Source: United States Senator for Kentucky Mitch McConnell
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following statement today regarding the delivery of weapons to Ukraine:
“Today, the strategic incoherence of underfunding our military and restricting lethal assistance to partners like Ukraine is measured in the avoidable erosion of American credibility with allies and the mounting deaths of innocents.
“I’m glad that President Trump wants to resume deliveries of lethal capabilities to Ukraine. America’s policy of providing lethal support to Ukraine began during his first term, and likely helped deter earlier Russian escalation.
“This time, the President will need to reject calls from the isolationists and restrainers within his Administration to limit these deliveries to defensive weapons. And he should disregard those at DoD who invoke munitions shortages to block aid while refusing to invest seriously in expanding munitions production. The self-indulgent policymaking of restrainers – from Ukraine to AUKUS – has so often required the President to clean up his staff’s messes. And the budget OMB sent to Congress does not put America on a path to peace through strength.”
Source: United States Senator for Kentucky Mitch McConnell
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following statement today regarding the delivery of weapons to Ukraine:
“Today, the strategic incoherence of underfunding our military and restricting lethal assistance to partners like Ukraine is measured in the avoidable erosion of American credibility with allies and the mounting deaths of innocents.
“I’m glad that President Trump wants to resume deliveries of lethal capabilities to Ukraine. America’s policy of providing lethal support to Ukraine began during his first term, and likely helped deter earlier Russian escalation.
“This time, the President will need to reject calls from the isolationists and restrainers within his Administration to limit these deliveries to defensive weapons. And he should disregard those at DoD who invoke munitions shortages to block aid while refusing to invest seriously in expanding munitions production. The self-indulgent policymaking of restrainers – from Ukraine to AUKUS – has so often required the President to clean up his staff’s messes. And the budget OMB sent to Congress does not put America on a path to peace through strength.”
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UK approach to freedom of religion or belief: Lord Collins’ speech, July 2025
Minister responsible for human rights, Lord Collins of Highbury, gave a speech at an event outlining the UK’s approach to freedom of religion or belief.
Welcome everyone. It’s great to see you all this morning.
It was here in this magnificent room last year that the Foreign Secretary and I set out the United Kingdom’s approach to human rights and governance.
A few days later, the Prime Minister appointed David Smith MP as the UK’s Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief – or FoRB.
Thank you to David for the energy and commitment he has brought to the role over the last 7 months.
Before I hand over to him to outline our approach to freedom of religion or belief, I want to reflect on why it matters so deeply to the UK and how we’re making a difference.
Many of you will know that this is a cause I have championed for a long time. As the Foreign Secretary has said, the rights and freedoms of individuals must be front and centre of all our work.
We promote human rights, including FoRB, not just because it is in our national interest but also because it is the right thing to do. Human rights, the rule of law and good governance are not just ideals we aspire to. They are the foundations that drive this government’s missions.
The evidence is clear. Countries that uphold rights and the rule of law tend to be more stable, more prosperous and more resilient. That’s why I wrote to all Heads of Mission last month, underlining the importance of embedding our human rights priorities into every aspect of our work.
Doing so supports our partners, strengthens our alliances, and helps us tackle shared challenges, whether that’s conflict, climate, growth or migration. And I encouraged our diplomats to draw on the expertise of our dedicated Special Envoys, including David.
As you know, the right to freedom of religion or belief sits at the heart of our human rights approach and is central to the UK’s foreign policy. Because championing FoRB is about championing equal rights for all.
We know that where this freedom is under threat, other rights are often at risk too. And we know that violations disproportionately affect women and minorities.
So this is about standing up for people who face discrimination, harassment, or even violence, simply for what they do, or do not, believe.
Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights affirms that everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion.
But these rights still remain out of reach for too many people. From Uyghurs in China, to Church members in Nicaragua, to religious and ethnic minorities caught up in Sudan’s civil war, and Ukrainians under siege by Russia, persecution and repression are a daily reality.
We know this work is complex. There is no one size fits all. In that context, we must prioritise approaches that deliver results on the ground. Sometimes that requires speaking out publicly. Sometimes it means engaging privately. We have and will continue to do both.
We are not afraid to raise issues and we do so regularly. But we also know that real progress comes through partnership. That’s why we work with others across governments, civil society, and multilateral institutions, to find common ground and deliver change.
Earlier this year, I was relieved to hear of the release of Mubarak Bala, a Nigerian atheist and president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria. He had been imprisoned for sharing posts on Facebook which allegedly insulted the prophet Muhammad. His release was the result of a long running campaign by Humanists International, which the UK was pleased to support, along with many of you here today.
Similarly, I know many of you were actively seeking the release of Pastor Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo in Cuba, jailed for peaceful protest. Our Foreign Secretary wrote an open letter to him in December to express solidarity and publicly call on the Cuban authorities to release him. And we were delighted to hear of his release in January.
These are powerful reminders that our collective efforts can have real impact. And we must also learn from the past to meet the challenges of the present. That’s why the UK was proud to hold the presidency of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance over the last year.
We used our initiative to lead international efforts to promote Holocaust remembrance, tackle distortion, strengthen the fight against antisemitism, and ensure that future generations remember the lessons of the past. This is exactly the kind of collaboration essential for making FoRB a reality for all.
So let me end by reaffirming this government’s commitment. We will use the strength of our global network to protect and promote freedom of religion or belief. We will work with all of you, across sectors and borders, to turn principles into progress.
Because only by working together can we build a world where everyone, everywhere, can live with dignity, free to believe – or not believe – without fear.
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In 2025, the ranking included 564 universities with Russian accreditation, entitled to issue state diplomas. Universities were assessed based on five key indicators: quality of networking, global reputation, authority among employers, development of the academic environment, and the Forbes factor. The calculations used data from monitoring the activities of higher education institutions by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia in 2024 and the results of a survey of Russian companies with the highest ESG indicators.
The full Forbes rating “Best Russian Universities – 2025” is available here Here.
With a score of 61.49 points, Saint Petersburg State University took fifth place in the ranking, ahead of such universities as the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, the National Research University ITMO, the Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation and others.
The authors awarded St Petersburg University 19.85 points in the Networking category, while employers rated the level of trust in the quality of specialist training at 20.77 points. The University scored another 8.63 points in the International Recognition metric due to its regular inclusion in global and subject rankings. According to the authors of the rating, the quality of the academic environment formed at St Petersburg University deserves 8.24 points out of 10 possible. In the Forbes Factor category, which takes into account the number of university graduates on the list of Russian billionaires in 2025, St Petersburg University scored 4 out of 5 points.
The top lines of the ranking are occupied by universities with the largest endowments, which include the endowment management fund “Development of St. Petersburg State University”. In 2024, the value of its net assets increased to 1.6 billion rubles. Thanks to contributions from donors, the fund supports students and postgraduates who have achieved particular success in their academic and research activities. Endowment fund scholarships are paid to university athletes, and large grants are provided to teams that win the annual competition of interdisciplinary innovative projects “Start-up St. Petersburg State University”. Funding is allocated for events in the fields of culture, science and education. A full list of programs is presented on the website of the St. Petersburg State University Endowment Fund.
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Moscow, July 8 /Xinhua/ — Moscow pays special attention to cooperation with China in all areas, Deputy Mayor of Moscow, head of the Moscow Department of Transport and Development of Road Transport Infrastructure Maxim Liksutov said in an interview with Xinhua the other day.
“China is one of Russia’s key strategic partners, so Moscow pays special attention to cooperation with China in all areas,” he emphasized.
As M. Liksutov noted, the Russian capital and China are cooperating in the development of transport. Moscow authorities are closely studying the Chinese experience in creating high-speed highways within the country. The experience of developing subways in Chinese cities is also important for Moscow. “In addition, we are inspired by the incredible scale of development of ground-based urban electric transport in the PRC,” the capital official said, adding that the city of Shenzhen (Guangdong Province, South China) serves as an example for Moscow, where since 2017 only electric buses have been used in urban transport.
According to the Deputy Mayor of Moscow, an important area of cooperation with China is the development of intelligent transport systems, including unmanned technologies. Thus, in 2023, Beijing became one of Moscow’s first international partners within the framework of the UrbanTransportData analytical platform, designed to collect, analyze, visualize and publish transport indicators.
M. Liksutov reported on regular contacts between representatives of the Moscow transport complex and colleagues from the largest cities of China. In June last year, during the visit of Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin to Beijing, an agreement was reached to create a joint working group on transport, which has already held two meetings.
In addition to transport, as the Xinhua source noted, Moscow actively cooperates with China in the sphere of trade. M. Liksutov cited data according to which the Russian capital accounts for more than 42 percent of the structure of the all-Russian trade turnover with China. The greatest demand is for industrial goods: radio navigation equipment, pumping equipment, electric motors and generators, carbon fibers and much more. “In addition, the residents of China highly value food products produced in Moscow. For example, bread, confectionery, cookies, ice cream, carbonated drinks and wheat flour,” the vice-mayor added.
