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In Moscow, HSE University’s leadership met with a delegation from Peking University headed by its President, Gong Qihuang. During the meeting, the parties agreed to strengthen partnership between the two universities within the framework of the Cross Years of Russian–Chinese Cooperation in Education (2026–2027).

On April 20, 2026, the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs hosted a seminar of the International Academic Cooperation Project “Approaches to an Alternative International Monetary System” on the topic “BRICS: International Trade and Settlements in National Currencies”. The seminar featured a presentation by Vipin Veetil, Associate Professor at the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode.

In late March 2026, an official meeting took place between a delegation from HSE University and delegations from Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU); the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; and the Embassy of Vietnam in the Russian Federation. The participants discussed key areas of cooperation that will help strengthen ties not only between the universities, but also between the two countries.

A joint research group from HSE University and the University of Campinas discusses opportunities for cooperation between payment providers and foreign trade companies.

Igor Makarov, Director of the HSE Institute for Economics of Natural Resources and Climate Change, and Elizaveta Smolovik, Junior Research Fellow at the HSE Laboratory for Climate Change Economics, together with Alexander Chernokulskyand Tatiana Aniskina from the HSE Faculty of Geography and Geoinformation Technologies, have published an article in Forbes Russia examining climate risks across Russian regions. The authors presented the findings of a study that ranks Russian federal subjects according to their vulnerability to the impacts of climate change.

On March 5–6, 2026, the International BRICS School: New Generation was held at the Russian House in New Delhi. The event was organised by the BRICS Russia Expert Council with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and was dedicated to BRICS under India’s 2026 chairmanship.

On February 26, 2026, the Russian International Affairs Councilhosted an expert discussion entitled “The Role of Arctic and Non-Arctic States in the New Arctic Configuration: Perspectives from Mexico City and Moscow”. Among the speakers was Irina Strelnikova, Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Arctic Studies at the HSE Institute for Economics of Natural Resources and Climate Change.

On February 25, 2026, the second Arctic Research Seminar, entitled  “Developments and Transformations in European Union Arctic Policy before and after 2022,”  was held at HSE University. The event was organised by the Centre for Interdisciplinary Arctic Studies at Institute for Economics of Natural Resources and Climate Change, HSE University.

On February 19, 2026, the Centre for Water Resources Research at the HSE Institute for Economics of Natural Resources and Climate Change held its second monthly Water Workshop, dedicated to the geopolitics of water in Latin America. Experts discussed how the growing interest of global powers in the region is linked to access to freshwater resources and how realistic the scenario of “water wars” might be.

On 10 February 2026, the 4th International Academic Conference “The Arctic in Contemporary World Politics” was held at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The event was jointly organised with the Arbatov Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studiesand the Russian Center for Scientific Information, with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federationand the Federation Council of Russia.