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• Pension Reform and Inclusion of the Elderly: Changing Social Policy in Today’s Russia

  …ealth and financial issues, it’s inevitable. Currently, we can’t even figure out how the pension system has to be organized. In some 40 years, the world we live in can become totally different, though people still have to be sure that they will be able to fend for themselves during this long period. Another important aspect is health. How can one stay healthy and …

  03.10.2018

• Founder of Surprise Me: Managing a Startup is Like Running in the Dark

  …from March, we’ve been slowly but surely entering the tourism market. We began with Russia-only tours and then expanded to other countries like Georgia. There are 42 tours in total as of now, available in Russian, English, and, thanks to our Israeli partners, Hebrew. What is special about the tours we offer is that they are created by locals who draw on their uniq…

  28.09.2018

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: September 29-30

  …29), and screenings of Films From the North, a selection of Scandinavian short films from the Tromsø International Film Festival, at Rodina cinema (Sept. 29, 30 at 7 PM). The total runtime is 89 minutes; find tickets here. As the weather gets wetter and the roads more slippery, the motorcycle riding season comes to a natural end. Motorcycle enthusiasts of St. Pete…

  26.09.2018

• THE World University Rankings-2019: More Russian Universities Join the Top List

  …ographical location and specialization factored in to make the survey pool diverse. Both this year’s and last year’s survey results are taken into consideration, making for a total of more than 20,000 responses. The 2018-2019 ranking’s methodology remained the same as last year. The ranking considered the number of scientific papers published between 2013-2017 and…

  26.09.2018

• Science Fest: Future is Here

  …ntific progress brings. So soon after that I decided to quit my job and focused on my app instead,” shares Viktor. Science and Spectacle Planetarium, Lumiere Hall and Yotalab became the most-visited venues. All of these are located a stone’s throw from each other on the Obvodny Canal Embankment, so visitors freely moved to and fro, which partially explains th…

  25.09.2018

• A Dummies Guide to Mushroom Hunting

  … frowned upon), and a handy container (preferably a traditional wicker basket and never a plastic bag, unless you want your mushrooms to turn into a sticky, mushy mass that’s totally useless). Leave early & don’t get lost Early mornings are the best time to look for mushrooms: they are easier to spot, and the early bird gets the worm. What is more, days are sho…

  18.09.2018

• Password-Protected Labs on the Red Sea Shore: KAUST Photonics Summer School

  … that every researcher knows safety rules. To get access to a laboratory, all of which are password-protected, you have to pass safety measures tests. I took five of these in total, each lasting for an hour, which basically means that I spent a whole day trying to get a lab pass. It may seem strange to us Russians, but the level of order and organization there is rea…

  14.09.2018

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: September 8-9

  …Fall harvest festivals Let’s be honest, fall is a total pessimum. The start of school, pouring rain, lack of vitamin D, wet umbrellas shoving you in the face on the morning commute, and the reappearance of the necessary-yet-still-horrible puffer coats that make you look like a Michelin man. But hey, before we enter this great dismal swamp of a season, we still hav…

  05.09.2018

• ITMO University Makes It Into Top-10 of RAEX Ranking

  …al sciences” and “medical sciences”. ITMO University made it to the top-10 of universities in the category “engineering, natural and exact sciences” for the first time. In total, 113 universities participated in this category. Lomonosov Moscow State University topped the ranking. Among other leaders are the Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Moscow Institut…

  05.09.2018

• Digital Technologies in Theater

  …culations, and computer systems design. When the course came to an end, the participants presented their projects at the New Stage of Alexandrinsky Theater. Projects In total, four projects were presented to the audience. The first project focused on how people affect each other’s emotional state, even without using words. To convey this idea, two actors equipp…

  04.09.2018