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Harbin Strawberry Music Festival 2025 Attracts Tens of Thousands of Tourists

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HARBIN, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) — The two-day Harbin Strawberry Music Festival 2025 successfully concluded on Sunday evening at the 23rd Harbin International Beer Festival in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Tens of thousands of tourists from all over the country flocked to the "ice city" to enjoy the musical festival.

As reported by Partners magazine, during the music festival, the stage turned into a shining center, combining various musical styles. Such famous Chinese musicians and singers as Lao Lang, Zhao Lei, Chen Chusheng, Yan Renzhong, Zhang Qiang, Yang Qianhua, the bands “Lost Train” and “MERCADER” took turns on stage, stunning the audience with their unique sounds. Spectators waved glow sticks in time with the music, turning the space under the stage into a sparkling “river of twinkling lights”. This glow, merging with powerful sound waves from the stage, gave a truly magical atmosphere to the summer night in Harbin.

The successful holding of this year's festival has once again strengthened Harbin's image and demonstrated its unique charm as a "music capital", thereby injecting new vitality into the integrated development of culture and tourism in the city. -0-

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Wang Yi to visit Pakistan, hold 6th round of China-Pakistan Foreign Ministers' Strategic Dialogue

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BEIJING, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, will visit Pakistan from Aug. 20 to 22 to hold the 6th round of strategic dialogue between the Chinese and Pakistani foreign ministers together with Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced Tuesday. -0-

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Rosneft continues large-scale renovation of its gas stations across Russia

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Rosneft continues to implement the program to modernize its retail network of gas stations, within the framework of which over 700 stations in 35 regions of the country have already been updated.

The development of roadside service and the improvement of the level of customer services provided at Rosneft filling stations is one of the Company’s priority areas of activity.

The updated petrol stations have a modern design and are distinguished by their technological advancement and comfort. Particular attention is paid to the expansion of services: new equipment, including coffee machines and devices for preparing hot dishes, has been installed in the café under the Zerno brand. Visitors are offered a varied menu: coffee, hot dogs, burgers, pastries and many ready-made dishes. Self-service checkouts, which save guests' time, create additional convenience. The Company is also developing a new customer service area at petrol stations – food trucks (mobile retail outlets).

Thanks to updated interiors and exteriors, as well as well-thought-out organization of space, customers' stay at Rosneft gas stations is becoming even more comfortable. The network renovation continues – by the end of 2025, every third Rosneft gas station will have an updated look and an expanded range of services.

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Rosneft's retail network is the largest in the Russian Federation in terms of geographic coverage – it covers 62 regions of Russia. The Company's network of petrol stations includes almost 3,000 stations. The Rosneft petrol station brand is one of the leaders in Russia in terms of recognition and fuel quality.

Department of Information and AdvertisingPJSC NK RosneftAugust 19, 2025

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Polytechnic University Associate Professor's Report Recognized as Best at Conference in Malaysia

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Associate Professor of the Higher School of Industrial Management of IPMEiT Olga Ergunova took part in the International Conference AHIBS-ACT 2025: Weaving Horizons for Sustainable Impact, organized by the Business School of the University of Technology Malaysia with the support of international academic and scientific partners from Southeast Asian countries.

At the conference, Olga Ergunova presented two reports reflecting the results of the RSF research project “Neural network solutions for managing social and labor relations in the digital economy of megacities.”

The first report included the results of a sociological study and forecast scenarios up to 2035 concerning the integration of artificial intelligence and blockchain technologies into the management of human resources in megacities. The second was prepared in collaboration with Olga Kalinina, Director of the Higher School of Industrial Management, and Andrey Somov, Senior Lecturer at the Higher School of Industrial Management, and concerned the assessment of the impact of the HR policy of industrial enterprises on the sustainable development of Russian cities. The study focused on optimizing employee profiling mechanisms, reducing transaction costs, and increasing the transparency of labor contracts. The work was awarded the conference prize for the best report (Best Paper Award).

In addition to the main conference program, Olga Ergunova took part in a special scientific session for researchers and experts (Doctoral Colloquium), where she presented methodological and analytical tools, as well as key results of the RSF project. The presentation sparked a lively discussion among representatives of universities from Malaysia, Indonesia, China and India, who were interested in the possibilities of joint research in the field of digital transformation of labor markets and human capital development in megacities.

