Diplomatic relations between Russia and Armenia were established on April 3, 1992. The countries are linked by an allied partnership. More than 200 interstate, intergovernmental and interdepartmental treaties and agreements have been concluded. The fundamental documents are the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance of August 29, 1997 and the Declaration on Allied Cooperation between Russia and Armenia, oriented towards the 21st century, signed on September 26, 2000.

Russian-Armenian relations are characterized by a high level of bilateral contacts at the highest and high political levels.

On August 19-20, 2010, the first state visit of the President took place Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev to Armenia. In the course of it, a number of contractual documents were signed. In the city of Gyumri, the recreated memorial Complex"Hill of Honor" in memory of the officers of the Russian army who died in the wars with Turkey in the 19th century.

The first state visit of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan to the Russian Federation took place on October 23-25, 2011. A number of intergovernmental and interdepartmental documents were signed. As part of the visit, Sargsyan met with the heads of both chambers of the Federal Assembly, the mayor of Moscow, presented Russian President Dmitry Medvedev with the highest state award of the republic - the Order of Glory, spoke at the Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov.

In 2013, Armenia confirmed the vector of its development, giving priority to the Eurasian direction. On September 3, following the talks between Vladimir Putin and Serzh Sargsyan, the intention of the Republic of Armenia to join the Customs Union and subsequently participate in the formation of the Eurasian Economic Union was announced.

On December 2, 2013, the state visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Armenia took place. During the negotiations with the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, the directions were discussed further development bilateral interaction, issues of trade, economic and humanitarian cooperation, prospects for Armenia's accession to the Customs Union and the Common Economic Space. During the visit, 12 bilateral documents were signed. Vladimir Putin also visited the 102nd Russian military base in the city of Gyumri, together with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, he watched the commissioning of the fifth power unit of the Hrazdan TPP by videoconference, and took part in a meeting of the Third Russian-Armenian Interregional Forum.

According to the Federal Customs Service of Russia, in 2015, the foreign trade turnover of Russia and Armenia amounted to $ 1,244.8 million, while Russian exports amounted to $ 1,048.2 million, imports - $ 196.6 million.

According to customs statistics, in January-May 2016, the foreign trade turnover of Russia and Armenia amounted to $ 478.8 million, including Russian exports - $ 321.5 million and imports - $ 157.3 million.

The bulk of Russian exports to Armenia is made up of supplies of mineral products, food products and agricultural raw materials; machinery, equipment and vehicles; metals and products from them; chemical industry products, rubber; precious stones, precious metals and products from them.

The structure of imports from Armenia is dominated by food products and agricultural raw materials, machinery, equipment and vehicles; precious stones, precious metals and products from them; textiles, textile products and footwear.

Russia confidently occupies the position of the main foreign investor in the Armenian economy. The volume of Russian investments in the Armenian economy accumulated since 1991 has exceeded $ 4 billion.

In April 2009, the Russian Center for Science and Culture opened in Yerevan. http://arm.rs.gov.ru/o-centre-0 Various programs are being implemented to support the Russian language in the republic.

On September 12, 2013, the solemn opening and consecration of the temple complex of the Russian and Novo-Nakhichevan Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) took place in Moscow.

The material was prepared on the basis of information from RIA Novosti and open sources

TASS-DOSSIER. On August 23, 2017, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will pay a working visit to Sochi.

It is planned that during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the heads of state will discuss issues of bilateral relations and cooperation within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), as well as international and regional problems, including the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement.

Contractual base

Diplomatic relations between Armenia and Russia were established on April 3, 1992. More than 270 interstate, intergovernmental and interdepartmental treaties and agreements have been concluded between the countries. The fundamental documents are the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance of August 29, 1997 and the Declaration on Allied Cooperation between Russia and Armenia, oriented towards the 21st century, signed on September 26, 2000. At the meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation on October 1, 2013, the Program of Long-Term Economic Cooperation until 2020 was adopted.

On January 24, 2017, Russia and Armenia signed a document on amending the agreement on mutual visa-free travel of citizens of the two countries dated September 25, 2000 (Russians can now travel to Armenia with internal civil passports; entered into force on February 23, 2017) and a program of interregional cooperation for 2016-2021.

Cooperation in integration associations

Russia and Armenia are members of the Commonwealth of Independent States and cooperate in the CSTO format. Since January 2015, Armenia has been a member of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), which includes Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. On July 10, 2015 in Ufa, at the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a decision was made to grant Armenia the status of a SCO dialogue partner.