He said that the Mosprom center has been operating to support export-oriented capital companies since 2019. The center’s specialists analyze target markets for manufacturers to determine the most effective strategy for entering them, help with finding foreign counterparties, conducting negotiations with potential buyers abroad, and also organize the participation of Moscow companies in international exhibitions and business missions.
M. Liksutov invited Chinese companies to the Russian capital. “We are interested in the work of Chinese companies in Moscow, especially in the areas of microelectronics, electric transport, robotics, pharmaceuticals, space research, unmanned transport and telecommunications. The partnership may concern both the establishment of trade and economic cooperation, and the localization of production or the development of investment projects,” he explained, assuring that the Moscow authorities will provide the necessary support measures to Chinese partners. –0–
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Film festivals are unique cultural institutions, spaces to see diverse films by local and global filmmakers and an important market for distributors. These films are often difficult to see, or even know about, outside of festival circuits.
Festivals are also answerable to funders and to different stakeholders’ interests. Cancellations of planned films raise questions about festivals’ roles and accountability to community groups who find certain films objectionable, the wider public, politicians, festival sponsors, audiences, filmmakers and the films themselves.
In September 2024, The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) faced a backlash from pro-Ukrainian groups — and former deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland, who is of Ukrainian descent — when the documentary Russians at War was included in the program.
RIDM acknowledged Elon’s “personal commitment to criticizing and questioning the state of Israel” through her story about the stone that, by Israeli law, has to be used on the exterior of every new building in Jerusalem.
While the reasons for the cancellations are different, in both cases the festivals responded to pressures from community groups, placing the public right to a robust debate at the festival and beyond as secondary.
‘Russians at War’
Director Anastasia Trifamova embedded herself in a Russian supply unit, and later a medical team, eventually making her way to the front lines in occupied Ukraine.
Trifamova comes across as a naive filmmaker, using an observational, non-judgmental form of filmmaking common in 21st-century war documentaries, as seen in films like Armadillo and Restrepo (respectively following Danish and U.S. troops in Afghanistan).
The film documents the machination of war, where soldiers are both perpetrators of violence and its victims. It humanizes the soldiers, which understandably can be upsetting to Ukrainian and pro-Ukrainian publics. But should emotions of one group, outraged and incensed as they may be, prevent the public from having the difficult conversations promoted by the film?
Early in the film, Trifamova confronts the soldiers about why they are fighting and they respond with Russian propaganda (fighting Nazism, defending the borders).
Later, soldiers approach Trifamova — on camera — to express doubts about the justification of the war and their presence in Ukraine. The film provides an unflattering view of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, emphasizing the futility of the war and the incredible toll on soldiers and civilians (including some Ukrainian civilians). Russian troops appear untrained and poorly equipped to fight in chaotically managed battles.
Like Armadillo and Restrepo, Russians at War represents the soldiers without judgment and contributes to necessary conversations about war. In my analysis, while Trifamova refrains — in her sporadic voice-over — from condemning the war outright, it is difficult to read the film as Russian propaganda.
The film, which examines architecture’s role in creating modern Jerusalem, is led by Elon’s voice-over. It mixes her memories of growing up in 1970s Jerusalem and her reckoning with the “frenzy of building,” which included projects by architect Moshe Safdie, a citizen of Israel, Canada and the United States. Elon recounts that her father, journalist and author Amos Elon, was a close friend of Safdie, as well as legendary Jerusalem mayor Teddy Kolek.
Safdie is among the Israeli architects, architectural historians and planners who Elon interviews. The expansion of Jewish neighbourhoods is contrasted with the restrictions on and disposession of Palestinians in Jerusalem. Multiple scenes show the demolition of Palestinian homes or the aftermath. In intervwoven segments, Izzat Ziadah, a Palestinian stonemason who lives in a stone quarry, gives a tour of what is left of his destroyed home.
Viewers hear how the planning, expansion and building of Jewish neighbourhoods, post-1967, were designed to evoke biblical times. As architectural historian Zvi Efrat notes, the new neighbourhoods look like, or attempt to look like, they were there forever.
‘Rule of Stone’ trailer.
As reported by La Presse, the RIDM cancellation came after the festival received information about the documentary’s partial Israeli financing, something that “embarrassed” them with some of the festival’s partners. Funding for the development of the film came from the Makor Foundation for Israeli Films, which receives support from Israel’s Ministry of Culture and Sport.
In my view, this position differs from the PACBI guidelines, which state:
“As a general overriding rule, Israeli cultural institutions, unless proven otherwise, are complicit in maintaining the Israeli occupation and denial of basic Palestinian rights, whether through their silence or actual involvement in justifying, whitewashing or otherwise deliberately diverting attention from Israel’s violations of international law and human rights.”
Makor should be exempted since it regularly funds films that draw attention to Israel’s violations of Palestinian human rights. In 2024 alone, the list includes The Governor, The Village League and Death in Um al hiran.
RIDM’s website does not disclose support for a boycott. In the end, RIDM announced that Elon withdrew her film. She stated: “Screening my film at RIDM does not serve the long-term purpose of the festival, nor is it possible now to address the nuances in our common fight for justice for Palestine. I am deeply saddened and distressed by [what] has brought it to this point.”
To date, the film has not found a cinema in Montréal willing to screen it.
Provoking important conversations
The two festivals’ mission statements promise high-quality films that transformor renew audiences’ relationships to the world.
It is clear why programmers chose both films, since they’re cinematically innovative and provoke important conversations.
However, both festivals silenced these films and signalled to other filmmakers that these festivals are not brave spaces to have difficult and necessary conversations.
Dorit Naaman 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.
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The International Summer Institute on Artificial Intelligence in Education Research, organized by Institute of Education HSE University together with East China Normal University (ECNU). It was attended by over 50 participants and key speakers from more than ten countries in Asia, Europe, North and South America. They discussed the use of AI technologies in education and other areas.
Opening the program, Professor Meng Yu and Vice Dean of the School of Computer Science at East China Normal University Xu Fei emphasized that the rapid development of AI technologies requires international cooperation and interdisciplinary research. “We are pleased to join forces with the Institute of Education at the Higher School of Economics and are confident that the week in Shanghai will become a starting point for long-term joint projects,” said Meng Yu and Xu Fei.
Director of the Institute of Education Evgeny Terentyev recalled that research alliances between Russian and Chinese universities are acquiring strategic importance and opening up new horizons for cooperation. He also presented the results of one of the latest studies by InoBra — a typology of Russian universities’ reactions to generative AI: from ban to active implementation. The analysis showed that most universities are still in the grey zone, not formalizing the rules for using new technologies.
In his speech, HSE Academic Director Yaroslav Kuzminov outlined five areas in which AI is already transforming higher education. First, this is the need to change educational practices and educational routines. Second, the new role of human cognitive skills. Third, the possibility of overcoming educational failure by establishing a mechanism for personalized feedback. In addition, these are new learning formats (including gaming). The fifth area is new mechanisms for integrating into the labor market, based on real skills, and not on the ability to perform routine operations.
He also emphasized possible areas of using AI for good, to strengthen a person. “Efficient (competent) implementation of AI in education, based on transparent rules, motivation of students to perform more complex tasks with the help of AI than without it, as well as personalized recommendations – all this together can reduce educational failure and release economic potential, creating equal opportunities for the formation of a competitive workforce and ensuring sustainable development. Therefore, let’s move towards the literacy of the future and AI literacy with the understanding that economic development without the AI factor is no longer possible, but regression in the case of careless, illiterate use is quite likely,” said Yaroslav Kuzminov.
This leitmotif was continued by Ekaterina Kruchinskaya, senior lecturer Department of Higher Mathematics HSE University. She spoke about the results of a survey of students from ten selective (top) universities in Russia. The survey showed that students most often use generative models to retell texts, analyze data, and program, but the time savings remain minimal due to the need to check the results. At the same time, the practices of use are still not organized, and students mainly use AI to relax more, but not to use the capabilities of generative models to perform more complex, creative tasks.
“The danger of using generative AI will be significantly reduced when these practices of its use become more institutionalized, and students are motivated not to imitate, but to improve their real results,” Ekaterina Kruchinskaya summed up.
The lecture was given by Okan Bulut, a professor at the University of Alberta (Canada), who spoke about the problems of using artificial intelligence in education. He highlighted the key challenges in assessing the use of AI and discussed how this technology can be used for the benefit of learning. Continuing the topic, Associate Professor Mick Funghi of the Education University of Hong Kong spoke about changing traditional ideas about computer-supported collaborative learning. He explained that if previously technologies were viewed only as a means for students to interact with each other, now AI tools themselves are becoming full-fledged participants in the process. Using the example of group work with text, Professor Funghi also highlighted the new risks of freeriding – cases when students use AI primarily to save time, rather than to deepen collaboration – and proposed a research agenda focusing on the behavior of individual participants.
