardless of their place of study, as well as both of their parents, can apply Muscovite card. It will allow you to use free travel on public transport, receive discounts on goods and services of loyalty program partners and much more. Submitting an electronic application for a Muscovite card is available on the mos.ru portal.

    Children over 14 years old can apply for this service independently. And for a child who has not yet reached this age, the card is issued by parents or legal representatives.

    Apply for a parking permit for families with many children

    For families who have a car, it will be useful to apply for a special parking permit. It gives the right to 24-hour free parking in all paid city parking zones in Moscow, except for spaces for buses, trucks and cars of people with disabilities. Large families can also apply for a permit online nand on the mos.ru portal.

    Only one such permit can be obtained per family. In this case, the vehicle whose owner issues the document must not have any fines.

    The extension of parking permits for families with many children is carried out in a proactive (anticipatory) format – without the need to apply. If the information about the large family has not changed, then two months before the expiration of the permit, a notification with a reminder about the extension is sent to the user’s personal account on mos.ru and to his e-mail. The person only needs to agree to the provision of this state service or refuse to receive it.

    Apply for social benefits and payments

    Information about what other city support measures, payments and subsidies are available to large families in Moscow has been collected in this instruction. In it you can find information on the procedure for registering all benefits and a list of the documents required for this.

    In addition, parents with many children can ask questions of interest during an online consultation. You can also sign up for it is conducted on the portal. After registering, a link to a video call and instructions on how to connect will be sent to the user’s personal account on the portal and to their email. The parent will only need to go online at the right time. The consultation lasts up to 20 minutes.

    Today, the mos.ru portal allows you to solve almost any everyday task. To use all its capabilities, you will need full account. And you can learn about how the mos.ru portal turned from a news feed with a book of reviews into a resource where today more than 450 electronic services are presented in the popular science film “Moscow in Digital”.

    The creation, development and operation of the e-government infrastructure, including the provision of mass socially significant services, as well as other services in electronic form, corresponds to the objectives of the national project “Data Economy and Digital Transformation of the State” and the regional project of the city of Moscow “Digital Public Administration”.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: The Phenomenon of Smoktunovsky. A Photo Exhibition to Mark the Artist’s 100th Birthday to Open on Strastnoy Boulevard

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    Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

    People’s Artist of the USSR, Soviet and Russian theater and film actor – the unforgettable Yuri Detochkin from the film “Beware of the Car”, Prince Myshkin on the stage of the Bolshoi Drama Theater named after G.A. Tovstonogov and Hamlet in the film of the same name by Grigory Kozintsev. Known to the general public, Innokenty Smoktunovsky created images that shook the imagination of his contemporaries and resonate in the hearts of viewers today. On the eve of the opening of the exhibition on April 10 on Strastnoy Boulevard, Marfa Bubnova, Deputy Director for Exhibition and Exposition Activities of the Moscow Art Theater Museum, and Maria Smoktunovskaya, a specialist in the archival department of the Moscow Art Theater Museum, spoke about the preparation for the event and the phenomenon of Innokenty Smoktunovsky.

    — The 100th anniversary of the birth of a significant person for our culture, a beloved actor by many, is a truly great date. Marfa Nikolaevna, please tell us how you prepared for the opening of the exhibition and selected the photographs?

    — The Moscow Art Theatre Museum approached the 100th anniversary of Innokenty Smoktunovsky’s birth very responsibly, since this amazing artist is very dear to the history of the Moscow Art Theatre. The works on display at the exhibition are mainly from the museum’s collections, photographs from the plays “The Idiot” and “Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich” were kindly provided to us by the G.A. Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theatre and the Academic Maly Theatre, and photographs from films were provided by the Mosfilm studio and Gosfilmofond.

    — Innokenty Mikhailovich said that his main theme is man. And indeed — in the images he created, one can feel a special humanity, a subtle understanding of emotional nuances, complex feelings, both in dramatic roles and in comedies. Do you think that the early awakening of love for the theater contributed to the development of such human-orientation?

    – Innokenty Mikhailovich experienced many different events – he sympathized and empathized with people, then his feelings grew into images created by him on the stage and in cinema.

    All this was also facilitated by the great work in learning the acting profession, which Innokenty Mikhailovich served all his life.

    — It was often said about Innokenty Smoktunovsky that he is an actor of a new type. Please tell us what this means? What was so innovative in Innokenty Mikhailovich’s creative manner that he was quickly recognized as a genius?

    – Innokenty Mikhailovich created a unique type of acting, which consisted of simplicity, naturalness and openness of the inner world. And the images he created allowed the audience to call him a genius. Innokenty Mikhailovich himself did not consider himself as such, but said that he was a capable person and nothing more – he just works very hard.