Trade

Russia is Armenia's main trade partner. The share of the republic in the foreign trade balance of the Russian Federation in 2016 reached 0.3% (in 2015 - 0.2%). According to the Federal Customs Service of Russia, the volume of foreign trade turnover of the two countries in 2016 amounted to $ 1 billion 335 million, an increase of 6% compared to 2015 ($ 1 billion 260 million). Exports from Russia to Armenia - $ 957 million, imports from Armenia to Russia - $ 378 million.

The Russian Federation supplies Armenia mainly with nuclear fuel and equipment for nuclear power plants, energy resources, rough diamonds, timber, machinery and equipment, and products of the chemical industry. In the structure of imports from Armenia to Russia, the main place is occupied by food products and raw materials, unprocessed aluminum, non-ferrous metals.

Investments

Russia ranks first among the countries investing in the Armenian economy. There are about 1.3 thousand Russian companies operating in the republic (about a third of all joint ventures in Armenia with foreign capital). The volume of Russian investments accumulated since 1991 is more than $ 4 billion (or 40% of all foreign investments in Armenia).

Among the largest investment projects are the construction of gas energy facilities with the participation of Gazprom (in December 2013, the fifth power unit of the Hrazdan TPP was put into commercial operation); the acquisition by VimpelCom of all assets of the national communications operator Armentel; the purchase by VTB Bank of one of the country's leading credit organizations - Armsberbank (since 2006 - VTB Bank Armenia); modernization by RUSAL of the RusalArmenal plant, and by Inter RAO UES of the power generating facilities of the Sevan-Hrazdan HPP cascade.

Energy cooperation

The priority branch of bilateral economic cooperation is energy: about 80% of the necessary energy resources Armenia receives from Russia. A number of objects of the fuel and energy complex of the republic are owned by Russian companies: the Sevan-Hrazdan cascade (seven hydroelectric power plants on the Hrazdan River), power distribution networks, and the Hrazdan TPP. The Russian company Inter RAO UES is the owner of 100% of the shares of CJSC Electric Networks of Armenia, a monopoly in the field of electricity sales to consumers.

On April 4, 2013, the government of the republic and the "Rosneft" company signed an agreement on the establishment of a joint venture in Armenia in the field of marketing and supply of oil products (the Armenian side is represented by the "Oil Techno" company). Gazprom took part in the construction of the Armenian section of the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline (commissioned in 2008).

In the field of nuclear energy, the result of bilateral cooperation is the resumption of the operation of the Armenian (Metsamor) NPP. It was commissioned in 1980, but after the December 1988 earthquake, it was decided to stop its operation from March 1989. The plant was re-commissioned in 1995, equipping two of its power units with Russian reactors.

On March 27, 2014, the Armenian government approved the proposal submitted by the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources to extend the design life of the nuclear power plant by 10 years. These works are financed by Russian loans. On February 5, 2015, an intergovernmental agreement was signed to provide Armenia with a state export credit worth $ 270 million and gratuitous assistance in the amount of $ 30 million (allocated in April of the same year by the order of the Russian government) to finance the work to extend the life of the nuclear power plant. The work on its modernization is carried out by the corporation "Rosatom".

Russian gas supplies

Exclusive seller natural gas on the domestic market of the republic is the Russian-Armenian CJSC "Gazprom Armenia", established in December 1997 (100% of the shares belong to "Gazprom"). The company organizes gas supplies for the domestic market of the country, and is also engaged in the transportation, storage, distribution and sale of fuel, reconstruction and expansion of the gas transmission system and underground gas storage facilities in the republic. In total, Gazprom has allocated about $ 550 million to finance gas and energy projects in Armenia. Fuel is supplied to Armenia in transit through Georgia.

December 2013. Gazprom and Gazprom Armenia signed a contract for the supply of Russian gas to the republic in 2014-2018 (up to 2.5 billion cubic meters annually). At the same time, an intergovernmental agreement was concluded on the procedure for setting gas prices. According to the document, the cost of fuel dropped from $ 270 per thousand cubic meters to $ 189 (due to the abolition of the 30 percent duty). On September 7, 2015, the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of Armenia signed a protocol on amendments to the agreement on the procedure for setting prices for the supply of natural gas to the republic. The document legally established a reduction in the base price for gas supplied to Armenia from $ 189 to $ 165 per 1,000 cubic meters. In 2015, about 1.92 billion cubic meters of gas were exported to the republic from Russia.

