Regional Centre for Development of Public Diplomacy and International Relations named after Yevgeniy M. Primakov

On December 14, The Primakov Centre hosted the presentation of the documentary film “Black to USSR”, which was attended by the creator and director of the film Daria da Conceicao. Vitaly Roshchupkin, Director of the Primakov Center, and Irina Manueva, Head of the T.A. Ivanova Center for Russian Cinematography, addressed the students with a welcoming speech. The documentary project “Black to USSR”, filmed in Mozambique and South Africa, is dedicated to the fate of graduates of Soviet universities, many of whom played a prominent role in their countries. They remember their studies in Russia, sing Russian songs, follow the political …

On December 13, 2023, in the Primakov Centre, it’s still hot as the Africa Week continues. The concluding event of the second day was a lecture dedicated to the functioning mechanism of the Samara Interuniversity Model of the African Union. Coordinators Polina Nechetova and Anastasia Tolstikova shed light on the main organizational aspects of the upcoming meeting and discussed the rules and common mistakes in writing positions and resolutions. Remember, as representatives of countries, personal opinions starting with “I think” or “I believe” are unacceptable. Use such phrases as “Our country supports” or “We disagree with…”. Experts Andrey Chistyakov and …

On December 12, 2023, the Primakov Centre began the Africa Week, organized by the center in collaboration with the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The first day of the Africa Week was started with a welcome speech of Andrey A. Tokarev, Ph.D., Head of the Centre for Southern Africa Studies of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. During his speech, he addressed the number of issues currently faced by the African Union, including the climate changes, the changes in power within the states (for example, the membership of Burkina Faso, …

The official opening of the exhibition “Ornaments of BRICS” took place in the Primakov Centre. The exposition was based on the materials provided by the The Russia-BRICS Project Office | BRICS Youth of the Ulyanovsk Region Creative Industries Fund. Kira Ivanova, the coordinator of the Russia-BRICS Project Office for International Youth Cooperation made a welcome speech. “During the organization of the exhibition we encountered some unexpected moments for ourselves. Firstly, since the word “ornament” in English also means “decoration”, most teams initially did not fully understand the task, which then had to be explained for a very long time. It …

A master class in Argentine tango was held at the IberAClub of the Primakov Centre. The Argentine Tango master class was conducted by the founder of the Argentine Tango School of A.Sukhov – Tango S – Alexander Sukhov. Steps, turns, pauses and decorations are all about tango. Argentine tango is a social dance, without learned choreography, based on improvisation and communication between partners. Everything that happens is born “here and now”. Therefore, it is very important that people accept and understand each other. Alexander told the story of tango, showed the main steps and interesting figures. The participants learned a …

The Primakov Centre hosted an online presentation of the second book in the series “Turkish Dialogues“ by outstanding researchers Evgeny Satanovsky and Ivan Starodubtsev entitled “Turkey between Russia and the West. World politics as it is – without tolerance and censorship.” In their work, the authors consider modern relations between Russia and Turkey, referring, of course, to their history. Ivan Starodubtsev’s immersion and involvement in life in Turkey allows him to witness many events, analyze what is happening taking into account culture, traditions and customs and give us a deeper understanding of the processes. Despite the remote connection, Ivan Starodubtsev …

On December 4, 2023, the Primakov Centre hosted the quiz “The Tehran Conference of 1943: Results and Significance”, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Tehran Conference. The quiz was organized by the Primakov Centre and State Budget Educational Establishment UNESCO Associated School Gymnasium № 11 (Base School of the Russian Academy of Science). 80 years ago, a meeting of the leaders of the “Big Three”: Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt took place in Tehran. Having overcome serious ideological contradictions, they sat down for the first time at the common negotiating table, where they discussed the opening of the second front …

On November 30, a meeting of students from the Mechanics and Mathematics Faculty specializing in “Information Security” took place at the Primakov Center with representatives from R-Vision (Moscow). R-Vision is a developer of cybersecurity systems. Since 2011, the company has been creating technologies that help organizations worldwide confidently combat current cyber threats and ensure reliable management of information security. During the meeting, the students learned in detail about the company, the competencies required for employment at R-Vision, and how to become a professional in the field of IT. We thank the employees of R-Vision for the engaging immersion of the …