Polytechnic University adapters are ready for the new academic year

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Source: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University –

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On the eve of the new academic year, the rector of SPbPU Andrey Rudskoy held a meeting with the adapters of the Polytechnic University. He encouraged the guys to successfully interact with first-year students.

The public institute "Adapters" plays a significant role in the life of the Polytechnic, providing support to first-year students. These activists help new polytechnics feel part of the student community.

You are called upon to help the beginning polytechnicians to get used to our environment, to understand our principles and rules of life, to become independent at the university and beyond. I wish you good luck in this matter. By joining the adapter community, you get an additional school of life and interaction with society. We believe in you! – Andrey Rudskoy addressed the guys.

In his speech, Andrey Ivanovich particularly emphasized the importance of the work of adapters with SVO participants and their children. Let us recall that Polytechnic University ranks first in St. Petersburg and fifth in Russia by the number of enrolledthis category of applicants.

After this, the rector of SPbPU presented letters of gratitude to the management of the public institute "Adapters", as well as to the leaders and deputies from each institute. The ceremony was accompanied by applause and chanting.

This year, the Adapters Public Institute celebrated its tenth anniversary. Activists prepared and published a book, which the head of the institute, Elizaveta Zhak, solemnly handed over to Andrey Rudskoy. This gift was an expression of gratitude for the support and assistance in the development of the association.

In honor of the momentous event A special project about Polytechnic University adapters was published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta. Over the past ten years, the movement has gone beyond the university walls and the city. The SPbPU project "Adaptation Trajectory", aimed at training in working with first-year students, today covers over 30 universities in St. Petersburg and other cities. The special project tells about the activities of participants in green sweatshirts with the letter "A" and much more.

The Chairman of the PROF, Maxim Susorov, shared his memories of being an adapter himself and asked to tell first-year students about the many opportunities that membership in the union opens up for them.

The representative of the Center of Youth Trajectories Yegor Bredikhin reported how the holiday for first-year students will be organized this year. He spoke in detail about the planned activities that await new SPbPU students.

The speech by Polytech partner, SBER salary projects manager Victoria Kharitonova, was dedicated to cooperation with the university.

Head of the Department for Ensuring Anti-Terrorist Security and Safety at Facilities Aleksandr Fedorov spoke about the rules of conduct and necessary precautions at the university. Leading Engineer of the Fire Prevention Department Vladimir Vaskin conducted a practical lesson for students on the use of carbon dioxide and powder fire extinguishers, after which several guys demonstrated their skills.

Deputy Director Tatyana Novitskaya reported on the work of the SPbPU History Museum and excursions for first-year students. Assistant Vice-Rector for International Affairs Pavel Nedelko presented information on interaction with foreign students. Head of the Directorate of Cultural Programs and Youth Creativity Boris Kondin spoke about why Polytechnic University is called a territory of culture. He also noted that 14 creative studios are open for Polytechnic students, where everyone can develop their talents and hobbies in various types of art – from a DJ studio to a symphony orchestra.

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South Korean airline Korean Air to buy 103 Boeing jets, GE engines

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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News

SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) — Korean Air said Tuesday it will purchase 103 next-generation aircraft from Boeing, 19 spare engines from GE Aerospace and CFM International, and a comprehensive engine maintenance program from GE Aerospace.

The total purchases will be worth approximately US$50 billion, including US$36.2 billion for Boeing aircraft and US$13.7 billion for spare engines and a 20-year engine maintenance contract, Korean Air said in a statement.

The signing ceremony took place in Washington following a meeting between South Korean President Lee Jae-myung and US President Donald Trump.

The deal is the largest in the airline's history. The aircraft will be delivered in stages until the end of 2030. –0–

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China's key energy sector targets for 14th Five-Year Plan to be achieved on schedule – official

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BEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) — China's energy sector will achieve key targets set in the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025), including total power generation capacity and non-fossil fuel share, as scheduled, Wang Hongzhi, head of the National Energy Administration, said at a press conference on Tuesday.

As he emphasized, during the specified period, China's energy sector has achieved breakthrough progress and historic successes.

