The Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation, member of the EUSP Board of Trustees Alexei Kudrin and the Director of the State Hermitage Museum, Chairman of the EUSP Board of Trustees Mikhail Piotrovsky chaired the fifth special meeting of trustees and friends of the EUSP Endowment Fund which was held in the State Council hall of the Hermitage. Heads of Russian and foreign companies, as well as EUSP professors and staff attended the meeting. A short presentation of corporate funded professorships already established at the University was held. Vadim Volkov – Vice-Rector for International Affaires and Head of Research at the Institute for the Rule of Law elaborated on the first year successful results of this Institute opened in autumn 2009. The participants discussed development opportunities and support for the main University subdivisions – research centers and departments - through establishment of new corporate funded professorships.
Alexei Kudrin's speech (pdf 180KB)
