💛 MGIMO Volunteers at SPIEF-2026 From June 3 to 6, the XXIX St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) took place at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre, bringing together representatives of government, business, international organizations, and expert communities from around the world. 👨👩👦 The MGIMO volunteer team arrived in St. Petersburg ahead of time to undergo training and begin working at one of the country’s largest international platforms. ⚡️ This year, MGIMO volunteers were primarily involved in delegation accompaniment and congress management, providing organizational and protocol support to forum participants. Among the most significant areas of their work was accompanying foreign guests and representatives of international organizations. ⭐️ Anastasia Plisova (4th-year Bachelor's student in International Relations), Team Leader of the MGIMO Volunteer Center, accompanied Eduardo Pedrosa, Executive Director of the APEC Secretariat, who took part in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum for the first time. ⭐️ Maria Mitova (2nd-year Master’s student in Linguistics) provided support for the delegation of the Colombia-Russia Chamber of Commerce and the Committee on International Affairs of the Chamber of Representatives of the Republic of Colombia, as well as Ernesto Rodríguez Hernández, First Deputy Minister of Communications of the Republic of Cuba. ⭐️ Anastasia Krivenkova (2nd-year Bachelor's student in International Journalism) accompanied the official delegation of the Republic of Belarus, headed by Yury Seliverstov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Russian Federation. 🏦 In the "Congress" function, MGIMO volunteers took part in preparing and conducting key events of the forum’s business program. Notably, team leaders Eva Melikyan (4th-year Bachelor's student in International Relations) and Altynai Shamatova (3rd-year Bachelor's student in International Relations) worked on the session “Global Energy Systems: How the World Energy Sector Responds to Challenges and Risks” with the participation of OPEC Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais, as well as the session “Chemistry – the Energy of Life,” which featured Denis Manturov, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, as a speaker. 💙 The MGIMO Volunteer Center extends its gratitude to the Roscongress Foundation for its trust and for the opportunity to once again be part of one of the year’s largest international events. 🌐 MGIMO International (ENG) / МГИМО для иностранцев (RUS)