The first day ended with academic “speed dating”: the participants exchanged ideas for their projects and outlined the tasks they would work on during the week in Shanghai. Ahead of them are a series of lectures, master classes and workshops on research methods. Following the work, each participant will present their research, taking into account the recommendations received during the summer institute from experts from the Institute of Education of the National Research University Higher School of Economics and the Higher Communist Party of Ukraine.
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BEIJING, July 8 (Xinhua) — China’s passenger car sector posted double-digit growth in retail sales in June as government policies to boost consumption continued to have an effect, the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) said Tuesday.
China’s passenger car retail sales rose 18.1 percent year-on-year last month to more than 2.08 million units, the association said.
The association attributed the significant increase to the impact of a nationwide trade-in program for consumer goods.
Last month, the country’s government reaffirmed its support for the program, guaranteeing continued funding to maintain government subsidy payments through 2025. The program, a key part of the country’s broader strategy to boost domestic consumption, encourages consumers to replace older products such as appliances and vehicles with newer, more efficient models.
In June, China produced 1.2 million new energy passenger vehicles, with retail sales exceeding 1.11 million units, up 28.3 percent and 29.7 percent year-on-year, respectively.
According to the association, in the first six months of this year, retail sales of passenger cars exceeded 10.9 million units, an increase of 10.8 percent year-on-year. –0–
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RIO DE JANEIRO, July 8 (Xinhua) — China is committed to deepening unity and cooperation with the United Nations to jointly advocate for fairer and more just global governance.
Li Qiang made the remarks during a meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the sidelines of the 17th BRICS Leaders’ Meeting. –0–
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The cumulative oil production of Slavneft-Krasnoyarskneftegaz (a joint venture of Rosneft and Gazprom Neft) has reached 10 million tons since the start of development of licensed areas located in Krasnoyarsk Krai.
This indicator was achieved thanks to the advanced launch of the main production facilities, the successful implementation of research work, and the introduction of innovative approaches in development and production.
The Kuyumbinskoye oil field is located in the most ancient fractured rocks on the planet of the Riphean period, the age of which exceeds 1 billion years. Careful development of geological exploration projects using digital software packages has ensured the high success of exploratory drilling over the past seven years.
A powerful production complex has been created at the Kuyumbinsky field, including more than 150 facilities, including a central oil collection point, an acceptance point, a tank farm, and 450 km of oil collection pipelines. Production is provided by more than 360 wells, most of which are horizontal. The oil prepared to commercial quality is transported to consumers via the Kuyumba-Taishet main oil pipeline and then to the Eastern Siberia – Pacific Ocean pipeline system. 125 km of roads, 240 km of power lines, and energy centers have been built at the field. Dormitories and shift camps have been built for comfortable living of oil workers.
Along with the development of the Kuyumbinskoye field, Slavneft-Krasnoyarskneftegaz is conducting pilot work at the Tersko-Kamovsky license area. High starting flow rates have been obtained at the wells. Commissioning of a 58 km pipeline to the central collection point of the Kuyumbinskoye field will create opportunities to increase the production of Evenki oil by 20%. Using the existing infrastructure of the Kuyumbinskoye field will allow for a synergistic effect and reduce the development time of the Tersko-Kamovsky area.
Slavneft-Krasnoyarskneftegaz employs over 1.8 thousand specialists, 60% of whom are residents of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, including remote northern territories. In 2025, the company entered the top 3 best employers in the region in the category “Energy and raw materials extraction”.
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OOO Slavneft-Krasnoyarskneftegaz, a joint venture between Rosneft (the project operator) and Gazprom Neft, holds licenses for the right to geological study, exploration and production of four license areas, as well as to study the Podporozhny area, located in the Yurubcheno-Tokhomskaya oil-bearing zone on the territory of the Evenki municipal district of Krasnoyarsk Krai.
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The Polytechnic stand continues its work at the INNOPROM exhibition, and the official delegation of SPbPU takes an active part in the business program. On July 8, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin arrived in Yekaterinburg. At the forum, the Prime Minister assessed the exhibits and opened the main strategic session “Technological Leadership: Industrial Breakthrough”.
“I would like to sincerely welcome the participants and guests of the main industrial exhibition of Russia. This year it has a significant anniversary. For the 15th time, Yekaterinburg has become the center of attraction for companies of industrial leaders – both our country and our friendly states. In order to identify new growth points, expand the range of business contacts,” said Mikhail Mishustin. – Today’s discussion is devoted to a very important topic – industrial breakthrough. President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum emphasized that the Russian economy must become more technological. This is a serious challenge, the solution of which will require combining the efforts of educational and scientific institutions, industry and other sectors, the expert community and investors, state corporations and development institutions, ministries and departments, regional authorities. I am absolutely convinced that together we will be able to achieve the goals set in this area. And a good support, of course, will be the success of domestic manufacturers.”
The industrial world is currently experiencing a period of dramatic change and instability. In the context of growing uncertainty, the largest market players are actively looking for new growth points and strategic allies. Technological development is becoming a key area of production transformation. The priority vector is the creation of intelligent and automated systems, where artificial intelligence plays a central role in managing production processes. However, technological progress is only one component of success in the struggle for leadership. An equally important aspect is the formation of a reliable ecosystem of partnerships based on many years of experience of joint work and mutual trust. The key factors in this strategy are the painstaking work of higher education institutions in training qualified personnel, as well as close interaction between educational institutions, enterprises and business representatives.
Thus, the chief designer for the key scientific and technological development area of SPbPU “System Digital Engineering”, director of the Advanced Engineering School of SPbPU “Digital Engineering” Alexey Borovkov was one of the key speakers of the round table “Implementation of strategic projects of technological leadership within the framework of the program “Priority-2030”. The participants of the meeting discussed the mechanisms of interaction of the program with the system of higher education, including the assessment of the implemented educational programs, methodological approaches to training and forms of cooperation between educational institutions and the business community.
Alexey Ivanovich recalled that in 2025, each university included the section “Strategic Technological Leadership” in its comprehensive development program, identifying three strategic technological projects. Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, following the presentation of the University Development Program at the Council of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, entered the leading group of universities participating in the Priority-2030 program.
It is important to note that in accordance with the Order of the Government of the Russian Federation dated May 20, 2023 No. 1315-r, the term “technological leadership” is defined as the superiority of technologies or products in key parameters (functional, technical, cost) over foreign analogues. It is for the purpose of achieving technological leadership according to this definition that SPbPU concentrates its efforts on three key scientific and technological areas (KST): KST-1 “Systemic digital engineering” – development of technologies and products superior to foreign analogues, based on digital twin technology and the CML-Bench® Digital Platform KST-2 “New materials, technologies, production” – creation of science-intensive industries for the repair and manufacture of products for various purposes; KST-3 “Artificial intelligence for solving cross-industry problems” – development of digital platform solutions for analyzing multimodal data, – said Alexey Ivanovich.
A solemn and pleasant ceremony took place at our stand during business negotiations. SPbPU Academic Secretary Dmitry Karpov presented the SPbPU “For Merits” badge of distinction to Anatoly Sludnykh, General Director of the Ural Optical-Mechanical Plant named after E. S. Yalamov (UOMZ). The award was given by a unanimous decision of the Polytechnic Academic Council for his great contribution to the development of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. UOMZ is a long-standing and reliable partner of the Polytechnic. So, quite recently The plant’s delegation visited our university.
According to Anatoly Sludnykh, the enterprise is interested in using technologies and materials developed by Polytechnic University scientists, as well as in additional training of its technologists and engineers at the university. SPbPU, in turn, is determined to strengthen ties and expand cooperation with the Ural Optical and Mechanical Plant and other enterprises of the Shvabe holding.
We should add that the Polytechnic stand enjoys increased attention from specialists and visitors to the INNOPROM exhibition. They evaluate the advanced engineering developments of our university and communicate with the university specialists. But the exhibit of the SPbPU History Museum is of particular value – a fragment of the legendary “Cable of Life”. This is a gift from Polytechnic graduates who, after graduating from the university, made a successful career at Lenenergo.
September 23, 1942 was a turning point in the history of Leningrad during the siege. On this day, the besieged city began receiving electricity from the Volkhov Hydroelectric Power Station. The unique project was completed in just 48 days. Power engineers had to lay 104 kilometers of overhead power lines and five 23-kilometer cable strands along the bottom of Lake Ladoga. The work was carried out under constant enemy fire near the front line. A three-core cable with a 120 mm² cross-section ensured the transmission of significant amounts of electricity. The system operated for almost two years, supplying not only industrial enterprises, but also the everyday needs of city residents.
Director of the SPbPU History Museum Valery Klimov shared his memories of the outstanding engineer Nikodim Tumanov, who supervised the cable laying. In 1935, he graduated from the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute as an external student, defending his diploma project on the topic of “Expansion of the electrical network of the Central District of the Leningrad electrical network.”
