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The governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov, following the Moscow authorities, banned mass events from March 16 to April 30, 2020. The relevant decree is published on the website of the city government. It provides for a ban on any gatherings of over a thousand people. This is stricter than in the capital. There the restrictive threshold is five thousand people. In addition, the document recommends that employers refrain from events involving foreigners.

The Republic of South Africa still cannot recover from the ramifications of the 2008 economic crisis. The country has lost a million jobs created over the previous four years, while South Africa’s GDP shrank from 296.87 billion dollars to 294.9 billion dollars in 2011-2016. The main blow fell upon the mining industry.

The PRC, as before, plans to send a representative delegation to the City on the Neva to participate in the youth forum, which will be held as part of the BRICS summit in July. And what shall we do about the quarantine?

Chinese students are taking their chances on studying abroad. Why are they choosing Russia as a study destination?

Despite the cruel wars and fighting for the control of mineral resources, Rukirande Indrissa Elir, a student from the Congo, wants to come back home once his studies in Russia are over. Why? What is he going to do upon return?

We value Scotland for the whiskey, wool, and new technologies. But British people see Scotland as a region where subsea oil is developed.

In 2012, when oil prices were at historic highs, Aberdeen managed to surpass London, ranking first in the number of multimillionaires per 100.000 residents over the UK.

Ten years ago, there were 13.5 thousand degree students of foreign origins in Saint Petersburg. This number has increased to 31 thousand by now. If other education forms - such as short-term programmes or summer schools - are included, the figure rises to 38 thousand people.

The global pace of digitalisation is enormous, but European post-graduates in mining do not lag behind the trend - as of now, the most demanded innovative solutions in the EU are the ones that simplify work processes through the use of information technologies.

When Jacob Moharram was studying at school, he was an Air Force cadet. The dreams of becoming a pilot never came true nonetheless - all because of his height. So an Australian lad decided to study geology and mining instead, and as a study destination, to the surprise of many he chose Russia.