Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to hold a meeting of the Science and Education Council on February 8. Vice President Andrei Fursenko announced this at a press conference dedicated to the publication of the names of the winners of the Russian Presidential Prize in science and innovation for young scientists for 2023. RIA News.
“Tomorrow a Council will meet under the chairmanship of the president,” Fursenko said at a press conference on Wednesday.
According to the president’s assistant, the council will discuss measures of state support for research and development in Russia.
On February 8, Russia will celebrate Science Day. This date was chosen because on February 8, 1724, Emperor Peter I ordered the establishment of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the country’s first university (St. Petersburg State University). This year RAS and St. Petersburg State University is 300 years old.
It was previously reported that Russia’s Science Day was celebrated. happened The theme of traditional lectures held across the country is “Talking about important things.” Russian schoolchildren were told about the life and work of the outstanding chemist Dmitry Mendeleev, as well as events dedicated to the 190th anniversary of the scientist’s birth.
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