Videoconference with the vice-president of «BRAVO 369 Flight Foundation» Craig Lang

On May 6th, prior to the Victory Day, our Research Center organized a videoconference with the founder and vice-president of the US NGO «BRAVO 369 Flight Foundation» Craig Lang. The company was established to commemorate the heroic work of Soviet and American pilots, who had been delivering war aircrafts from Alaska to Siberia under the Lend-Lease project during the World War II.

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Along the conference, Craig Lang delivered a talk about the cooperation of Soviet Union and USA during the World War II. He presented a project «ALSIB» on reconstruction of the flight by the route Alaska – Siberia on the WWII planes, which was implemented by «BRAVO 369 Flight Foundation» in collaboration with «Rusavia» in 2015. It was 5th presentation of the US professor in our University.

He highlighted the critical role of the Soviet Union in the World War II victory, showed an excellent example of US-Russian cooperation and discussed the importance and necessity of improving the mutual understanding and trust between our countries in currant reality.

Corresponding presentations he also gives in the USA for college and school students, senators and congressional representatives and in Europe for different scientific organizations.

The NGO «BRAVO 369 Flight Foundation» works in the field of popularizing the history of World War II. Its representatives frequently arrange lectures, presentations and other events for scholars, local and regional authorities and communities.

He also noted that in the United States, unfortunately, they quickly forgot the history of that time and do not transmit it in its true form, unlike how it is done in Russia at the present time.

In 2015 in cooperation with «Rusavia» it conducted a reconstruction «lend-lease» flight from Alaska to Chukotka on WWII aircrafts and established a monuments in commemoration of Soviet-US partnership during the World War II in the city of Fairbanks (Alaska, USA). in the near future «BRAVO 369 Flight Foundation» intents to repeat the historical flight and end it up in Krasnoyarsk. The flight will be dedicated to the anniversary of Krasnoyarsk aircraft ferry route, which was used during the World War II to bring the planes from Alaska and the Far East of Russia to the frontline.

A video message to WWII veterans was also recorded.

 

Cross-border interregional cooperation as a driver for the development of the Eastern Arctic zone of the Russian Federation ”

On October 18, 2021, from 15:00 to 18:00 Khabarovsk time (08: 00-12: 00 Moscow time), Khabarovsk State University of Economics and Law, together with the Arctic Research Center of Hokkaido University, will hold an international online conference on the Zoom platform. Cross-border interregional cooperation as a driver for the development of the Eastern Arctic zone of the Russian Federation ”.

Online workshop «Multilevel Governance and Interregional Cooperation: vol.1 – The Pacific Arctic»

Research Center for SCO and APR on January 12th 2021 in connection with Hokkaido University Arctic Research Center organized the Online workshop «Multilevel Governance and Interregional Cooperation: vol.1 – The Pacific Arctic».

Online Cold Land Seminar

The Online Cold Land Seminar «Japanese-Russian collaboration in the North» took place in September 30th 2020 as a part of the Northern Forum for Sustainable Development. The event consisted of four sections: The Northern environment; The Northern community; Socio-economic development of the North and the Arctic; Construction technologies and design for cold regions.

Round table «Joint human resource development projects of Japanese and Russian companies and universities. Problems and perspectives»

Khabarovsk State University of Economics and Law (KSUEL) will host Russian-Japanese online Round Table «Joint human resource development projects of Japanese and Russian companies and universities. Problems and perspectives». The event will take place on October 9th, 2020 since 12:00 till 15:00 (local time) and will be held under the year of «Russian-Japanese interregional and twin-city exchanges» and as a part of Human Resource Development Platform for Japan-Russia Economic Cooperation and Personnel Exchange (HaRP). Our Research Center for SCO and APR along with Hokkaido University is a co‑organizer of the Round Table.

Research Center for SCO and APR takes part in the initiative of the Bering Pacific-Arctic Council

On June 26-27 of 2019 the 24th annual meeting of the Russian American Pacific Partnership (RAPP) took place in Khabarovsk, Russia. Head of KSUEL’s Research Center for SCO and APR (Center) Aleksandr Voronenko was a moderator of the third section, which was dedicated to the cooperation in the Arctic and Northern part of the Pacific Ocean. Summarizing the results of the section its participants proposed the initiative of professor Boris Krasnopolski from Economic Research Institute (Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences) on the establishment of the «Bering Pacific-Arctic Council» (BPAC, Council).

On the participation in international conference «Arctic: Shelf Projects and Sustainable Regional Development»

On February 19th – 20th of 2020 Fifth International Conference «Arctic: Shelf Projects and Sustainable Regional Development» (Arctic-2020) took place in Moscow.

About the meeting with Council General of PRC in Khabarovsk

The meeting of administration of Khabarovsk State University of Economics and Law with Consul General of PRC in Khabarovsk Mr. Cui Guojie took place in December of 2019 in restaurant «Parus» in Khabarovsk. Russian side was led by Acting Rector of the University Anna Zhebo. Head of our «Research Center for Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Asia-Pacific Region» Aleksandr Voronenko also took part in this event.

Meeting with a representative of Hokkaido University

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On 11th of November, Marina Lomaeva, coordinator for cooperation with authorities and enterprises of the international department of the University of Hokkaido (Japan), visited the Khabarovsk State University of Economics and Law. During the meeting with the KSUEL administration and the staff of our Center, the sides exchanged their experience and ideas in the field of organizing international exchange programs. M. Lomaeva presented a joint project of Hokkaido University and Niigata University to train personnel for Japanese-Russian economic cooperation and humanitarian exchanges (so called HaRP – Human Resource Platform).

Northern Sustainable Development Forum

On September 24th – 28th 2019 the city of Yakutsk hosted and international conference «Northern Sustainable Development Forum». Head of our Research Center Aleksandr Voronenko took part in this event.