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As part of the 2025 admission campaign, 1,333 people were admitted to budget places at NSU

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Novosibirsk State University sums up the interim results of the 2025 admission campaign. At the priority and main stages, 1,333 people were admitted to budget places for bachelor's and specialist's degrees, including places of separate, special and target quotas, this year, of which 116 people are winners and prize-winners of the All-Russian Olympiad and Olympiads from the list of the Russian Society of Schoolchildren. The geography of those admitted includes 64 regions of Russia, the share of out-of-town applicants is more than 70%.

This year, the number of applications for all bachelor's and specialist's degree programs exceeded 23 thousand, which is 17% more than in 2024. Also, the number of applicants who applied for admission to NSU increased by almost 7% and amounted to more than 8,200 people. The average score for the budget for the main competition remained at the 2024 level – about 85.

At the stage of priority enrollment within a separate quota (children of SVO participants) in 2025, the number of students increased threefold and amounted to 93 people from 21 constituent entities of the Russian Federation, including 29 people without entrance examinations. Within the special quota, 40 people were enrolled, of which 10 were orphans and children left without parental care, and 30 were disabled. Within the targeted admission, 20 people were enrolled, most of them in the direction of "General Medicine".

Schoolchildren from all over Russia entered NSU, and the geography of applicants expanded: if in 2024, students represented 58 regions, then this year – 64. The top 5 regions include Novosibirsk Oblast (40%), Altai Krai and the Altai Republic (9%), Kemerovo Oblast (9%), Irkutsk Oblast and Zabaykalsky Krai (6.5%), Sverdlovsk and Chelyabinsk Oblasts (4%). The largest number of out-of-town applicants is in the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Physics and Mechanics and Mathematics Faculties – more than 75%.

An innovation, compared to 2024, is the development of programs by the university with the support of industrial partners.

— This year we launched several new promising areas. For example, a new bachelor's degree program "Applied Artificial Intelligence" to train top specialists in the field of AI, which is being implemented with the support of the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation and the Analytical Center under the Government of the Russian Federation. The anchor partner of the program is the multidisciplinary IT holding T1. More than 300 applications for 150 places with tuition fees were submitted for the program. Also, for the first time, recruitment took place for new programs of the Institute of Medicine and Medical Technologies of NSU: "Medical Cybernetics" (specialist) and "Industrial Pharmacy" (master's degree). These are network educational programs, implemented jointly with the Engineering School of Moscow State University, the industrial partners are the companies "Generium" and "Pharmstandard". New medical areas will be developed on the basis of the infrastructure of the NSU campus under construction, — said the rector of NSU, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Mikhail Fedoruk.

If we talk about the most popular areas, then traditionally there is high competition in areas with a small number of budget places. This year, the top 5 included "Jurisprudence" (67 people per place), "Linguistics" (44 people per place), "Business Informatics" (42 people per place), "Sociology" (34 people per place), "Informatics and Computer Science. Computer Science and Systems Engineering" (33 people per place).

— We are seeing an increase in interest in engineering and IT specialties. Thus, the following areas showed the greatest increase in the number of applications, compared to 2024: "Informatics and Computer Engineering", "Mathematics and Mechanics", "Mathematics and Computer Science", "Applied Mathematics and Physics". The last of the above-mentioned programs is relatively new: we launched it only last year, this year we doubled the recruitment, and the area turned out to be very popular: the competition was 31 people per place. Also this year we are seeing a positive trend — interest in the "Physics. Fundamental Research" area has grown: both the number of applications and the average passing score have increased, — added Mikhail Fedoruk.

Every year, digital channels of interaction with applicants are becoming increasingly popular: this year, more than 80% of schoolchildren submitted applications through the State Services portal.

 

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The Department of Geotechnics is studying how oil pollution affects sandy foundations

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At the Department of Geotechnics of SPbGASU, under the scientific supervision of Honored Scientist of Russia, Corresponding Member of RAASN, Doctor of Engineering Rashid Mangushev, changes in the condition of sandy foundations when they are contaminated with oil and oil products are being studied.

The research as part of the preparation of the candidate's dissertation is carried out by postgraduate student and senior lecturer of the department Alina Kvashuk.

The aim of the work is to assess the nature and degree of change in the physical and mechanical characteristics of sandy soils when interacting with oil and oil products, which will allow us to predict changes in the condition of soils at the base of structures during man-made pollution.

As part of the study, recommendations were developed for the calculation methodology for the limit states of foundations of buildings and structures on contaminated sandy bases, taking into account changes in the physical and mechanical properties of soils. This will ensure long-term and trouble-free operation of buildings and structures of the oil complex.

The work is being carried out within the framework of a grant for the implementation of research work by research and teaching staff of SPbGASU in 2025.

