On October 22, 2025, HSE University hosted an open meeting with representatives of the Chinese news agency Xinhua, led by Sun Zhiping, Chief of Staff to the Director General. Participants discussed current challenges in journalism and the operational specifics of news agencies in today’s media landscape. Many students took the opportunity to ask questions and practise speaking Mandarin. The visit was organised by the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs in collaboration with the HSE Institute of Media and the TASS news agency.
On November 28, the School of International Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs of the HSE University jointly with The Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund held a meeting as part of the ongoing seminar “Contemporary Area Studies” with Munhoz Svartman Eduardo, professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), on the topic “Brazil's International Cooperation in the Field of Defense: Main Goals and Partners”.
On November 11, 2024, during Economist Day in Russia, Maxim Reshetnikov, Russian Minister of Economic Development, spoke to students of the HSE Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs about Russia’s foreign economic activities, how the country managed to withstand unprecedented sanctions pressure, and the current state of its development.
