RUSSIA, June 20 - The prime ministers were taken on a tour of the situation centre at the Minsk branch of Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, which operates under the parent university. Mikhail Mishustin talked with the students in a graphic design and web design laboratory.

The Minsk branch of Plekhanov Russian University of Economics was created under an agreement to establish a procedure to create and operate university branches of higher educational institutions in the CIS countries of September 28, 2001.

In 2021, a graphic design and a web design laboratory, as well as a situation centre, were created at the branch.

The lab is used for project training and full cycle development of websites and mobile apps. Workshops and seminars in web design and graphic design, as well as 3D modeling, are conducted there as well. The lab has developed a new website for the Minsk Branch Applicants. A job search website for university branch graduates is under development.

The situation centre implements project learning by carrying out research and start-up projects. The centre is home to research work on aggregating data on the socioeconomic aspects of cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus. The centre provides up-to-date statistical and analytical information to organisational departments of the branch for the education process and for research activities.