When he was assigned to lead the group, he said: “I understood that this task was impossible. But if I refused, someone else would refuse, a third – and the city would be left without electricity. I decided for myself that I had to try. Leningraders are those people who did not refuse. Perhaps that is why we survived. And as long as a person believes, he lives,” Valery Yuryevich quoted Nikodim Tumanov.
I noticed that there are not many stands here that have the logo of the 80th anniversary of the Victory. Our stand has one. This year the country celebrated a great anniversary, and that is why we brought to Yekaterinburg one of the symbols of the Victory and the heroism of Leningraders – “Cable of Life”, – emphasized Valery Klimov.
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XAVIER DEROT APPOINTED DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF MOBILIZE FINANCIAL SERVICES
Martin Thomas, Chief Executive Officer of Mobilize Financial Services, has announced the appointment of Xavier Derot as Deputy CEO, effective July 1, 2025. This appointment is subject to the approval of the European Central Bank.
Xavier Derot, currently VP, Sales and Operations and a member of the Executive Committee of Mobilize Financial Services since September 1, 2024, will take up the role of Deputy CEO alongside Vincent Gellé, starting July 1, 2025.
This second appointment aims to strengthen the bank’s governance.
About Xavier Derot
Xavier Derot, 52, began his career at RCI Banque in 2000 as Head of International Development. A graduate of the Grenoble Graduate School of Business in 1994, he held various positions within RCI Banque, both internationally in three different countries and in corporate functions. Among these roles, he notably managed the bank’s relationship with Nissan from 2006 to 2010 and served as Regional Operations Director for RCI Banque’s G10 and Euromed subsidiaries. Abroad, Xavier served as Managing Director of the German subsidiary and then of RN Bank Russia—the joint venture between RCI Bank-Nissan and UniCredit in Russia—between 2013 and 2022. Since October 2022, Xavier has held the position of International Director of Mobilize Financial Services, overseeing operations in 12 countries within the Group. Since September 1, 2024, he has served as VP, Sales and Operations on the Executive Committee of Mobilize Financial Services. Xavier is married and has two children.
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About Mobilize Financial Services Attentive to the needs of all its customers, Mobilize Financial Services, a subsidiary of Renault Group, creates innovative financial services to build sustainable mobility for all. Mobilize Financial Services, which began operations over 100 years ago, is the commercial brand of RCI Banque SA, a French bank specializing in automotive financing and services for customers and networks of Renault Group, and also for the brands Nissan and Mitsubishi in several countries. With operations in 35 countries and over 4,000 employees, Mobilize Financial Services financed more than 1,2 million contracts (new and used vehicles) in 2023 and sold 3,7 million service contracts. At the end of December 2024, average earning assets stood at 61 billion euros of financing and pre-tax earnings at 1 194 million euros. Since 2012, the Group has deployed a deposit-taking business in several countries. At the end of December 2024, net deposits amounted to 30,5 billion euros, or 50 % of the company’s net assets. To find out more about Mobilize Financial Services: www.mobilize-fs.com/
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The International Industrial Exhibition “Innoprom” has been held in Yekaterinburg annually since 2010 and is the main industrial, trade and export platform in Russia, serving as a platform where the foundations of industrial policy are laid. About 80% of the exhibition visitors are professional buyers from different countries of the world, specialists of industrial enterprises making decisions on the introduction of new products and technologies in production.
The 15th International Industrial Exhibition Innoprom is taking place from July 7 to 10 at the Yekaterinburg-Expo IEC. The theme of Innoprom 2025 is Technological Leadership: Industrial Breakthrough.
Five countries are represented with national expositions this year: the partner country of Innoprom-2025 – the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as well as the republics of Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Belarus.
Among Russian companies, large-scale stands will be presented by the Rostec State Corporation, the Rosatom State Corporation, Sber, GPB, Sinara, TMK, and PC Transport Systems. Collective expositions are planned to be presented by 33 regions of Russia: Vologda Oblast, DPR, Zaporozhye Oblast, Kaluga Oblast, Kirov Oblast, Krasnodar Krai, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Kurgan Oblast, Lipetsk Oblast, LPR, Moscow, Orenburg Oblast, Oryol Oblast, Perm Krai, Primorsky Krai, Rostov Oblast, Republic of Bashkortostan, Republic of Karelia, Komi Republic, Mari El Republic, Republic of Tatarstan, Samara Oblast, Sakhalin Oblast, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Tambov Oblast, Tver Oblast, Tomsk Oblast, Tula Oblast, Udmurt Republic, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Chuvash Republic, Kherson Oblast, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Yugra.
Collective national expositions occupy an area of 2,445 sq. m. Official delegations are expected from China, the UAE, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Armenia, Myanmar, Egypt, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, the Central African Republic, Congo, Burkina Faso, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as countries represented with national expositions. Delegations of business representatives from at least 52 countries are expected, including Iran, Qatar, China, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Senegal, Guinea, Ghana, and Turkey.
The main tracks of the Innoprom business program are: International Cooperation, Industrial Innovations, Digital Production, Industrial IT, Cybersecurity in Industry, Finance and Industry, Industrial Infrastructure, New Mobility, Technologies for Cities, Labor Productivity, Human Resources, and Educational Solutions for Industry. The business program sessions will be held throughout all four days of the exhibition.
The key event of the Innoprom-2025 business program will be the main strategic session “Technological Leadership: Industrial Breakthrough”, within the framework of which the presentation of the 11th Russian National Industrial Award “Industry” is planned.
The award was established in 2014 by the Ministry of Industry and Trade to promote the implementation of advanced technologies in industrial production and public recognition of the best practices of Russian companies in industrial development. In 2015, “Industry” was awarded the status of a Government Award. In 2025, a record number of applications was received – 392. The largest number of applications came from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sverdlovsk, Moscow and Chelyabinsk regions. The nominees were Biotekhno LLC, KEAZ JSC, Optic Fiber Systems JSC, NPP Radar MMS JSC and Severstal PJSC. The projects of the laureate and nominees will be presented at the stand of innovative industrial projects of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
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Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova addressed the participants of the 10th All-Russian Forum of State Labor Inspectors with a video greeting.
Video greeting from Tatyana Golikova to the participants of the 10th All-Russian Forum of State Labor Inspectors.
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Dear colleagues!
I am pleased to welcome the participants and guests of the tenth anniversary All-Russian Forum of State Labor Inspectors.
Over the years of its existence, the forum has become a unique platform for dialogue, professional training and the formation of new approaches to solving the most important social task of the state – protecting the labor rights of citizens.
And here the main role is played by the federal labor inspection system, which has changed significantly over the past period.
Rostrud was one of the first supervisory bodies to test the use of a risk-oriented approach, checklists and a prevention system – all of these developments were subsequently taken into account in the federal law on supervision, according to which all supervisory bodies now operate.
The introduction of innovative principles has made it possible to achieve quite significant results.
Thus, over the past 12 years, the level of industrial injuries has decreased by a third. The amount of wage arrears has decreased more than threefold. Last year alone, largely due to the implemented algorithm of interaction with employers without inspections, workers received their due payments in the amount of over 5.6 billion rubles. According to the results of last year, the rights of more than 367 thousand working citizens were restored. In accordance with the demands of labor inspectors, wages in the amount of over 14 billion rubles were paid.
These figures represent the well-being of our citizens. And largely thanks to your work, sensitive, caring approach to solving problems that arise for workers, the sphere of labor relations remains stable.
But of course, we can’t stop there.
Today, you are faced with new challenges: the development of risk management systems, services for preventing violations of mandatory requirements, risk indicators as the main control tool and, of course, the digitalization of control activities, including the introduction of remote supervision elements.
These are not easy tasks, but their solution will allow us to qualitatively improve the efficiency of labor supervision. Make it precise and targeted.
I am confident that within the framework of the forum you will be able to exchange best practices, discuss existing problems and find solutions, and develop new approaches to organizing control and supervisory activities.
You will become the conductors of the innovative ideas being implemented, and it is up to you to determine how flexible, fair and effective the system of control and prevention of labor relations will be.
Participation of our foreign colleagues in the forum has become a good tradition. I hope that the forum will allow you to get acquainted with new approaches in the work of Russian inspectors, exchange experiences, and also improve the level of professional skills and competencies.
I wish you all successful work.
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Associate Professor of the Department of Construction Materials Technology and Metrology Dmitry Panteleev completed the research work “Crack resistance of dispersion-reinforced concrete after high-temperature heating” as part of the grant competition for the implementation of research work by scientific and pedagogical workers of SPbGASU in 2025.
Every year in Russia there are many fires in buildings and structures. Their number can be reduced by increasing the requirements for the structural safety of buildings. For this, when designing, in addition to calculating the load-bearing structure for strength, it is also necessary to carry out a fire resistance calculation to guarantee the preservation of the load-bearing capacity in fire conditions for a specified time.
