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V. Yermakov, an expert at CCEIS, wrote an article for the Valdai International Discussion Club on Russian gas supplies to Europe amid the crisis. Key ideas: 
• Despite the fighting in Ukraine and an avalanche of Western sanctions, Russia continues to supply gas to Europe without interruptions;
• After a decline in January, gas supplies to Europe from Russia returned to their previous level in February and even increased in the first ten days of March;
• Gas transit through Ukraine was not disrupted even by fightings;• Over the past two years, the European gas market has gone from a supply surplus to a crisis caused by supply constraints (exacerbated by events in Ukraine), driving up prices;
• For over 50 years, Russia-Europe gas relationship has been underpinned by the concept of cooperatively managed interdependence producing mutual benefits, but it cannot remain immune to the increasing geopolitical animosity between the great powers and the emergence of extreme bargaining positions; 
• Gazprom's existing production capacity is sufficient to meet the company's obligations under long-term export contracts and cover seasonal peak in domestic demand, but investment in new capacity is required to meet additional new demand;
• Prior to the start of the special operation, Gazprom took a wait-and-see attitude, making it clear that without guarantees of demand there would be no major investments;
• There is a reorientation of gas supplies to Asian markets, and the launch of a special operation reinforces the need for a “pivot to the East”

Aisylu Garaeva, a student of the program “Socioeconomic and Political Development of Modern Asia”, became the winner of the Vladimir Potanin Fund Scholarship Competition.

Associate Professor of the School of Asian Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics E.A. Khokhlova gave a lecture on contemporary South Korean art as part of the Days of Asian Culture at GES-2.

Our student of the bachelor’s programme “Asian and African Studies” within the framework of the project “Ambassadors of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs 2021-2022” returned to school to tell future applicants about the peculiarities of studying at the Higher School of Economics and the advantages of the chosen trajectory, as well as to support high school students before the upcoming exams.

In the interview for HSE Daily, Academic Supervisor, Professor of the School of World Economy at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the National Research University Higher School of Economics Leonid Grigoriev spoke about the sanctions campaign against Russia and analyzed what the global economy will face in the near future.

Students of the bachelor’s programme "World Economy" within the framework of the project "Ambassadors of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs 2021-2022" returned to school to share their impressions of student life, tell high school students about the features of studying at the Higher School of Economics, and also encourage future applicants in preparation for the final exams and motivate them to enter at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs.

Alexander Starshinov, a 2nd year student of the master's program "Socio-economic and political development of modern Asia", talks about his internship at Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea.

On Wednesday, March 16, 2022, the Department of International Relations and the International Laboratory on World Order Studies and the New Regionalism held the 34rd session of the Eurasian Online Seminar.

On March 18, the team of the project “Dialogues about the East” held the first open meeting this year with A. Fursov – a famous historian, social scientist, academician of the International Academy of Sciences. This event was devoted to evaluating the role of oriental studies and history in the system of social sciences.

On Thursday, March 10, 2022, the HSE Bulgarian Club together with the International Laboratory on World Order Studies and the New Regionalism and under the aegis of the Department of International Relations of the National Research University Higher School of Economics held a seminar on the topic “Towards a New European Energy and Climate Strategy: The European Green Deal as the Key Driver Forward”.