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On October 17, at the Embassy of Brazil in Moscow, Acting Director of the Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vladimir Petrovich Shevchenko and Rector/President of the Federal University of Rio Grande Danilo Giroldo signed an Agreement… 
On June 14, 2024, the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the authors of the “Voice of the North” project, Yana Shklyarskaya and Dmitry Olshansky, signed an Agreement on cooperation in the educational field. 
The Cheryomushki Science City project unites scientific institutes located near Nakhimovsky Prospekt. Its main goal is to develop horizontal connections between employees of scientific institutes: within the framework of the project, scientists exchange experiences and ideas, hold events, go on… 
On June 3-6, 2024, the international conference “Caspian Basin in Transition” was held in Baku (Azerbaijan), organized by the Franco-Azerbaijani University (UFAZ) and the International Association CASPISNET (Caspian Integrated Scientific Network). 
he competition “Russian Open Cup for Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicles (ROV)” and the Round Table “Experience and Prospects for the Use of Marine Robotic Systems (MRTC)” were held in Astrakhan from March 21 to 27. 15 teams from Moscow, St. Petersburg,… 
In February-March 2024, employees of the North-Western Branch of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of RAS conducted expeditionary studies of the geochemical characteristics of the snow cover in the western sector of the Russian Arctic: on the territory of the… 
As part of the “Marine Robotics” seminar, held under the auspices of the St. Petersburg State Maritime Technical University (MINOTS), the United Shipbuilding Corporation and the Academician Krylov Scientific and Technical Organization, Soviet and Russian scientist, Doctor of Technical Sciences,… 
An expedition of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of RAS lasting almost 3 months took place on the RV Akademik Mstislav Keldysh and ended in the port of Kaliningrad on February 25, 2024. Scientists have made hydrological measurements for the first…
