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An Iraqi Kurd has told the story of how he ended up studying at Saint-Petersburg Mining University. What is he doing to preserve his cultural identity on the way to fulfilling a lifetime dream - to become an oil & gas specialist?

Ragchaa Byambadorj was born in Mongolia, the country which is still mostly covered by unpopulated deserts and steppes, and where about a third of inhabitants continue practising a nomadic lifestyle. The big question is, why would he want to return home after graduating?

On Wednesday, April 15, the Russian stage of the International Forum-Contest of Young Researchers “Topical Issues of Rational Use of Natural Resources” will take start. For the first time in sixteen years, due to the spread of the coronavirus, its delegates are not coming to St. Petersburg but will remotely report on their scientific research. The Webex platform, which allows holding online conferences with up to three thousand participants, was provided by Cisco, one of the global leaders in the development of network telecommunication systems. Dmitry Razumovsky, Head of Cisco Corporate Social Responsibility Programs in Russia and the CIS, told Forpost about the factors that affect the quality of conferences in virtual space.

Before changing his life drastically and moving to St. Petersburg, Jerson Martínez Parry, a student from Columbia, graduated from the Educational Corporation Indoamericana (Corporación Educativa Indoamericana) and the Institute of Languages and Culture named after Leo Tolstoy (Instituto Cultural León Tolstoy).

Scientists and researchers from St. Petersburg are seeking an answer to the question - where do competent in digital transformation engineers come from?

Quin Anh Do lived the first 12 years of her life in Yaroslavl. Right away after returning to her historical homeland, the girl began to dream of going back to Russia. What is the reason?

The shortage of engineers is a global problem that has slowed down technological progress all over the world. There is a lack of high-qualified engineers in many countries - Russia, America, Australia, Canada, European countries. Low prestige of the profession and complexity of the educational system are, as cited by experts, the reasons why young people rarely choose an engineering career path.

Ujaval Roy came from colorful Mumbai to severe St. Petersburg almost five years ago. According to the young man, this step was due to the fact that in India, foreign education is valued much higher than local. And knowledge of the Russian language can help build a career in the oil and gas industry virtually anywhere in the world. At school age, the young man could not even imagine that he would live in Russia. But nowadays, he studies at Mining University, has a passion for sandwiches with baloney and thinks in Russian.

The Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous District is the main oil-producing region of Russia. In 2019, it provided 5% of world oil production, i.e., more than 236 million tons of black gold was extracted from its bowels. The total production of natural and associated petroleum gas amounted to 36.6 billion cubic meters. It is no surprise that this particular Subject of the Russian Federation was chosen as the venue for the third International Youth Scientific and Practical Conference named “The Oil Capital”. Its main site was set in Nizhnevartovsk.

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.