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On 9 January 2026, Boris Lodiagin and Olga Alekseeva, lecturers of the Department of Finance at HSE University – Saint Petersburg, delivered an online guest lecture for undergraduate students in management and business at the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK, India). The session was held at the invitation of Vipin P. Veetil (Chair Assistant Professor of Economics) and was titled “History and Evolution of the Russian Financial System: From the Tsarist Period to Today’s Sanctions-Era Reality.”

Students of the Master's Programme "International Business in the Asia-Pacific Region" participated in the international tourism forum "Travel Hub 2025" in St. Petersburg from December 11 to 13, 2025, as part of their study of the "Place Branding" course developed by Ekaterina Shekova, Associate Professor of the Management Department.

Large international event has gathered delegations from 10 countries with the purpose of establishment and reinforcement of cooperation between universities of different parts of the world. Leaders of the institutes signed bilateral agreements, Saint-Petersburg Higher school of economics launched a center of excellence, faculty representatives discussed initiatives and mutual arrangements, held lectures and master-classes for students, all the guests were bestowed with memorial awards. The summit also included a festive opening ceremony and speeches of the founders of the university, national dances, collective contests, traditional food, visits to the Indian village and the golden temple in Amritsar.

From November 8 to 11, the international scientific conference on entrepreneurship “Entrepreneurship for Sustainability & Impact (ESI)” was held in Doha (Qatar).

We extend our sincere thanks to VNU University of Economics and Business (UEB) and the Faculty of Finance and Banking for the invitation and warm reception. It was an honor for the Department of Finance, HSE University – St Petersburg, to deliver an open lecture to your students and colleagues. We deeply value this partnership and look forward to further strengthening our collaboration in teaching and research.

Boris Lodiagin and Olga Alekseeva delivered an open lecture for students and faculty of UEB’s Faculty of Finance and Banking titled “Capital Raising for Businesses in Russia: Lessons for Vietnam.” The session was highly practice-oriented: the speakers walked through real cases from Russian companies and demonstrated how to choose an optimal capital structure for different growth objectives.

With warm thanks to our Brazilian partners at São Paulo State University (UNESP): Prof. Dr. Cleginaldo Pereira de Carvalho, his coordination team, and the UNESP students for their openness, discipline, and high standards throughout the project.

Two months moved in a steady rhythm: short weekly sprints, evening calls across three–four time zones, shared folders for working documents, and clear roadmaps with check-points. Teams aligned data into a common format, agreed on terminology, and recorded decisions — step by step building a single picture everyone could work from.

“Top level of complexity” is what we know about the derivative financial instruments and what our students can now do!

On October 2 and 3, Nizhny Novgorod hosted a traditional insurance conference at Mininsky University with the participation of the Bank of Russia, the Russian Union of Rectors, JSC SOGAZ, PJSC IC Rosgosstrakh, PJSC SAK ENERGOGARANT, SPAO Ingosstrakh. Its name is the XXVI International Scientific and Practical Conference "Insurance, Education and Science", which emphasizes that the insurance market is not just alive, but also adapts to the changing conditions of the Russian economy. 

The Moscow Financial Forum 2025 has become a large-scale platform for discussing key issues of the Russian economy and finance, bringing together representatives of government, business, the scientific community and universities.

Yury Burchanov, student of the master's programme 'Finance', studies credit risk modeling in modern financial markets. He presented his research at the Royal Statistical Society International Conference.