Under the plan, China aims to increase the country's annual total power generation capacity to more than 4.6 billion tons of standard coal by 2025 and increase the share of non-fossil energy sources in the overall energy consumption structure to about 20 percent. -0-

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Erenhot checkpoint intends to promote development of cross-border e-commerce between China and Russia

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BEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) — A truck from the Ereenhot post office loaded with parcels of daily necessities for export arrived at the city's cross-border e-commerce (CEC) supervision center for sorting on Aug. 23. After customs inspection, the truck headed to Moscow via the Ereenhot checkpoint in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

Thus, testing of the delivery of commercial mail to Russia by road through the Eren Hot checkpoint has begun. This was stated in a message posted on the website of the city administration on Tuesday.

The local postal service said that if the test is successful, such operations will be carried out on a regular basis and their volume can be expanded, which will help strengthen the role of the Erenhot checkpoint in the development of cross-border e-commerce between China and Russia.

It is reported that the Erenhot Post Office has successfully launched its energy and power industry operations targeting Mongolia. Based on a modern parcel receiving and sending platform, it provides full-cycle services to energy and power industry enterprises, including parcel collection and processing, export declaration, international land transportation, overseas customs clearance, and final delivery.

In the first seven months of 2025, the international operations service at the Ereenhot post office processed 616,000 orders for energy products worth more than 70 million yuan (about 9.8 million US dollars). -0-

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Vice Chairman of China Meets with Special Envoy of President of Republic of Korea

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BEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) — Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with Pak Peng-sek, special envoy of South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, in Beijing on Tuesday.

Han Zheng said that China is willing to work with the Republic of Korea to implement the important agreements reached by the two heads of state, consolidate strategic mutual trust, expand common interests, strengthen multilateral cooperation, and promote the sustainable, healthy and stable development of bilateral relations.

Noting that this year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, as well as the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Korean Peninsula, Han Zheng said China is willing to work with the international community, including the Republic of Korea, to jointly safeguard the victory of World War II and firmly uphold genuine multilateralism.

Pak Peng Sek, in turn, stated that the new government of the Republic of Korea attaches great importance to its relations with China and respects the one-China principle.

The Republic of Korea is willing to push forward the return of the bilateral strategic cooperative partnership to normalcy under the guidance of the important consensus of the leaders of both countries, bringing benefits to the peoples of the two countries, Pak Peng Suk added. -0-

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Neural networks in Alexander's chatbot began answering questions about the MCD and suburban electric trains

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Artificial intelligence now helps the chatbot Alexandra answer user questions related to the operation of the Moscow Central Diameters (MCD) and suburban electric trains. Since the beginning of this year, more than 30 percent of the virtual assistant's database has been connected to neural networks. Now it has access to a larger number of topics of varying complexity.

"To make passenger communication with the chatbot as fast and accurate as possible, this year we began to implement artificial intelligence in its work. During this time, with the help of neural networks, the virtual assistant has already answered more than 230 thousand user questions. Artificial intelligence now helps Alexandra answer questions about the MCD and commuter trains on all 10 platforms where the chatbot is available. In accordance with the transport strategy until 2030, which was approved by Sergei Sobyanin, we will continue to implement neural networks in our services and improve passenger comfort," said the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport and Industry

Maxim Liksutov.

With the help of artificial intelligence, the chatbot Alexandra can tell interesting facts about the metro, answer questions about the operation of river transport, the Moscow Central Circle, Aeroexpress, car sharing and taxis.

In addition, neural networks provide passengers with information about the rules for using public transport, working in the capital's transport complex, navigation, advertising and services, and also communicate on various topics, such as books and hobbies.

Artificial intelligence is now applied to all platforms of Alexander's transport chatbot

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The Technoprom forum will host a joint meeting of the Academies of Sciences of Russia and West African countries for the first time

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On August 27, as part of the international forum for technological development "Technoprom-2025", a joint meeting of the Academies of Sciences of Russia and West African countries "Russia – Sahel: Dialogue of Academies of Sciences" will be held. Such an event is being held for the first time in the history of modern Russia. Its participants will be the heads of the Academies of Sciences of three countries – Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger; the Russian side will be represented by Sergey Aldoshin, Vice President of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Irina Abramova, Director of the Institute of African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences; RAS academicians – Chairman of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Valentin Parmon and Rector of NSU Mikhail Fedoruk; Dmitry Savelyev, member of the Committee on International Affairs of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.