In case of fire, high fire resistance of building structures is a guarantee not only of the structural integrity of the building, but also of the safety of people. After the fire starts to affect the structure, concrete can explode, breaking off from the heated surface in plates. Pieces of peeling concrete fly off with a bang to a distance of up to 10 m.
During the research, fibre-reinforced concrete compositions were designed and manufactured, followed by determination of their properties after exposure to high-temperature heating.
It was found that the use of steel fiber can increase the crack resistance and fracture toughness of concrete structures, thereby making them safer in the event of a fire, while the use of synthetic microfiber helps to avoid explosive destruction.
As a result of the research, effective versions of fiber concrete were developed using high-modulus steel and low-modulus synthetic fibers to obtain highly fire-resistant concrete, to increase their technical and economic efficiency, reliability and operational safety of building and structure structures.
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BEIJING, July 8 (Xinhua) — The second course for Kazakh entrepreneurs was held in Qingdao, Shandong Province, east China, in late June and early July.
The 2nd training course on regional trade and economic cooperation between agricultural enterprises of China and Kazakhstan was held at the Institute of Trade and Economics of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) of Qingdao University. It was attended by 13 entrepreneurs from Kazakhstan, the local newspaper Dazhong Ribao reports.
The course participants visited the SCO International Exhibition Centre, the SCO One-Stop Service Platform and local enterprises, where they learned about the development of livestock technology and China’s achievements in the application of intelligent agricultural technologies.
In addition, last Friday the institute hosted a business meeting of entrepreneurs from China and Kazakhstan.
“The meeting allowed us to establish contacts with several Kazakh enterprises. The parties agreed to deepen contacts to promote the implementation of agricultural investment projects in Kazakhstan,” Wang Huawei, director of investments at one of the Qingdao investment companies, told the newspaper in an interview.
Since its establishment in 2022, the SCO Institute of Trade and Economics has conducted 175 courses, attended by 12,000 people from SCO countries and countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative. -0-
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BEIJING, July 8 (Xinhua) — China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has the confidence and ability to dispel all illusions of separatists advocating “Taiwan independence,” Defense Ministry spokesman Jiang Bin said Tuesday.
Jiang Bin thus commented, at the request of journalists, on recent statements by the head of the Taiwanese administration, Lai Qingde, about the so-called increase in the “defense budget” and the “struggle for Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu.”
Both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to China alone, and Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu are all part of China’s sacred territory, Jiang Bin stated.
Jiang Bin criticized Lai Qingde for fabricating security threats to manipulate public opinion in Taiwan and attempting to militarize local society and drag Taiwan’s future into a scenario of external interference.
Lai Qingde’s call to “fight for Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu” is actually a fight for the interests of the Democratic Progressive Party and the separatists’ desire for “Taiwan independence,” he confirmed.
Commenting on Taiwan’s military exercises that will begin on Wednesday, Jiang Bin noted that no matter what exercises they conduct or what weapons they use, it will not stop the PLA’s countermeasures against “Taiwan independence” or stop the irresistible trend of national reunification. -0-
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SHANGHAI, July 8 (Xinhua) — A special exhibition titled “Great Poet, Pride of the Nation – A.S. Pushkin and Eastern Repercussions” opened at the China Printing and Publishing Museum in Shanghai on Monday.
The event presents more than one hundred exhibits from the collection of the All-Russian Museum of A.S. Pushkin, which provide a comprehensive overview of the creative path of Alexander Pushkin and the dissemination of his works in China over more than 100 years. Many of them were imported to China for the first time and shown to the country’s residents.
The exhibition consists of three parts dedicated to the poet’s biography, his classical works, and his connection with China. Pushkin’s study in the Mikhailovskoye estate, where the Russian poet created the historical drama “Boris Godunov” and other famous lyric poems, was recreated on site.
The exhibition also features valuable works of art created by Russian artists from the late 19th to the early 21st century, such as Ilya Repin’s painting “The Duel of Onegin and Lensky,” Alexander Benois’s illustrations for “The Bronze Horseman,” and Vladimir Favorsky’s illustrations for “Boris Godunov.”
In addition, the exhibition pays great attention to the dissemination of the Russian poet’s works and their influence in China, and presents rich literary sources, including a copy of the Shiu Bao newspaper, in which, as is known, A.S. Pushkin was first mentioned in China.
At the same time, the exhibition also displays manuscripts and personal collections of Chinese translators, which have become important evidence of Sino-Russian literary exchanges. Among them are works and translations by Ge Baoquan, Wang Zhiliang, Feng Chun, as well as the Pushkin Medal awarded to Liu Wenfei and his award certificate.
Museum visitors can use an interactive device to receive commemorative postcards printed with poems such as “If Life Deceives You…,” translated by Ge Baoquan, Feng Chun and Liu Wenfei.
The exhibition opened to the public on Tuesday and runs until October 9.
Shanghai has an inseparable connection with Pushkin. Let us recall that at the beginning of the 20th century, Pushkin’s novel “The Captain’s Daughter” was translated into Chinese and published in Shanghai. This novel became the first work of Russian literature translated into Chinese and published as a separate book, which, according to some scholars, marked the beginning of the translation and dissemination of Russian literature in China.
Moreover, in one of the squares of the Chinese metropolis there is a monument to the great Russian poet, which was originally erected in early February 1937, restored in February 1947 and reconstructed in August 1987. -0-
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BEIJING, July 8 (Xinhua) — At the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will pay an official visit to China from July 12 to 18, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Tuesday.
Mao Ning noted at a regular press briefing that the visit is taking place at a time when the China-Australia comprehensive strategic partnership is entering its second decade.
“Under the leadership of the two heads of state and the joint efforts of the two sides, China-Australia relations have continued to improve,” Mao Ning said.
“China stands ready to work with Australia to seize the upcoming visit as an opportunity to intensify exchanges, enhance mutual trust and expand practical cooperation to further advance the China-Australia comprehensive strategic partnership,” Mao Ning said. -0-
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Why did complaints arise about additional conditions for deposits?
Russian investors complain about the behavior banks, which lure customers with higher rates, but require a number of actions to be taken to obtain generous terms. Among the banks that have requirements for high rates on deposits:
Yandex Bank – the 21% rate is valid only with the Plus subscription and once for 62 days; VTB – 21.5% for 3 months, available only with MiXX subscription; Sovcombank – a surcharge to the deposit rate of up to 4% is provided for purchases using the “Halva” card with the “Ten” subscription; MTS Bank – the maximum rate is provided for card transactions over 90 thousand rubles per month; Sberbank – the best conditions apply to “new money” that has not been stored in accounts for more than two months, as well as when connecting a subscription.
“It is becoming increasingly difficult to simply open a deposit – clients have to study a ton of conditions and meet dozens of criteria in order to receive a favorable interest rate: at the same time, the increased rates are valid for a limited period,” the expert noted.
Banks require depositors to connect paid subscriptions, turnover on cards, keep certain balances, receive salaries into an account – it is much more difficult to calculate the real profitability of such deposits, not to mention convenience and transparency for the client.
How does the Central Bank of the Russian Federation plan to combat the imposition of conditions on deposits?
The Bank of Russia is closely monitoring the situation on the savings products market – credit institutions have been recommended to honestly inform citizens about the terms and conditions and to abandon the practice of putting forward numerous requirements to receive a higher rate. If the recommendations are not followed, the regulator will have to develop amendments to the legislation or create a banking standard to restore order in the industry.
Let us recall that the high key rate has led to a surge in the popularity of deposits – this year, balances on individuals’ accounts have grown by 6%, amounting to over 61 trillion rubles: by the end of the year, the figure could reach 70 trillion rubles. However, after the key rate was reduced (from 21 to 20%), banks began to massively revise the terms of deposits for the worse, but the demand for deposits and savings accounts remains high.
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Five men have been convicted for their involvement in a Russian-ordered arson attack on a London warehouse full of supplies destined for Ukraine.
Approximately £1 million of damage was caused after two units in an industrial estate in Leyton were deliberately set alight on 20 March last year.
An investigation led by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command found that Dylan Earl, aged 21, established contact with the Wagner Group, a private military organisation that acts on behalf of the Russian state, in 2023.
Earl then recruited a group of men to set fire to the Leyton warehouse and organised surveillance of two businesses in Mayfair in preparation for further arson attacks.
Commander Dominic Murphy, head of the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command, said; “This case is clear example of an organisation linked to the Russian state using ‘proxies’ – in this case British men – to carry out very serious criminal activity in this country on their behalf.
“The ringleaders – Earl and Reeves – willingly acted as hostile agents on behalf of the Russian state. I am pleased that, working closely with the Crown Prosecution Service, we were able to use the new National Security Act legislation, which meant the severity of Earl and Reeves’s offending was reflected in the charges they faced.
