Winning hands down
The HSE Nizhniy Novgorod team won the Russian round of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, held in Moscow in February. So the HSE team will be Russia’s main representative during the Jessup 2009 International Rounds.
The HSE experts on gas tensions with Ukraine and other associated issues
Ukraine lurched nearer towards an economic precipice on Thursday after Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin threatened to cut off gas to the country for the second time this year over unpaid bills.
Martin Gilman, the Head of the SU-HSE Centre for Advanced Studies, comments Russia’s anti-crisis efforts within G20 framework
By now almost everyone on the planet has felt to one degree or another the most virulent global economic crisis since the Great Depression. Its largely unanticipated destructive force has humiliated once-mighty financial institutions and companies, humbled economists, devastated investors, scared consumers and challenged public authorities around the world.
Morality and legality counteraction
On February 3, a recent US Supreme Court judgment concerning warrantless detainment was studied at the HSE case club.
Another version of development
Martin Gilman the head of the HSE Centre for advanced studies comments on the Russian economy nearest prospective. According to Gilman, domestic producers are to benefit from the crisis.
Labor as value and mission
The first seminar of the joint Russian-German sociological project in labor market studies was held last year. The project is continuing and the next seminar will be held at the HSE in April 2009.
Searching political tools for financial issues
Recently the Russian President Dmitri Medvedev dismissed four local governors. Rostislav Turovsky, professor of the HSE Department of Public Policy comments on this governors reshuffle to the Moscow News. The expert said it was a factor in the background.
Counter deficit measures by Gavrilenkov
Yevgeny Gavrilenkov, the SU HSE Professor, speaks on Russian governmental policy options for the Moscow News.
City within city – Laval within Quebec
An agreement on cooperation between the Moscow HSE University and the Laval University, one of the major centers for higher education in Canada, was singed last year. But the real partnership is going to start this year.
Searching for relevant national currency rate
Some SU HSE Experts are reading the tea leaves to clear up once more urgent financial issues for the Moscow News.