October 14-16, 2020, the IV International Congress of Teachers and Heads of Preparatory Faculties of Russian Universities was organised by the International Association of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature (MAPRYAL), Russian Society of Russian Language and Literature Teachers (ROPRYAL), the Pushkin State Russian Language Institute along with the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia.
The Congress was opened with a welcome speech by the President of the International Association of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature, Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Council on the Russian Language Vladimir Tolstoy.
The participants were also greeted by Deputy Head of the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo) Pavel Shevtsov, who noted the great sociocultural importance of the activities of the Preparatory Faculties and wished success in further fruitful work in training foreign students.
On behalf of the Financial University, Deputy Vice-Rector for International Cooperation, Andrey Rementsov, participated in the plenary session. During the presentation, Andrey Rementsov spoke about the linguistic, academic and sociocultural adaptation of foreign students at the Financial University.