“The warehouse arson put members of the public at great risk, and it was only by good fortune nobody was seriously injured or worse. Those involved showed little or no regard for the potential impact of their actions on the UK’s wider security. Seemingly motivated by the promise of money, they were prepared to commit criminal acts on behalf of Russia.
“I hope these convictions send a strong warning of the very serious consequences of committing offences on behalf of a foreign country.”
The businesses based in the warehouses damaged by the arson were both Ukrainian-owned.
The fire was initially investigated by local Met officers in Waltham Forest. However, after officers became aware that another warehouse belonging to the same Ukrainian company was also subject to an arson attack in Madrid, Spain, detectives from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command took over the investigation.
Met counter terrorism detectives then worked quickly to identify the individuals involved, which led them to suspect that Earl was the architect of the plot.
Earl was the first to be arrested in a B&Q car park in Hinckley, Leicestershire, on 10 April 2024. Analysis of his mobile phone revealed his contact with the Wagner Group on Telegram, via an account with the usernames ‘Privet Bot’ and ‘Lucky Strike’.
In total, detectives extracted 56GB of data from Earl’s phone including, 5702 instant messages, 1244 e-mails, 51528 images, 3629 videos, 183 documents and 4840 social media files; some of the content required translation from Russian.
The swift investigation was crucial in preventing Earl and others from carrying out further arson attacks at two premises in Mayfair – evidence of which was found by officers following his arrest. Messages recovered from Earl’s phone showed that reconnaissance had already been carried out and discussions were ongoing about the use of explosives to damage buildings.
Detectives found that Earl was also raising the possibility of kidnapping the owner of the business, a Russian dissident, and “exiling him back to Russia to face prison.”
Analysis of Earl’s Telegram messages showed the first person he recruited for the warehouse arson plot was Jake Reeves, who then recruited his friend Kojo Mensah to carry out the arson. In turn, Mensah recruited his friend Jakeem Rose. Ugnius Asmena was also recruited to take part.
The investigation team established that three men – Mensah, Rose and Asmena met up on the evening of 20 March 2024 and travelled in a red Kia Picanto to the scene of the arson. Officers found evidence that Mensah filmed the warehouse being set alight and livestreamed it on Face Time to Earl and Reeves.
Dmitrijus Paulauskas, a friend of Reeves, and Ashton Evans, who helped Earl supply drugs, were also charged as part of the investigation as social media messages allegedly showed they were both aware of the arson attack and the planned offences in Mayfair.
On 8 July Mensah , 23 (03.06.02) from Thornton Heath, Rose 23 (24.05.02), of Croydon and Asmena, 21 (31.12.04) of no fixed address, were convicted of aggravated arson.
Paul English 61 (02.10.63) from Roehampton was found not guilty of the same charge.
Paulauskas 23 (02.01.02), of Croydon was found not guilty of two counts of failing to disclose information about terrorist acts.
Evans 20 (11.01.2005) of Newport. Evans was found not guilty of the first count (relating to the Leyton arson) but guilty of the second count related to the plot to damage businesses in Mayfair.
Rose previously pleaded guilty to having a bladed article in a public place (in relation to a knife he left at the scene of the arson in Leyton). Evans also previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply Class A drugs.
Earl 21 (17.02.04) of Elmesthorpe, Leicester, pleaded guilty to preparatory conduct, contrary to section 18 of the National Security Act (NSA) 2023, aggravated arson, possession with intent to supply Class A drugs and possession of criminal property.
Reeves, 23 (20.10.01), of Croydon pleaded guilty to agreeing to accept a material benefit from a foreign intelligence service, contrary to section 17(2) and (11), NSA 2023, and aggravated arson.
Earl and Reeves are the first people to be convicted of offences under the National Security Act, which came into legislation at the end of 2023.
All the defendants will be sentenced at the Old Bailey at a later date.
NEW YORK, July 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Satellogic, Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL), a leader in satellite manufacturing and high-resolution Earth observation data, today announced that it has been added as a member of the U.S. small-cap Russell 3000® Index, effective after market close on June 27, 2025 as part of the 2025 Russell indexes constitution.
The Russell 3000® Index is a comprehensive, market-capitalization-weighted index that measures the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. public companies. Membership in this widely recognized index means automatic inclusion in either the large-cap Russell 1000® Index or small-cap Russell 2000® Index, as well as the appropriate growth and value style indexes. Russell indexes are widely used by investment managers and institutional investors for index funds and as benchmarks for active investment strategies.
Inclusion in the Russell 3000® Index marks a significant milestone for Satellogic, aligning our capital markets presence with the company’s sustained growth and progress as a leader in the earth observation and satellite manufacturing industry. This addition is expected to enhance Satellogic’s visibility within the investment community, providing greater exposure to institutional investors and increasing liquidity for its shares. It further underscores Satellogic’s strong fundamentals and business performance, validating its vertically integrated approach to democratizing access to high-resolution Earth Observation data. Russell indexes are widely used by investment managers and institutional investors for index funds and as benchmarks for active investment strategies.
“We are incredibly honored to join the Russell 3000 Index,” said Emiliano Kargieman, CEO & Co-Founder of Satellogic. “This inclusion is a testament to our team’s dedication, the robust performance of our scalable Earth Observation platform, and our commitment to delivering accessible and affordable insights to customers worldwide. We believe this will significantly increase our visibility among a broader base of institutional investors, supporting our continued growth and our mission to help solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges, from climate change to energy supply and national security. We look forward to this new chapter and the opportunities it presents for our shareholders.”
About Satellogic
Founded in 2010 by Emiliano Kargieman and Gerardo Richarte, Satellogic (NASDAQ: SATL) is the first vertically integrated geospatial company, driving real outcomes with planetary-scale insights. Satellogic is creating and continuously enhancing the first scalable, fully automated EO platform with the ability to remap the entire planet at both high-frequency and high-resolution, providing accessible and affordable solutions for customers. Satellogic’s mission is to democratize access to geospatial data through its information platform of high-resolution images to help solve the world’s most pressing problems including climate change, energy supply, and food security. Using its patented Earth imaging technology, Satellogic unlocks the power of EO to deliver high-quality, planetary insights at the lowest cost in the industry. With more than a decade of experience in space, Satellogic has proven technology and a strong track record of delivering satellites to orbit and high-resolution data to customers at the right price point. To learn more, please visit: http://www.satellogic.com
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The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties described in the “Risk Factors” section of Satellogic’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and other documents filed or to be filed by Satellogic from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and Satellogic assumes no obligation and does not intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Satellogic can give no assurance that it will achieve its expectations.
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – On July 3, 2025, the New Development Bank (NDB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with State Grid Brazil Holding (SGBH), with the aim of enhancing electricity transmission capacity in Brazil, to meet the immediate needs of the nation’s power sector.
The signing of this Memorandum took place on the sidelines of NDB’s 10th Annual Meeting, held on July 4 and 5 in Rio de Janeiro.
The project, known as the Graca Aranha Silvania Transmissora de Energia (“GATE”), will be implemented by a subsidiary of SGBH.
The implementation of the GATE Project will address immediate needs of the electricity sector in Brazil – increasing power transmission capacity, decongesting the transmission corridor, reducing curtailment of existing renewable energy projects, and enabling investments in future wind and solar projects in the Northeast region of Brazil, and hence leading to a more diversified electricity mix in the country.
Out of the total project capex of around BRL 18 billion, more than two-thirds will be sourced from Brazil, thereby significantly promoting economic and social development, by creating more than 10,000 employment opportunities during construction, in the Northeast (Maranhão and Tocantins) and the Center-West (Goiás) regions of the country.
NDB is considering financing the Project in Chinese renminbi, with an estimated amount of RMB 2,150 million (approximately USD 300 million). The loan demonstrates NDB’s commitment to expanding non-sovereign operations and increasing cross-border use of its member countries’ currencies, as envisaged in NDB’s General Strategy.
“The GATE project signifies a leap in cooperation among NDB member countries and promotes the use of local currencies. When signed, this will be our second cross-border RMB-denominated loan, which will leverage Brazil’s clean energy potential to address urgent electricity demands and benefit millions or people while generating new jobs,” said H.E. Mrs. Dilma Rousseff, President of NDB. “By expanding investments in green infrastructure, renewable energy, and sustainable development projects, the New Development Bank aims to support Brazil in achieving its climate goals.”
This strategic partnership marks a significant step toward a more sustainable and efficient energy landscape in Brazil, aligning with NDB’s commitment to supporting development initiatives that foster economic growth and environmental sustainability.
Since its inception in 2015, NDB has approved 29 projects in Brazil alone with USD 7 billion in approved financing. These projects are spread across several states and municipalities in Brazil, helping improve clean energy, transport, water and sanitation, and social infrastructure. NDB also has a growing portfolio of private sector loans in the country.