The main goal of the meeting is to formalize scientific cooperation, exchange experience in the institutional development of academies, and discuss the possibility of implementing joint research initiatives in priority areas for the Sahel states: agriculture, water resources, medicine, renewable energy, and peaceful nuclear energy.

— In the current foreign policy context, the development of institutional ties between the Russian academic community and scientific institutions in African countries, primarily the member states of the Confederation of Sahel States (CSAS): Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, is of particular importance. These countries have recently begun to more comprehensively develop their own systems of science and higher education. Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have young academies of sciences that were created several years ago. Knowing the 300-year history of the development of the Russian Academy of Sciences, they are interested in partnership with us, which will help them coordinate the direction of development of their own scientific sphere, — commented Natalia Krasovskaya, Director of the Center for Public Diplomacy.

The joint meeting will feature Pako Sereme, President of the National Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters of Burkina Faso; Adama Traore, President of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Mali; Yenikoye Alhassan, President of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Niger; and the ambassadors of these republics will also take part in the event.

— Development of cooperation with West African countries in the educational and scientific spheres is one of the important areas of international activity of Novosibirsk State University. In 2024-2025, we have already signed agreements with Thomas Sankara University (Burkina Faso) and Abdou Moumouni University (Niger). Together with the Russian House in Niger, we launched a preparatory department for medical and biological training, and also opened online courses in Russian language at Thomas Sankara University in Burkina Faso. In addition, our university plans to organize scientific internships for young scientists and master's students from Burkina Faso lasting 3-6 months. We are also negotiating with the University of Saint Dominic (USDAO) from Burkina Faso on joint training of medical personnel, — said NSU Rector, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Mikhail Fedoruk.

Among the issues planned to be discussed at the meeting:

1. Exchange of scientific personnel, organization of internships for members of African national academies in Russia.

2. Creation of joint scientific laboratories and research centers in the fields of agriculture, water resources, medicine, renewable energy, and in the field of peaceful use of nuclear energy.

3. Participation of African scientists in Russian grant and research programs.

4. Promotion of Russian citation indices and the RAS “white list” as an alternative to the Western model.

5. Implementation of the regional-industry principle of functioning of the academies of sciences of the ACS countries, as the most successful model that has proven itself in Russia.

6. Assistance in the formation of highly qualified personnel for fundamental research in the ACS countries.

The result of the meeting will be the establishment of a regular dialogue between the Academies of Sciences with the Sahel countries and the signing of agreements between scientific institutions of these countries, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation and the Russian Academy of Sciences.

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The metro has a themed train dedicated to the My Documents government service centers

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A new themed train has started running on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line, which will run in the metro for the next six months. Its appearance was timed to coincide with the 14th anniversary of the My Documents government service centers. This was reported by Anastasia Rakova, Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Social Development.

The themed train will run for six months. In the carriages, passengers will be able to learn about the services that make the visit to the My Documents offices even more enjoyable, such as a children's corner or a book exchange area. They will also learn about the employees of government service centers, as well as the tasks of administrators in the capital's medical institutions. The first such train appeared in 2021 on the Sokolnicheskaya Line.

"Today, we are launching a themed train "My Documents" in the Moscow metro, which will tell passengers a lot of new and interesting things about the government services centers that have become familiar. Fourteen years ago, the first center opened in Moscow marked the beginning of a radical transformation of the government services sector. Today, about 140 "My Documents" offices provide hundreds of government services daily, saving Muscovites millions in unnecessary visits to various organizations. But more important than numbers is the attitude towards people. Our specialists not only do their job, but also want to help with all their hearts, support, and find a solution even in a difficult situation. After all, sincere service lies in love and care for people. Now, thanks to the collaboration between the metro and "My Documents", even more residents and guests of the capital will become familiar with the Moscow standard of government services and learn about the wonderful people who help Muscovites every day with unfailing friendliness and a sincere smile," added Anastasia Rakova, Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Social Development.

When creating the design, specialists paid special attention to volumetric symbols that are associated with the activities of government service centers: images of a house, wedding rings and documents.

"Together with colleagues from the capital's social development complex, we are launching a themed train on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line in honor of the 14th anniversary of the My Documents government service centers. Sergei Sobyanin set the task of providing Muscovites with the best service in the world, so today many services can be obtained in a single window format. Service centers have also been open on the Big Circle Line for three years now: you can go here for advice on the operation of the metro, ground-based public transport, and Moscow Parking. At the same time,

more than 75 percent of services provide remotely. During this time, employees have helped passengers about 800 thousand times,” said Maxim Liksutov.