At the beginning of 2016, Armenia again turned to the Russian Federation with a request to reduce the price of supplied gas. On April 7, 2016, during the visit of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in Yerevan, an addendum to the contract between Gazprom Export and Gazprom Armenia for the supply of gas to Armenia in 2014-2018 was signed. The gas price for the republic was reduced from $ 165 to $ 150. In 2016, 1.87 billion cubic meters of gas were supplied.

Transport cooperation

Cooperation between the two countries is also developing in the transport sector. In 2008, the Armenian railways were transferred to the concession management of the Russian Railways (RZD) company for a period of 30 years with a possible further extension. Currently, the railways of Armenia are under the control of the "South Caucasian railroad"(100% subsidiary of Russian Railways).

Since 2008, investments by the Russian company have exceeded RUB 6 billion, and the railway infrastructure is being actively modernized. The estimated investments of Russian Railways in the development of the Armenian railway network will amount to more than RUB 14.7 billion.

Military and military-technical cooperation

Military and military-technical cooperation (MTC) between Russia and Armenia is developing on the basis of the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance. According to this document, Moscow and Yerevan undertake to provide each other with mutual assistance in the event of a military threat from either side and to develop military-technical cooperation. In addition, military cooperation is carried out within the framework of the CSTO. On June 25, 2013, an agreement was signed between the Russian Federation and Armenia on the development of military-technical cooperation.

On the territory of Armenia in Gyumri, the Russian 102nd military base is deployed - the only Russian base in the Transcaucasus (the total number of military personnel is about 5 thousand people). The base was formed according to the agreement dated March 16, 1995. The period of her stay on the territory of the republic was extended until 2044 in accordance with the protocol of August 20, 2010.

Since 2001, the air defense forces and means of Russia and Armenia, which are part of the CIS Joint Air Defense System, created in 1995, have been on permanent joint combat duty at the base. On December 23, 2015, in Moscow, an agreement was signed between the Russian Federation and Armenia on the creation of a United Regional Air Defense System in the Caucasus Collective Security Region, which entered into force on January 11, 2017.

On November 30, 2016, the military departments of the Russian Federation and Armenia signed an agreement on the Joint Grouping of Troops (Forces) of the Armed Forces of the two countries "in order to ensure the security of the parties in the Caucasian region of collective security." According to Sargsyan, the group will include the 102nd Russian military base and units of the Armenian armed forces. On July 26, 2017, Putin signed the law on the ratification of this agreement, the document entered into force on August 6, 2017.

Russian-Armenian University, RAU(arm. Հայ-Ռուսական համալսարան ) is a higher educational institution in Yerevan operating under an international treaty between Russia and Armenia. The university is accredited in both countries, upon graduation, students receive two state diplomas: Armenian and Russian. Teaching is conducted in two languages.

Russian-Armenian University (RAU)
original name	Հայ-Ռուսական համալսարան
Year of foundation
A type	state
Rector	Armen Darbinyan
Students	~2500
Site	rau.am

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The Russian-Armenian University was established within the framework of an interstate agreement between Armenia and Russia in 1997. In 1999, Academician Levon Mkrtchyan, Doctor of Philology, became the first rector of the university. Currently, the rector of RAU is the former Prime Minister of Armenia, Doctor economic sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia Armen Darbinyan, who took this position in 2001.

In 2004, the reconstruction of the main building was completed, and in 2009 RAU opened its own sports complex.

On October 15, 2004, the Gratitude Park was opened on the territory of the university as a symbol of Russian-Armenian friendship. This day has become an internal holiday - RAU Day.

On April 29, 2005, RAU was accredited by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation and received the right to issue Russian state-recognized diplomas.

In 2002-2006. the university signed agreements on cooperation with leading universities and organizations of the Russian Federation: Moscow State University, MGIMO, RUDN University, the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, MTUCI, St. Petersburg Fund for Culture and Education, RANHIGS and others.

In July 2018, the artistic director of the RAU House of Culture Maya Bagdasarova was awarded

Events around the "Russian-Armenian friendship" are developing towards a natural ending - an armed confrontation, or, more simply, a war.

While it seems incredible... But who could have guessed until recently that Russia would be at war with brotherly Georgia of the same faith, and, most importantly, with Ukraine? About which scientists are still arguing: are Russians and Ukrainians brotherly kindred peoples or are they two parts of the same people?