Background Information
NDB was established by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa to mobilize resources for infrastructure and sustainable development projects in BRICS and other emerging market economies and developing countries, complementing the existing efforts of multilateral and regional financial institutions for global growth and development.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – On July 3, 2025, the New Development Bank (NDB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with State Grid Brazil Holding (SGBH), with the aim of enhancing electricity transmission capacity in Brazil, to meet the immediate needs of the nation’s power sector.
The signing of this Memorandum took place on the sidelines of NDB’s 10th Annual Meeting, held on July 4 and 5 in Rio de Janeiro.
The project, known as the Graca Aranha Silvania Transmissora de Energia (“GATE”), will be implemented by a subsidiary of SGBH.
The implementation of the GATE Project will address immediate needs of the electricity sector in Brazil – increasing power transmission capacity, decongesting the transmission corridor, reducing curtailment of existing renewable energy projects, and enabling investments in future wind and solar projects in the Northeast region of Brazil, and hence leading to a more diversified electricity mix in the country.
Out of the total project capex of around BRL 18 billion, more than two-thirds will be sourced from Brazil, thereby significantly promoting economic and social development, by creating more than 10,000 employment opportunities during construction, in the Northeast (Maranhão and Tocantins) and the Center-West (Goiás) regions of the country.
NDB is considering financing the Project in Chinese renminbi, with an estimated amount of RMB 2,150 million (approximately USD 300 million). The loan demonstrates NDB’s commitment to expanding non-sovereign operations and increasing cross-border use of its member countries’ currencies, as envisaged in NDB’s General Strategy.
“The GATE project signifies a leap in cooperation among NDB member countries and promotes the use of local currencies. When signed, this will be our second cross-border RMB-denominated loan, which will leverage Brazil’s clean energy potential to address urgent electricity demands and benefit millions or people while generating new jobs,” said H.E. Mrs. Dilma Rousseff, President of NDB. “By expanding investments in green infrastructure, renewable energy, and sustainable development projects, the New Development Bank aims to support Brazil in achieving its climate goals.”
This strategic partnership marks a significant step toward a more sustainable and efficient energy landscape in Brazil, aligning with NDB’s commitment to supporting development initiatives that foster economic growth and environmental sustainability.
Since its inception in 2015, NDB has approved 29 projects in Brazil alone with USD 7 billion in approved financing. These projects are spread across several states and municipalities in Brazil, helping improve clean energy, transport, water and sanitation, and social infrastructure. NDB also has a growing portfolio of private sector loans in the country.
Background Information
NDB was established by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa to mobilize resources for infrastructure and sustainable development projects in BRICS and other emerging market economies and developing countries, complementing the existing efforts of multilateral and regional financial institutions for global growth and development.
Nixon declined, but the Republican president sent a generous note in support of the veteran Democrat Stennis.
“Future students and scholars who study there will … familiarize themselves with the outstanding record of a U.S. Senator whose … judgment in complex areas of national security have been a source of strength and comfort to those who have led this Nation and to all who are concerned in preserving the freedom we cherish.”
Nixon’s prediction came true, perhaps ironically, considering the legal troubles over his own papers during the Watergate crisis. Congress passed the Presidential Records Act of 1978 after Nixon resigned.
Now, 55 years later, Mississippi State University holds a body of records from a bipartisan group of officials that has positioned it to tell a major part of the state’s story in national and global politics. That story is told to over 100 patrons and dozens of college and K-12 classes each year.
The papers are fertile ground for scholarly research into Congress’ role in shaping U.S. history, with its extraordinary powers over lawmaking, the economy and one of the world’s largest militaries.
By lending their papers and relative political celebrity, members of Congress have laid the groundwork for repositories like these to promote policy research to enable local and state governments to shape legislation on issues central to their states.
More complete history
When the repositories are at universities, they also provide educational programming that encourages public service for the next generations.
At Mississippi State University, the John C. Stennis Institute for Government and Community Development sponsors an organization that allows students to learn about government, voting, organizing and potential careers on Capitol Hill with trips to Washington, D.C.
Depositing congressional papers in states and districts, to be cared for by professional archivists and librarians, extends the life of the records and expands their utility.
When elected officials give their papers to their constituents, they ensure the public can see and use the papers. This is a way of returning their history to them, while giving them the power to assemble a more complete, independent version of their political history. While members of Congress are not required by law to donate their papers, they passed a bipartisan concurrent resolution in 2008 encouraging the practice.
Users of congressional archives range from historians to college students, local investigative journalists, political memoirists and documentary filmmakers. In advance of the 2020 election, we contributed historical materials to CNN’s reporting on Joe Biden’s controversial relationship with the Southern bloc of segregationist senators in his early Senate years.
While the results contribute to the humanities, the process of archival preservation and management is as complex a science as any other.
“Congressional records” is a broad term that encompasses many formats such as letters, diaries, notes, meeting minutes, speech transcripts, guestbooks and schedules.
They also include ephemera such as campaign bumper stickers, military medals and even ceremonial pieces of the original U.S. Capitol flooring. They contain rare photographs of everything from natural disaster damage to state dinners and legacy audiovisual materials such as 8 mm film, cassette tapes and vinyl records. Members of Congress also have donated their libraries of hundreds of books.
Archival preservation is a constantly evolving science. Only in the mid-20th century was the acid-free box developed to arrest the deterioration of paper records. After the advent of film-based photographs, archivists later learned to keep them away from light and heat, and they observed that audiovisual materials such as 8mm tape decompose from acid decay quickly if not stored in proper conditions.
Alongside preservation work comes the task of inventorying the records for public use. Archivists write finding aids – itemized, searchable catalogs of the records – and create metadata, which describes items in terms of size, creation date and location.
Future congressional papers will include born-digital content such as email and social media. This means traditional archiving will give way to digital preservation and data management. Federal law mandates that digital records have alt-text and transcription, and they need specialized expertise in file storage and data security because congressional papers often contain case files with sensitive personal data.
With congressional materials often clocking in at hundreds or thousands of linear feet, emerging artificial intelligence and automation technologies will usher this field into a new era, with AI speeding metadata and cataloging work to deliver usable records for researchers faster than ever.
For example, West Virginia University has been awarded over $400,000 since 2021 from the National Endowment for the Humanities for the American Congress Digital Archives Portal project, a website that centralizes digitized congressional records at the university and a growing list of partners such as the University of Hawaii and the University of Oklahoma.
Past federal grants have funded other congressional papers projects, from basic supply needs such as folders to more complex repair of film and tape.
The Howard Baker Center for Public Policy at the University of Tennessee used National Endowment for the Humanities funds to purchase specialized supplies needed to store the papers of its namesake, the Republican senator who also served as chief of staff to President Ronald Reagan.
National Endowment for the Humanities funds helped process U.S. Rep. Pat Williams’ papers at the University of Montana, resulting in a searchable finding aid for the 87 boxes of records documenting the Montana Democrat’s 18 years in Congress.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt said, “I have an unshaken conviction that democracy can never be undermined if we maintain our library resources and a national intelligence capable of utilizing them.”
With the current threat to federal grants – and agencies – that pay for the crucial work of stewarding these congressional papers, it appears that these records of democracy may no longer play their role in supporting that democracy.
Katherine Gregory received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and is a member of the Society of American Archivists.
Nixon declined, but the Republican president sent a generous note in support of the veteran Democrat Stennis.
“Future students and scholars who study there will … familiarize themselves with the outstanding record of a U.S. Senator whose … judgment in complex areas of national security have been a source of strength and comfort to those who have led this Nation and to all who are concerned in preserving the freedom we cherish.”
Nixon’s prediction came true, perhaps ironically, considering the legal troubles over his own papers during the Watergate crisis. Congress passed the Presidential Records Act of 1978 after Nixon resigned.
Now, 55 years later, Mississippi State University holds a body of records from a bipartisan group of officials that has positioned it to tell a major part of the state’s story in national and global politics. That story is told to over 100 patrons and dozens of college and K-12 classes each year.
The papers are fertile ground for scholarly research into Congress’ role in shaping U.S. history, with its extraordinary powers over lawmaking, the economy and one of the world’s largest militaries.
By lending their papers and relative political celebrity, members of Congress have laid the groundwork for repositories like these to promote policy research to enable local and state governments to shape legislation on issues central to their states.
More complete history
When the repositories are at universities, they also provide educational programming that encourages public service for the next generations.
At Mississippi State University, the John C. Stennis Institute for Government and Community Development sponsors an organization that allows students to learn about government, voting, organizing and potential careers on Capitol Hill with trips to Washington, D.C.
Depositing congressional papers in states and districts, to be cared for by professional archivists and librarians, extends the life of the records and expands their utility.
When elected officials give their papers to their constituents, they ensure the public can see and use the papers. This is a way of returning their history to them, while giving them the power to assemble a more complete, independent version of their political history. While members of Congress are not required by law to donate their papers, they passed a bipartisan concurrent resolution in 2008 encouraging the practice.