The theme of each carriage is dedicated to a separate component of the activities of the My Documents centers. For example, the first one introduces passengers to statistics on government services popular with residents, which they apply for in the offices. Thus, since the beginning of 2024, more than 1.2 million people have applied for a replacement or receipt of a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation.

The second carriage tells about the employees of the My Documents offices and their achievements, and their photos are posted there. Passengers can learn about the help of the centers' employees in organizing the large-scale forum "Territory of the Future. Moscow 2030", training young specialists or citizens in digital literacy.

The design of the third carriage is dedicated to the opportunities and additional services available in the capital's government service centers. The fourth carriage provides materials on such a direction as "My Administrator": within its framework, office employees work in city healthcare institutions, solving non-medical issues of patients. The fifth carriage informs about the activities of the educational center "Academy of Sincere Service", where employees of the capital's "My Documents" offices undergo training.

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Panna Football and Urbanism: How Street Sports Day Will Be Held on Bolotnaya Square

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On August 28, Bolotnaya Square will host a street sports day. The capital's brand "Kangaroo.pro" and the "Made in Moscow" project have prepared sports events, creative activities and games for the whole family. Guests of the Green Market on Bolotnaya Square will be able to play panna football, take part in intensive workout training, visit the rope complex and listen to lectures on health from famous athletes.

"Today's street sports are not just physical activity. It is a cultural and social trend that is gaining popularity day by day. Together with the Made in Moscow project, we want to show what a city can be like where sports are available to everyone. During this day, Bolotnaya Square will become a place not only for training, but also for open dialogue. Our task is to create an environment where everyone, regardless of age and training, can find a suitable activity," said Ksenia Popova, Development Director of Kangaroo.pro.

At 12:00, dynamic workout training will begin under the guidance of world champion and participant of the show "Titans" Grigory Skurikhin. Here you can learn how to pull up, push up and perform complex elements correctly. Nearby, a site for panna football will open – a street game where not only goals are important, but also the technique of ball control. Masters from the Zstreet team, one of the first popularizers of this trend in Russia, will hold master classes and mini-tournaments.

The Liana rope complex, created based on children's drawings, will be open all day long. The rope structure can withstand a load of up to 15 tons. This is not only a sports facility, but also an example of what the urban environment of the future might look like.

At 1:30 p.m., the lecture “Muscles = Health” will begin, where experts will talk about how strength training improves the quality of life. At 3:00 p.m., government officials, architects, and athletes will gather at the round table “Accessible Sports” to discuss how to make urban training convenient for everyone.

At 16:00 there will be a lecture on modern urbanism. Architects will talk about how sport shapes the new aesthetics of urban space, making it not only functional but also visually attractive.

"Made in Moscow" is a project to promote local brands. Today, more than 7.5 thousand local brands participate in it, and the site contains more than 36 thousand products created in the capital. Entrepreneurs receive free support measures – from participation in large city events to information assistance.

"Summer in Moscow"— the main event of the season. The project is aimed at strengthening social and family ties, as well as the personal development of its participants. Thanks to a variety of programs, including educational, cultural and sports events, it unites Muscovites and guests of the city of different ages, social groups and creates conditions for obtaining new knowledge, creative growth and an active lifestyle.

Quickly find out the main news in the official channels of the city of Moscow in messengers Max And "Telegram".

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Xi Jinping Meets with Chairman of the Russian State Duma

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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News

BEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin in Beijing on Tuesday.

As Xi Jinping noted, the level of stability, maturity and strategic content of Chinese-Russian relations make them truly unique among relations between major powers.

The continued promotion of high-level Chinese-Russian relations not only serves the fundamental interests of the two peoples, but also benefits the cause of world peace, Xi Jinping said.

As Xi Jinping noted, in May he paid a state visit to Russia and attended the celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. Next week, China will widely and solemnly celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the Victory in the World Anti-Fascist War, he said.

China and the Soviet Union, as the main theaters of military operations in Asia and Europe in World War II, suffered enormous national losses to defeat militaristic Japan and German fascism, and made important contributions to the victory in World War II, Xi Jinping said. -0-

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