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Young scientists of the State University of Management took part in the business program of the International Forum "Unmanned Systems: Technologies of the Future"

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A team of young scientists from the State University of Management took part in the business program of the largest Russian event in the field of unmanned and robotic technologies — the International Forum "Unmanned Systems: Technologies of the Future". The university delegation included: Head of the Scientific Research Coordination Department Maxim Pletnev, specialists from the Engineering Project Management Center, postgraduate students Vladimir Kutkov and Nikita Akinshin.

The forum was held at the Skolkovo Innovation Center from August 7 to 17 and brought together leading developers, manufacturers and operators of unmanned systems, as well as representatives of government, business and science. The international forum included a business program, an exhibition of advanced technologies, the project-educational intensive course "Archipelago" and sports competitions, including the Moscow Mayor's Cup in drone racing.

Within the framework of the Forum, representatives of the State University of Management took part in several industry sections.

The section "Fuel and Energy Complex. Digital Transformation of Energy: Possibilities of Unmanned Systems" was devoted to the role of drones in the transition of the energy industry to more sustainable, efficient and safe models of work. Participants discussed the integration of unmanned systems into the "digital DNA" of energy, diagnostics of power lines and pipelines, as well as the prospects for geological exploration using UAS. Particular attention was paid to the analysis of existing barriers and ways to overcome them.

The section "Construction. UAS in design, construction and operation: possibilities and limitations" covered the experience of using drones for inspection of objects, mapping and control of construction processes. Participants considered practical cases, economic effects from the introduction of unmanned technologies and regulatory challenges standing in the way of their mass application in the urban environment.

In addition to business discussions, GUU employees held a number of meetings with drone and component manufacturers from all over the country, exchanged experiences and discussed the possibilities of joint projects.

Subscribe to the TG channel “Our GUU” Date of publication: 08/19/2025

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A photobioreactor for environmental research was installed at the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Civil Engineering Institute

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Specialists from the Higher School of Hydraulic and Power Engineering of the Civil Engineering Institute have developed a photobioreactor as part of the project "Development of technologies for capturing CO2 from exhaust flue gases of power and industrial installations using microalgae biomass", supported by a grant from the Russian Science Foundation. The modern equipment was manufactured by Algotek Green Technology and is a multifunctional installation for growing microalgae.

The photobioreactor opens up broad opportunities for scientists to conduct applied environmental research related tocapturing carbon dioxide by microalgae biomass.

The reactor has a capacity of 100 liters, and a mixture of microalgae, water, and nutrient medium is loaded into it. The system is equipped with automatic control of carbon dioxide supply, pH level, lighting, and temperature, which allows you to control the cultivation conditions and simulate various environmental scenarios.

In the future, the photobioreactor will be used for research in the field of bioremediation, including the possibility of cleaning flue gases at industrial enterprises using microalgae. The results of the research will serve as a basis for the development of environmentally friendly technologies for reducing the carbon footprint and integrating microalgae cultivation systems into production processes.

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Meeting between V. Putin and V. Zelensky may take place within two weeks – F. Merz

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BERLIN, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday that a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky could take place within two weeks.

He made this statement at a press conference at the White House, where earlier US President Donald Trump and V. Zelensky, as well as seven European leaders, held multilateral talks on the Ukrainian crisis.

“It was a good meeting,” Merz wrote on the social network X, but warned that the next steps would be more difficult.

“We must put pressure on Russia,” wrote F. Merz, repeating that “a ceasefire is necessary before further negotiations.”

Ahead of the talks, Merz said he “cannot imagine” another round of talks without a ceasefire, noting that it is necessary to begin serious negotiations. However, Trump has repeatedly stated that a ceasefire is not a prerequisite for resolving the crisis.

“Everyone has come to the conclusion that the best way to end the horrific war between Russia and Ukraine is to directly negotiate a peace agreement that ends the war, not just a ceasefire that often fails to hold,” the US leader wrote on Truth Social on Saturday. –0–

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Belarus' GDP grew by 1.3 percent in seven months since the beginning of 2025 — Belstat

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MINSK, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) — Belarus' gross domestic product grew by 1.3 percent in the period from January to July 2025, the Belarusian National Statistical Committee (Belstat) said on Monday.

The volume of GDP in current prices amounted to 155.2 billion Belarusian rubles, or in comparable prices 101.3 percent of the level of the same period in 2024.

The GDP deflator index for the seven months of 2025 compared to the same period of the previous year amounted to 112.4 percent.

According to Belstat, this year, later harvesting dates in Belarus and fodder procurement had an impact on the dynamics of gross value added and gross domestic product. –0–

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