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In April 2026, a new composition of the Coordinating Council for Youth Affairs in Science and Education of the Presidential Council for Science and Education (CoorCouncil) was approved. Dmitry Glukhovets, Head of the Ocean Optics Laboratory and Chairman of the… 
On May 5, an exhibition dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Kaliningrad Region began at the Friedland Gate Museum. Elena Dyatlova, Head of the Kaliningrad City District Administration, Andrey Ermak, Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Kaliningrad Region,… 
A conference on current issues and legislative application during underwater inspections of vessels in Russian seaports was held at the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences in two stages: Moscow and Gelendzhik. 
The P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, together with the Nature and People Foundation and the Moskvarium Center for Oceanography and Marine Biology, conducted a joint expedition to study cetaceans in the Bugayskaya Spit… 
The P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia's largest center for studying the World Ocean and managing its scientific fleet, has appointed a new acting director. 
The scientific and expert seminar "The Volga-Caspian Macroregion: Natural Systems and Sustainable Development," dedicated to discussing the relationship between the Volga and the Caspian Sea and the consequences of modern environmental changes, was held on February 18, 2026, at the… 
Eighty years ago, the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences established the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IO RAS). On the occasion of its anniversary, Gennady Krasnikov, head of the Russian Academy of Sciences,… 
On January 31, 2026, the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences celebrates its 80th anniversary!
