April 26, 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a meeting of the 11th Convention of the Rector Union hosted by the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnical University

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April 26, 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a meeting of the 11th Convention of the Rector Union hosted by the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

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April 26, 2018. Presidential Aide Andrei Fursenko at the plenary session of the XI Congress of the Russian Union of Rectors at the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

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April 26, 2018. Plenipotentiary Presidential Envoy in the North-Western Federal District Alexander Beglov at the plenary session of the 11th Convention of the Russian Union of Rectors in the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

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April 26, 2018. Minister of Education and Science Olga Vasilyeva (right) at the plenary session of the 11th Convention of the Russian Union of Rectors in the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

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April 26, 2018. Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Education and Science Vyacheslav Nikonov (left) and President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Sergeyev at the plenary session of the 11th Convention of the Russian Union of Rectors in the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

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April 26, 2018. Metropolitan Illarion of Volokolamsk, Patriarch of Moscow's vicar, and Rector of Lomonosov St. Petersburg State University, right, at the plenary session of the XI Congress of the Russian Union of Rectors at the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

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April 26, 2018. Zhores Alferov, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, Vice President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, at the plenary session of the XI Congress of the Russian Union of Rectors at the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

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April 26, 2018. President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the exhibition after the plenary session of the XI Congress of the Russian Union of Rectors at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

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April 26, 2018. President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the exhibition after the plenary session of the XI Congress of the Russian Union of Rectors at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

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April 26, 2018. President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the exhibition after the plenary session of the XI Congress of the Russian Union of Rectors at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

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April 26, 2018. President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the exhibition after the plenary session of the XI Congress of the Russian Union of Rectors at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

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April 26, 2018. President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the exhibition after the plenary session of the XI Congress of the Russian Union of Rectors at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

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April 26, 2018. President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the exhibition after the plenary session of the XI Congress of the Russian Union of Rectors at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

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April 26, 2018. President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the exhibition after the plenary session of the XI Congress of the Russian Union of Rectors at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

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April 26, 2018. President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the exhibition after the plenary session of the XI Congress of the Russian Union of Rectors at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

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April 26, 2018. Rector of the Lomonosov Moscow State University Viktor Sadovnichy speaks at the plenary meeting of the 11th Convention of the Rector Union hosted by the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnical University.

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April 26, 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin at the plenary meeting of the 11th Convention of the Rector Union hosted by the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnical University

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April 26, 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin at the plenary meeting of the 11th Convention of the Rector Union hosted by the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnical University

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April 26, 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin at the plenary meeting of the 11th Convention of the Rector Union hosted by the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnical University

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April 26, 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin at the plenary meeting of the 11th Convention of the Rector Union hosted by the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnical University

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April 26, 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Rector of the Lomonosov Moscow State University Viktor Sadovnichy, left, at the plenary meeting of the 11th Convention of the Rector Union hosted by the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnical University.

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April 26, 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin at the plenary meeting of the 11th Convention of the Rector Union hosted by the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnical University

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April 26, 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Rector of the Lomonosov Moscow State University Viktor Sadovnichy, right, at the plenary meeting of the 11th Convention of the Rector Union hosted by the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnical University.

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April 26, 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Rector of the Lomonosov Moscow State University Viktor Sadovnichy, right, at the plenary meeting of the 11th Convention of the Rector Union hosted by the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnical University.

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April 26, 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Rector of the Lomonosov Moscow State University Viktor Sadovnichy, right, at the plenary meeting of the 11th Convention of the Rector Union hosted by the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnical University.

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April 26, 2018. From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Rector of the Lomonosov Moscow State University Viktor Sadovnichy at the plenary meeting of the 11th Convention of the Rector Union hosted by the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnical University.

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April 26, 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the plenary meeting of the 11th Convention of the Rector Union hosted by the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnical University.

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April 26, 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin at the plenary meeting of the 11th Convention of the Rector Union hosted by the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnical University

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April 26, 2018. From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Rector of the Lomonosov Moscow State University Viktor Sadovnichy are seen here after the plenary meeting of the 11th Convention of the Rector Union hosted by the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnical University.

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April 26, 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin at the plenary meeting of the 11th Convention of the Rector Union hosted by the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnical University. Left: Rector of the Lomonosov Moscow State University Viktor Sadovnichy.

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April 26, 2018. Vyacheslav Nikonov, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Education and Science, attends the plenary meeting of the 11th Convention of the Rector Union hosted by the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnical University.

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April 26, 2018. Governor of St. Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko attends the plenary meeting of the 11th Convention of the Rector Union hosted by the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnical University.

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April 26, 2018. Russian Minister of Education and Science Olga Vasilyeva attends the plenary meeting of the 11th Convention of the Rector Union hosted by the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnical University.

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April 26, 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin at the plenary meeting of the 11th Convention of the Rector Union hosted by the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnical University. Left: Rector of the Lomonosov Moscow State University Viktor Sadovnichy.

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April 26, 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a meeting of the 11th Convention of the Rector Union hosted by the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnical University

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April 26, 2018. Rector of the Lomonosov Moscow State University Viktor Sadovnichy speaks at a meeting of the 11th Convention of the Rector Union hosted by the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnical University

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April 26, 2018. From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Rector of the Lomonosov Moscow State University Viktor Sadovnichy are seen here ahead of the plenary meeting of the 11th Convention of the Rector Union hosted by the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnical University.

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