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Professor Alfred Nordmann of the Darmstadt Technical University (Germany) visited St. Petersburg Mining University. The scientist was brought to St. Petersburg by the initiative to hold an international conference on the philosophical understanding of technological progress at the oldest technical university in Russia. The idea has already been supported by leading scientists from the University of Padua (Italy), the University of Groningen (Netherlands), the University of South Carolina (USA), and the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Empress Catherine II St. Petersburg Mining University

Scientists from Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University and Shiraz University held the first teleconference, during which they discussed the roadmap for the upcoming research of joint research groups. Their results will be concrete developments affecting a wide range of knowledge areas - increasing mining safety, developing renewable energy sources, improving the efficiency of wastewater treatment and much more.

Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin put the new wintering complex of Vostok station into trial operation via video link. It is 1,200 kilometres from the nearest coast and is located on a lifeless ice plateau at an altitude of over three and a half kilometres.

Prince of Cambodia Ravichak Norodom paid a working visit to Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University. The main topic of his meeting with Rector Vladimir Litvinenko was the search for mutually beneficial areas of partnership between our countries. First of all, it is about co-operation in such spheres as science, education and culture.

At the end of January 2024, a representative delegation from Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University spent a working week in Shiraz, the second capital of the Islamic Republic of Iran, at the invitation of Shiraz University. The administrators, scientists and young teachers studied in detail the methodology of the educational system of the country, its scientific component, visited the enterprises of Fars Province, held a number of negotiations with representatives of the university, industrialists, employees of state bodies.

In the context of a mobilised economy and the solidarity of the population with this position of the state, there is no other option but to build relations with industry, paraphrasing the slogan ”Everything for the front, everything for victory”. That is, any research or development should serve the task of intensive technological development of the country. In Iran, this is exactly the case.

In 1979, mass demonstrations against the Shah’s regime took place in Iran, resulting in Reza Pahlavi’s flight and a complete change in the country’s state system.

How beautiful is my blooming Shiraz! May God Almighty protect it! Come to Shiraz and see it: Everyone who lives in it is perfect.

Trade turnover between Russia and Africa continues to grow. In the first eight months of last year, it increased by 43.5%, to $15.5 billion, and the share of the countries of the sunny continent in the total volume of our foreign trade increased from 2.3% to 3.7%. The dynamics is undoubtedly positive, especially if we take into account that the overwhelming majority of experts are confident in its preservation.