    The First Curtain, the Legendary Seagull. What Can You See in the Showcases of the Moscow Art Theatre Museum

    — Maria Innokentyevna, how did participation in the Great Patriotic War influence your father’s personality and his acting work?

    — I think that participation in the Great Patriotic War tempered Innokenty Mikhailovich’s character. Dad himself wrote about it this way: “I don’t know how my life would have turned out if there had been no war, my military biography, I don’t want everyone to go through the same path, because it was a very difficult path. It was so hard that I was on the verge of leaving this life when I was captured, and we were treated very cruelly in the prisoner of war camps. I don’t know what was the reason that I had such a rich creative life, but, obviously, the difficult events of the war made their own adjustments to it.” I think this experience helped him create deeper, psychologically complex characters.

    — Innokenty Mikhailovich was ahead of his time in many ways, his acting art still seems very relevant, alive, and exciting. What is the secret of such timeless performance? What makes his characters close, understandable, and dear to today’s viewers too?

    — I think my dad’s secret is in his desire and amazing talent to get into the skin of his characters. He always deeply studied the historical situation around the events in the play, read correspondence, thought through associative moves. Preparatory work, careful search for makeup, and choice of costume were very important to him.

    — The creative legacy of Innokenty Smoktunovsky is certainly great and deserves special attention. How do you manage to preserve his memory and maintain the interest of modern viewers?

    — To mark the 100th anniversary of Innokenty Mikhailovich’s birth, the I.M. Smoktunovsky Festival was held in Achinsk from March 17 to 23. The program included exhibitions, quizzes, concerts, creative laboratories and workshops, quizzes and master classes. The premiere of the play “To Be Smoktunovsky” was successfully held at the Norilsk Polar Drama Theater named after Vl. Mayakovsky — a VR walk with a genius directed by Anna Babanova. Marfa Bubnova gave a lecture, and actress Svetlana Toma held a creative evening in which she talked about working with Innokenty Mikhailovich. In the green foyer of the Moscow Art Theater named after A.P. Chekhov, the Moscow Art Theater Museum opened the exhibition “Many-Faced, But the Only One”. The House of Scientists showed Vera Tokareva’s documentary “Memories in the Garden”, in which Innokenty Mikhailovich spoke about his life and amazing work. In addition, Olga Egoshina’s book “Actor’s Notebooks of Innokenty Smoktunovsky” will be reissued. And on April 20, at the A.P. Chekhov Moscow Art Theater, director Pavel Vashchilin will present the production “I Love. I Kiss. Kesha. / All the Letters Are Only About Love”. I would like to see more films with dad’s participation shown on television.

    — How do you think such projects on the city’s boulevards, like the photo exhibition opening tomorrow, influence the development of culture?

    — In my opinion, such exhibitions only contribute to the cultural enrichment of both residents and guests of the capital. These are very necessary projects.

    The photo exhibition on Strastnoy Boulevard will be located opposite house 12, and the photos will be on display until May 4. The project was prepared by the Moscow Department of Culture and the Moscow Directorate of Mass Events together with the Moscow Art Theatre Museum.

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  • MIL-OSI China: Iran confirms ‘indirect talks’ with US in Oman

    Source: China State Council Information Office

    Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi confirmed on Tuesday that he would engage in “indirect talks” with U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff in Oman on Saturday.

    In a post on social media platform X early Tuesday, Araghchi said Iran and the United States would meet in Oman on Saturday for “indirect high-level talks.”

    He added, “It is as much an opportunity as it is a test. The ball is in America’s court.”

    His remarks came hours after U.S. President Donald Trump, during a meeting with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, claimed that direct talks with Iran were set to take place.

    “We’re having direct talks with Iran,” Trump said. “It’s getting to be very dangerous territory, and hopefully, those talks will be successful.”

    He also disclosed that a “very big meeting” involving “very high-level” officials would be taking place this Saturday.

    The discrepancy over whether the talks are direct or indirect has persisted since early March, when Trump stated he had sent a letter to Iranian leaders — via the United Arab Emirates — proposing direct negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program.

    While Iran later confirmed receiving the letter, it rejected face-to-face talks, though it left the door open for indirect engagement.

    Trump, in an interview with NBC News in late March, threatened to launch “unprecedented military strikes” on Iran if it refused to negotiate over its nuclear program.

    Iran signed a nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, with six major countries — Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia, and the United States — in July 2015, accepting restrictions on its nuclear program in return for sanctions relief.

    However, the United States withdrew from the deal in May 2018 and reinstated sanctions, prompting Iran to scale back some of its nuclear commitments. Efforts to revive the nuclear deal have not achieved substantial progress. 

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