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GLEB NIKITIN WILL REPRESENT THE RUSSIAN JUNIOR 8 DELEGATION AT THE MEETING WITH G8 LEADERSOn June 5, 2007, at the Junior 8 Summit, the Russian delegation selected delegation member Gleb Nikitin, from Pskov, to represent them at the meeting with G8 leaders. |
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Pre-Summit Training is CompletedOn May 13, 2007, the Russian Junior 8 Summit delegation finished its pre-summit training program, which was organized by St. Petersburg State University. |
Meeting with L. A. Verbiskaya, Rector of St. Petersburg State UniversityOn May 13 the Russian delegation met with L. A. Verbiskaya, the Rector of SpbSU. |
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The Junior 8 Delegation Views Genuine Russian ArtDuring their last full day of pre-summit training, May 12, the Russian delegation members spent several hours at the elegant mansion which houses the Higher Education School of Russian Folk Art. (HSRA) |
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May 11: Two Difficult Topics and Two Important MeetingsOn May 11 the future Junior 8 Summit participants continued their pre-summit preparation and met with a 2006 Junior 8 Summit delegate Tatiana Ushakova and with V. V. Markovchin, advisor to the Deputy Minister of Education in Russia. Markovchin plans to accompany the group to Germany. |
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A Video of the Russian Junior 8 Summit DelegationOn May 10, during a trip to the city center of Petersburg, each of the members of the Russian Junior 8 Summit delegation was filmed in a video which will be shown on Russian TV and on foreign TV channels. |
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Visit to St. Petersburg State UniversityOn May 10 the Russian Junior 8 Summit delegation visited SpbSU, which they all dream of attending in the future. |
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Dubinnikov Discusses the Social Responsibility of Business with the Russian Junior 8 Summit DelegationOn May 9 I. V. Dubinnikov, the Administrative Director of the company “Power Machines,” met with the Russian delegation on the Victory Day holiday and discussed how business and society can work together. All of the teens very actively participated in discussing this very interesting topic. In the course of the conversation there were questions, examples, plans, ideas, amazement, delight, sadness, confusion, and understanding. |
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The Russian Delegation is already Working as a TeamSaint Petersburg State University is carrying out a pre-summit training program for the high school students who have been chosen to represent Russia at the Junior 8 Summit. On May 8-9, 2007, these future representatives of Russia continued their summit training. |
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The Russian Junior 8 Delegation Prepares for the Summit- Day OneSt. Petersburg State University (SpbSU) has begun pre-summit training for the teens who are members of the Russian Delegation to the Junior 8 Summit. On May 7, 2007, the high school students who will be representing Russia at the Junior 8 Summit began their pre-summit training activities. |
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Russian Delegation FormedA commission, consisting of representatives from St. Petersburg State University (SpbSU), the Russian Ministry of Education, and the St. Petersburg City Government, has chosen the winners of the competition for high school students titled “The World through the Eyes of Youth.” The above competition, organized to select the Russian delegation to the 2007 Junior 8 Summit, took place in April, 2007 in the North West Federal District (NWFD) of Russia. The organizers of this competition intend to annually select members of the Russian delegation from a single federal district (when the G8 Summit does not take place in Russia). |
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