Participants discussed the results of the consortium established to conduct research aimed at preserving and promoting traditional Russian spiritual and moral values, and issues of engaging Russian universities of culture and arts in its activities.
Speakers:
- Nikolai Kropachev, Rector of St. Petersburg State University;
- Dmitry Shmonin, Director of the Institute of Theology, St. Petersburg State University;
- Alexander Shchipkov, First Deputy Chairman of the Synodal Department for Church Relations with Society and the Media; Rector of the Russian Orthodox University;
- Sergei Ryakhovsky, Presiding Bishop of the Russian United Union of Christians of Evangelical Faith (Pentecostals);
- Maria Zakharova, Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia;
- Ruslan Korchagin, Director of the Institute of Public Administration, RANEPA under the President of the Russian Federation;
- Priest Vasily Losev, Head of the Secretariat of the World Russian People’s Council;
- Roman Sokolov, Director of the Institute of History and Social Sciences, Vice-Rector for Educational Work and Youth Policy, Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia;
- Ibragim Ibragimov, Vice-Rector, Pyatigorsk State University;
- Pavel Lebedev, Head of Government Relations, Synodal Department for Church Relations with Society and the Media;
- Yaroslav Olenchak, Deputy Head of the Department of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation for Public Projects;
- Damir Mukhetdinov, Rector of the Moscow Islamic Institute, First Deputy Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Russian Federation.