Users of congressional archives range from historians to college students, local investigative journalists, political memoirists and documentary filmmakers. In advance of the 2020 election, we contributed historical materials to CNN’s reporting on Joe Biden’s controversial relationship with the Southern bloc of segregationist senators in his early Senate years.
While the results contribute to the humanities, the process of archival preservation and management is as complex a science as any other.
“Congressional records” is a broad term that encompasses many formats such as letters, diaries, notes, meeting minutes, speech transcripts, guestbooks and schedules.
They also include ephemera such as campaign bumper stickers, military medals and even ceremonial pieces of the original U.S. Capitol flooring. They contain rare photographs of everything from natural disaster damage to state dinners and legacy audiovisual materials such as 8 mm film, cassette tapes and vinyl records. Members of Congress also have donated their libraries of hundreds of books.
Archival preservation is a constantly evolving science. Only in the mid-20th century was the acid-free box developed to arrest the deterioration of paper records. After the advent of film-based photographs, archivists later learned to keep them away from light and heat, and they observed that audiovisual materials such as 8mm tape decompose from acid decay quickly if not stored in proper conditions.
Alongside preservation work comes the task of inventorying the records for public use. Archivists write finding aids – itemized, searchable catalogs of the records – and create metadata, which describes items in terms of size, creation date and location.
Future congressional papers will include born-digital content such as email and social media. This means traditional archiving will give way to digital preservation and data management. Federal law mandates that digital records have alt-text and transcription, and they need specialized expertise in file storage and data security because congressional papers often contain case files with sensitive personal data.
With congressional materials often clocking in at hundreds or thousands of linear feet, emerging artificial intelligence and automation technologies will usher this field into a new era, with AI speeding metadata and cataloging work to deliver usable records for researchers faster than ever.
For example, West Virginia University has been awarded over $400,000 since 2021 from the National Endowment for the Humanities for the American Congress Digital Archives Portal project, a website that centralizes digitized congressional records at the university and a growing list of partners such as the University of Hawaii and the University of Oklahoma.
Past federal grants have funded other congressional papers projects, from basic supply needs such as folders to more complex repair of film and tape.
The Howard Baker Center for Public Policy at the University of Tennessee used National Endowment for the Humanities funds to purchase specialized supplies needed to store the papers of its namesake, the Republican senator who also served as chief of staff to President Ronald Reagan.
National Endowment for the Humanities funds helped process U.S. Rep. Pat Williams’ papers at the University of Montana, resulting in a searchable finding aid for the 87 boxes of records documenting the Montana Democrat’s 18 years in Congress.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt said, “I have an unshaken conviction that democracy can never be undermined if we maintain our library resources and a national intelligence capable of utilizing them.”
With the current threat to federal grants – and agencies – that pay for the crucial work of stewarding these congressional papers, it appears that these records of democracy may no longer play their role in supporting that democracy.
Katherine Gregory received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and is a member of the Society of American Archivists.
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Issues of socio-economic development of the region were discussed.
Meeting of Mikhail Mishustin with the acting governor of the Sverdlovsk region Denis Pasler.
From the transcript:
M. Mishustin: Dear Denis Vladimirovich!
This week Yekaterinburg is hosting Innoprom, the leading exhibition of domestic industry. I would like to thank in your person everyone who worked hard and prepared, because this is a very important event for industries and for federal executive bodies. A lot of people, thousands, from all over the country have gathered here.
I would also like to wish you success in your work in your position. In March, the President appointed you acting. You worked as the Chairman of the Government here in the Sverdlovsk Region for many years before that. You led the Orenburg Region. I want you to succeed. Good luck to you in all your endeavors and endeavors.
Tell us what the general situation is in the economy today, what is happening with industry.
D. Pasler: Dear Mikhail Vladimirovich!
Thank you very much for your constant support of the Innoprom exhibition, for your personal presence. Of course, this is important for all industrialists. When you, Denis Valentinovich (Manturov), the leadership of the Ministry of Industry are at the exhibition, the most pressing issues are resolved. This is very important for us. Thank you very much again.
Regarding the economic situation. According to the results of five months, the growth of the industrial index is 102%, for shipped products – 108.9%. Investments, despite all the difficulties, sanctions, restrictions, are more than 104.5%. The construction market – we have a 3 million plan. According to the results of the first half of the year, we have fulfilled the plan, about 1.5 million have already been introduced.
To be continued…
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Speech
Statement to the 109th Session of the Executive Council of the OPCW
Statement by Director of Defence and International Security, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, Mr Stephen Lillie, at the 109th Executive Council of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
Mr Chair, Director General, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates,
The UK welcomes Your Excellency, Ambassador Thomas Schieb as the new Chair of the Executive Council at this critical time. You have our full support.
Our thanks also to the Director General Fernando Arias for his detailed report.
Mr Chair,
Syria has demonstrated its commitment to destroying remaining elements of the Assad regime’s chemical weapons programme; and to holding accountable those responsible. The commitment of the new Syrian Government to achieve this, and it’s support to the Technical Secretariat has been exemplary.
The UK welcomes the efforts of OPCW staff on the ground and the important progress made during the three recent deployments they have undertaken this year. At last, this Council can look forward to Syria completing the task mandated by the UN Security Council after the horrific sarin attack in 2013, namely the complete destruction of the Assad regime’s chemical weapons programme.
We must take this opportunity and move at pace to deliver this work in the face of complex practical challenges. Close coordination will be needed between the Technical Secretariat, Syria and supporting States Parties to outline a sensible path and address immediate risks, while ensuring robust OPCW verification.
Both Syria and the OPCW will each need significant financial and in-kind support to finish the job. On 5 July, whilst in Damascus, my Foreign Secretary announced an additional £2 million of UK support to the OPCW’s Syria missions. This comes in addition to the £837,000 already transferred since December. We urge other states to provide complementary technical, financial and logistical assistance as soon as possible. Concerted international coordination of both financial and in-kind support is essential – we urge the TS and Syria to establish the mechanisms to do this without delay.
Mr Chair,
While we take the opportunity to turn the page on a dark period of the widespread use of chemical weapons in Syria this century, we must also redouble our efforts to make sure that all parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention ensure that they do all within their power to uphold the Convention, and to ensure that its central norm against use is re-enforced.
Today marks the seventh anniversary of the tragic death of Dawn Sturgess. She was killed as a result of Russia’s callous use of the nerve agent novichok in Salisbury.
While Syria seeks to rid itself of the previous regime’s chemical weapons, Russia continues to use chemical weapons and riot control agents on the battlefield in Ukraine. The statement published last week by the Dutch and German intelligence services in which they warn of the intensifying use of chemicals by Russia on the battlefield is a cause for great concern. This blatant disregard for the Convention is outrageous.
The British government announced today a second set of sanctions in response to Russia’s use of chemical weapons in Ukraine. The measures designate senior members of Russia’s Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defence Troops; and a Russian entity responsible for supplying RG-Vo riot control agent grenades to the Russian military being used against Ukraine.
The UK has provided a further £400,000 in extra-budgetary funding to the OPCW Assistance to Ukraine Fund. Since 2022, the UK has contributed over one million euros to this fund. Our support for Ukraine is steadfast. To quote Foreign Secretary David Lammy – “today – and every day – we stand with Ukraine”.
Mr Chair,
We are deeply concerned by the US determination that chemical weapons have been used in Sudan. We have noted Sudan’s response to Article IX requests submitted by the delegations of Chad, Mauritania, Benin and Guinea Bissau. We call on Sudan to follow through on its stated commitment to investigate thoroughly.
Mr Chair,
You will manage the process by which we will select the next Director General. DG Arias’ successor will have big shoes to fill. They will need to continue his work to shape the Organisation so it is fit to meet the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century: including consigning chemical weapons to history, ensuring that there is no re-emergence of a chemical threat and advancing work on emerging technologies. Promoting and ensuring a diverse TS staff, with gender equality at its heart, and strengthening capacity building around the world will be essential priorities.
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BEIJING, July 8 (Xinhua) — Admissions have opened for master’s programs jointly founded by China’s Nankai University and Kazakhstan’s L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Nankai University, located in the north Chinese city of Tianjin, said.
The master’s programs in Belt and Road Economic and Trade Cooperation and Digital Economy and Industrial Innovation were launched with the approval of China’s Ministry of Education. Applicants can enroll in these programs without having to take the National Unified Examination for Master’s Degrees, according to a statement released on the website of Nankai University on Tuesday.
Classes for these programs are scheduled to begin in September of this year.
These educational projects are aimed at training specialists in the field of integrated economic management, competent in trade and economic cooperation within the framework of the Belt and Road, the digital economy and industrial innovation.
After successfully passing the tests and defending their final theses, students will receive a master’s degree from the L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University. -0-
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