President of Russia: President chaired a joint meeting of State Council and Presidential Council for Science and Education

On December 24, 2021, President of Russia Vladimir Putin chaired a joint meeting of State Council and Presidential Council for Science and Education via videoconference. The participants discussed the results of the Year of Science and Technology in Russia and the further development of the country’s scientific potential.

It was attended by the heads of regions and political parties, representatives of the Russian science and research community, members of the Government and the Security Council.

The head of state noted: "...Russia and our regions can only develop together with science. This is why for two decades we have consistently tried to expand the scientific geography of the country, focusing on the formation of advanced research infrastructure and the strengthening of universities in the regions. As a result, the number of universities engaged in research has increased almost three-fold.

Research and backbone universities in the regions of the Federation have become real flagships for whole territories.

Joint objectives are already uniting research universities, institutes and companies from different regions of Russia. We will certainly encourage such cooperation in the future as well, because our enormous country badly needs distributed scientific development...

...I would like to turn again to the results of the Year of Science and Technology. I will repeat that the main, key result is a fundamentally new level of scientific education. Using advanced technology, tens of millions of people saw lectures by scientists and hours-long marathons of the revived Knowledge society. It is no exaggeration to say that public interest in science, its history and achievements is tremendous.

I think it would be appropriate to make the Year of Science and Technology the beginning of a decade that will further encourage the development of education in Russia. I am confident that all political and public entities will support this decision".

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko, Novosibirsk Region Governor, Chair of the State Council’s Commission on Science Andrei Travnikov, Samara Region Governor Dmitry Azarov, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Sergeyev and Lomonosov Moscow State University Rector Viktor Sadovnichy all gave reports.