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Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Alexander Avdeev visits MSLU
On October 10, 2023, MSLU students and teachers welcomed Alexander Avdeev, a Soviet and Russian politician, diplomat, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the French Republic (2002-2008), Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Vatican and Representative of the Russian Federation to Sovereign Order of Malta (2013-2023).

Russia–Africa relations: Ambassador on Special Assignments Oleg Ozerov visits MSLU
On October 2, Oleg Ozerov, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ambassador on Special Assignments, Head of the Secretariat of the Economic Forum “Russia-Africa”, orientalist, arabist, came to give a talk to MSLU students and faculty. He worked in Syria, Tunisia, France, worked as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Saudi Arabia, and held various positions in the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Anniversary of the Department of Portuguese
On September 21, 2023, the one and only department of the Portuguese language in Russia celebrated its 60th anniversary.

First Vice-rector of the University of Havana Visits MSLU
On September 25, the first vice-rector of the University of Havana (Republic of Cuba), Marian Hernandez Colina, visited MSLU.

Сooperation agreements with Cuban universities
On September 21, Moscow State Linguistic University, represented by Rector Irina Kraeva, signed a number of cooperation agreements with Cuban universities: the University of Havana, represented by Rector Miriam Nicado Garcia, as well as the University of Information Sciences of Havana (UCI) in the person of its rector Raidel Montesino Perurena.

Famous Orientalist Meets Students Studying Chinese
On September 26, the assembly hall of MSLU was filled up with students studying Chinese from the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting, the Faculty of English, the Institute of International Relations and Socio-Political Sciences, and Chinese students studying at the Institute of International Educational Programs, as well as professors.

Mexican Film Shown For Our Students
On September 14, MSLU together with the Embassy of the United Mexican States, showed the Mexican drama “Danson” (directed by Maria Novaro, 1991) for our first, second and third year students of the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting studying Spanish. The film tells a story of a Mexican girl passionate about dancing. Every week she appears on the dance floor with her partner, with whom she is in love.

Representatives of Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil) visit MSLU
On September 12, MSLU welcomed a delegation from the Federal University of Minas Gerais: the rector of the university, prof. Sandra Almeida and Director for International Cooperation Prof. Aziza Saliba, as well as Second Secretary of the Brazilian Embassy in Russia Andre Joao Riplom.

Rector Irina Kraeva Meets Counselor of the Indian Embassy
On September 1, Subrata Das, Minister Plenipotentiary, Counselor of the Embassy of the Republic of India in Russia, visited MSLU. During the visit, he addressed the first-year students at the ceremonial assembly and met with the rector of MSLU Irina Kraeva.

Summer School of Russian Language: See You Again!
From August 7 to 27, the Summer School of the Russian Language and Culture 2023 was held at MSLU. Each of the 18 participants underwent intensive training in the Russian language and achieved significant success in mastering it.

Summer School of Russian Language and Culture Starts
On August 7, the Summer School of the Russian Language and Culture 2023 began at Moscow State Linguistic University. It has been held by the Department for International Cooperation and Internationalization for 5 years now, without any break even during COVID-19, since it was conducted online. The life and soul of the project all these years has been Anna Fedorova, head of the Department of International Relations and Support for Educational and Scientific Mobility Programs.

Representatives of the Federal University of Arts, Science and Technology Urdu (Pakistan) visit MSLU
On August 2, delegation from the Federal University of Arts, Science and Technology Urdu, headed by Dr. Faisal Javaid, Deputy Director of the Department of Industrialization and Research Commercialization, was welcomed by First Vice-Rector Larisa Petruchak,  Vice-Rector for International Affairs Vladimir Storozhev, Head of the International Cooperation and Internationalization Department Irina Shokina, and Dean of the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting Ekaterina Pokholkova.

MSLU at the Russia-Africa Forum
The MSLU delegation visited the Second Russia-Africa Summit and Economic and Humanitarian Forum, which took place on July 27-28, 2023 in St. Petersburg.

MSLU Holds Diploma Awarding Ceremonies for 2023 Graduates
The diploma awarding ceremonies are now complete at MSLU. A total of 1,274 people received their MSLU degrees during the academic year.

MSLU Foreign Students Perform in Moscow Youth Theater
To mark the anniversary of Alexander Pushkin’ birth on June 6 the Moscow Youth Theater directed by Vyacheslav Spesivtsev premiered a stage production of ‘Eugene Onegin’.

MSLU takes part in the III Conference of Rectors of Arab and Russian Universities
The 3d Conference of Rectors of Arab and Russian Universities took place in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Participating in it on behalf of MSLU were First Vice-Rector Larisa Petruchak and Irina Shokina, Head of the Department of International Cooperation and Internationalization.

Portuguese Language Day at MSLU
On June 2, MSLU hosted a solemn meeting to celebrate World Portuguese Language Day as part of a series of events marking the 60th anniversary of the Portuguese Department at MSLU’s Faculty of Interpreting and Translation.

Roundtable ‘Language as a Factor and Tool of Cultural Diplomacy’
On May 30, 2023 MSLU held a roundtable called ‘Language as a Factor and Tool of Cultural Diplomacy’ dedicated to the many years of fruitful cooperation between Russia and Italy, MSLU and our Italian partners.

Vietnam Day at MSLU
On May 24th MSLU held its second Vietnam Day to commemorate the birthday of the Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh. This time it was called “National Identity”.

Italian Ambassador Giorgio Starace Visits MSLU
On May 25, 2023, Italian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Giorgio Starace visited MSLU to meet with our students and lecturers from St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod and Voronezh. Also present at the meeting were prof. Daniela Rizzi, Director of the Italian Institute of Culture in Moscow, Prof. Lo Porto, Head of education at the Consulate General of Italy and Mr. Giovanni Scopa, Counselor of the Embassy.