朋友们,你们好!我们想要通知你们最近在Sinoclub举行的会议! On March 20, a meeting was held at the SinoClub at the Primakov Centre, which was dedicated to Maslenitsa. Our coordinators Lina Wang and Anastasia Tolstikova made a report, where they told the club participants about the main traditions and customs of celebrating Maslenitsa in Russia. Thus, the attendees learnt that Maslenitsa is celebrated for 7 days, from Monday to Sunday. And each day of the Maslenitsa week has its own name and is filled with a unique meaning. Then the participants of the club played various games: they listed 7 items that are somehow connected with the holiday, …
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UN Information Centre Moscow Round Table teleconference
On March 20, 2024, the Primakov Centre took part in a teleconference of the round-table discussion of the UN Information Center in Moscow, which was dedicated to World Water Day. The discussion was attended by representatives of UN agencies, Russian environmental scientists, our colleagues from the Russian State Library of the United Nations, as well as teachers and students of leading Russian universities such as MGIMO University, MSLU, HSE, the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, RUDN, Higher School of Translation of the Russian State Pedagogical University named after Herzen, Irkutsk State University, Nizhny …
IKSA RAS and China Media Corporation Roundtable Teleconference “Chinese Modernisation at the Present Stage”
On March 18, 2024, the SinoClub of the Primakov Centre took part in a teleconference of the round-table discussion “Chinese Modernization at the Present Stage”, organized by the Institute of China and Modern Asia of the RAS and the Media Corporation of China. The opening speech was delivered by Zhang Hanhui, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the Russian Federation. Two sessions of the Chinese parliament have recently been successfully completed in China — about 5,000 deputies of the Chinese People’s Congress, together with General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Xi Jinping, discussed the main …
Awarding of the Winners of the Samara Interuniversity Olympiad “SamDiP-2024”
The award ceremony for the winners of the Samara Interuniversity Olympiad on Diplomatic Protocol “SamDiP-2024” took place at the Primakov Centre. Results of the Olympiad: The team “Peace Mediators” (students of the 3rd year of the International Relations program at Samara University: Dmitry Belov, Karina Kuzmina, Victoria Noskova, Daria Sokolova, Alina Khairullina) became the winners! Gunel Alieva, a 3rd-year student of the International Relations program at Samara University, was awarded as «The most active participant”. The team “Knowledge Ambassadors” took the second place! (students of the 3rd year of the International Relations program at Samara University Gunel Alieva and Valeriy …
EnglishClub*03*24
Hi there! On Thursday, March 14th, our first meeting of the year took place. We discussed different forms of art, found out which of them are most understandable and close to us. We also remembered the people of art from different fields. It turned out to be informative! By the way, the promised additional material based on the results of the conversation can be found by QR codes We look forward to the next meeting and promise a lot of new things!
SamDiP-2024
On March 13, 2024, the Samara Interuniversity Olympiad on Diplomatic Protocol and Etiquette “SamDiP-2024” took place at the E.M. Primakov Center. During this event, students had the opportunity to feel like real specialists engaged in the preparation of diplomatic visits at a high level. Deputy Chairman of the Committee of the Federation Council on International Affairs, Farit Mubarakshovich Mukhametshin, greeted the participants of the Olympiad, emphasizing the importance of such events for enhancing students’ knowledge levels in history and modern diplomacy. He highlighted that the skills acquired during the Olympiad would be beneficial to future specialists working in visit preparation …
Samara University students meet Anatoly Torkunov, Rector of MGIMO MFA, Russia
On March 7, 2024, a meeting of students from Samara University with the Rector of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Anatoly Torkunov, took place at the E.M. Primakov Center. Anatoly Torkunov began his speech by talking about his personal acquaintance with Yevgeny Primakov. They were not only colleagues but also friends, with their families being close as well. Yevgeny Maximovich even became the godfather of one of Anatoly Vasilievich’s grandchildren. “The existence of the E.M. Primakov Center is important because we want Yevgeny Primakov’s name to be remembered in …
Meeting of Samara University students with members of the Regional Branch of the Russian Union of Veterans and the Samara City Council of Veterans as part of the project “Big Talk About Important Stuff”
On March 5, a meeting of Samara University students with members of the Regional Department of the Russian Union of Veterans and the Samara City Council of Veterans took place at the Yevgeny Primakov Center in Samara as part of the “Big Talk about Important Things” project, supported by the Department of the Government of the Samara Region for Interaction with Federal Government Authorities. The project was launched by the Youth Council and the Association of Regional Youth at the beginning of 2024. The event took the form of an “open microphone” format, where invited speakers greeted the students and …
ILA RAS Teleconference on “El Salvador – 2024: Nayib Bukele’s political trajectory”
The Primakov Centre took part in a teleconference of the Centre for Political Studies of the Latin America Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences on the topic “El Salvador – 2024: Nayib Bukele’s Political Trajectory”. The most popular leader in Latin America – President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele – left his post to make a triumphant return to it in 2024. «The Bukele phenomenon» is unique: some extol the 42-year-old Salvadoran leader for his unprecedentedly effective fight against organised crime and unbridled faith in the bright future of bitcoin, while others criticise him for massive human rights violations. At the …
Meeting of representatives of higher education institutions with staff of the Migration Department
The Regional Centre for the Development of Public Diplomacy and International Relations named after Yevgeniy M. Primakov hosted a meeting of representatives of higher educational institutions of the Samara region with employees of the Migration Department of the GU MVD of Russia in the Samara region. The meeting addressed the issues of changes in migration legislation, improving the efficiency of interaction between educational organizations with the Department of Migration Affairs of the GU MVD of Russia in the Samara region.