MGIMO AI Centre actively participated at the Russian Internet Forum (RIF 2025)
From September 24 to 26, the Russian Internet Forum (RIF-2025) took place. The MGIMO AI Centre played an active role in the forum’s program.
On September 25, the Centre’s Director, Anna Abramova, spoke on the panel “GenAI Everywhere: Between Innovation and Regulation,” with a particular focus on developing harmonized international approaches to regulating generative AI.
Other participants in the discussion included:
Aleksandr Krainov, Director for AI Technology Development, Yandex; Ruslan Bakeev, Head of the Center for Artificial Intelligence, Foundation for Advanced Research; Maksim Bolotskikh, Partner and Head of the AI Practice, Yakov & Partners; Andrey Akulchev, Deputy Director of the Department of International Information Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia; and Andrey Ignatiev, Head of Analytics, ANO “Center for Global IT Cooperation.”
On September 26, Anna Abramova joined the session “Synthesis of Knowledge: How IT Companies and Universities Build Educational Ecosystems for the New Economy,” where she presented the experience of the Master’s program “Artificial Intelligence” (Business Informatics track), developed by MGIMO jointly with MIPT with support from the ADV communications group.
Other participants in this discussion included:
Kirill A. Barannikov, Head of Strategic Development in Higher Education, Yandex Education; Oleg V. Berdyugin, Director of the Project Office for the Digital Transformation of Higher Education and Science, MIPT; Yulia V. Goryachkina, Director of the “Human Capital for the Digital Economy” track, ANO “Digital Economy”; and Daria A. Kuimchide, Head of the Academic Affairs Department, VK.
We thank the organizers and our colleagues for an insightful discussion.
On September 25, the Centre’s Director, Anna Abramova, spoke on the panel “GenAI Everywhere: Between Innovation and Regulation,” with a particular focus on developing harmonized international approaches to regulating generative AI.
Other participants in the discussion included:
Aleksandr Krainov, Director for AI Technology Development, Yandex; Ruslan Bakeev, Head of the Center for Artificial Intelligence, Foundation for Advanced Research; Maksim Bolotskikh, Partner and Head of the AI Practice, Yakov & Partners; Andrey Akulchev, Deputy Director of the Department of International Information Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia; and Andrey Ignatiev, Head of Analytics, ANO “Center for Global IT Cooperation.”
On September 26, Anna Abramova joined the session “Synthesis of Knowledge: How IT Companies and Universities Build Educational Ecosystems for the New Economy,” where she presented the experience of the Master’s program “Artificial Intelligence” (Business Informatics track), developed by MGIMO jointly with MIPT with support from the ADV communications group.
Other participants in this discussion included:
Kirill A. Barannikov, Head of Strategic Development in Higher Education, Yandex Education; Oleg V. Berdyugin, Director of the Project Office for the Digital Transformation of Higher Education and Science, MIPT; Yulia V. Goryachkina, Director of the “Human Capital for the Digital Economy” track, ANO “Digital Economy”; and Daria A. Kuimchide, Head of the Academic Affairs Department, VK.
We thank the organizers and our colleagues for an insightful discussion.