However, after the pro-American Maidan won in Armenia, which was initially much more pro-Western than the previous "color revolutions" in the post-Soviet space, it became obvious that Armenia is de facto already an enemy of Russia.

Without exception, all Russophobes and Western henchmen are in power in Armenia. A few sane and not yet zombified representatives of the Armenian people, who are for friendship with Russia, are deprived not only of access to power, but also of the opportunity to speak out in the media. And even if they do speak out, they will be declared "traitors", just like those even smaller, sane Armenians who offer to make peace with Turkey and Azerbaijan.

The only thing that keeps the "revolutionary" Armenia from direct hostile anti-Russian actions is the instruction of the new "masters" not to rush with them.

In order to completely subordinate the Armenian "fifth column" inside Russia to Western interests, in connection with which the effect of Armenia's hostility towards Russia will be much more destructive for the Russian state.

But when the course for enmity is taken, they will start shooting sooner or later. Often due to tension ahead of time. Then potential enemies say to "their": "do not give in to provocations" ahead of time. We remember this on the eve of the German attack on the USSR in 1941.

On July 18, at about 11.30, servicemen of the 102nd Russian military base in Gyumri conducted military exercises in the administrative territory of the Panik village. Previously, the local population was usually warned about such exercises in advance.

Moreover, the Armenian authorities were warned, who, in turn, were informed by the Russian military.

However, this time for some reason local authorities the population was not warned. And it’s hard to believe that the Russian military is to blame for this - in the current difficult situation in Armenia it’s hard to believe that they didn’t warn the Armenian side of the training. It is even more difficult to believe that the village authorities "accidentally forgot to warn" their fellow villagers. Such things, especially in small villages, are never "accidentally" forgotten. Most likely, the instruction to “forget to warn” the population came from the “top”.

One way or another, the exercises that began with shots plunged into horror the residents of both the village of Panik, Shirak region, and the residents of the adjacent villages. initially it seemed to them that a war had begun.

"Up to three dozen soldiers blocked the road to the village, stopped their column, and there were such sounds, shots! It's good that the cartridges were non-combat. All the people immediately ran out of their houses after these sounds, there are even children who fainted.

It is offensive that no one was warned that we would conduct exercises on the territory of your community. If someone from Armenia in the Russian Federation does this, in a community with at least one house, then the tragedy would be fanned! Well, we realized that the military base, thank you, is protecting, but they shouldn't come and organize military operations on the territory of the village! ", Said the head of the village administration Vardan Makeyan.

It is clear that the head of the village administration should have received instructions from the higher authorities (the leadership of the Russian military was unlikely to convey information to the village level), i.e. it was deliberately decided not to warn the population at the level of the marz or in Yerevan.

At the same time, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan deliberately hinted that the "extreme" for the incident in Panic is the Russian side. On July 19, at the beginning of a government meeting, referring to the incident in the village of Panik, Shirak region, where the military of the Russian base opened training fire in the village, Pashinyan called this an unacceptable act.

“I consider this a provocation against the friendly Armenian-Russian relations, against the sovereignty of Armenia. documents, and I hope that the investigation will be effective, "Pashinyan said.

From Pashinyan's words, it immediately becomes clear that "revolutionary" Armenians cannot be against "friendly Armenian-Russian relations". Then who's guilty?

Understandably - cunning Russians! Which not only spoil the Armenian roads (Armenianreport has already written about this in the article Why do Armenia have Russian parasites in uniform?), But also frighten the representatives of the people "affected by the" genocide "(through Russian fault"!) With their loud teachings!

So after the shots in the village of Panik, the anti-Russian campaign in Armenia will flare up with renewed vigor... The course towards enmity with Russia taken by the "revolutionary" pro-Western regime in Yerevan is irreversible. Therefore, the shots in the village of Panik may well become the first shots of the Russian-Armenian war.

Meanwhile, Armenia is becoming a completely NATO-controlled country before our very eyes, and thus turns into a "Trojan horse" of the United States and NATO for Russia in the strategically important Caucasian region.

It seems that with the "Maidan" in Armenia, the US and the West managed to carry out the most successful special operation, which until recently they could not even dream of. They do not spend a cent on the maintenance of Pashinyan's regime. Russia continues to feed and even defend its actual enemy.

For Russia, the worst happened that could be imagined. If after the "Maidan" Armenia, like Ukraine in 2014, would become openly hostile to Russia, it would be half the trouble. It would be possible to break off relations, evacuate the base, and reduce economic ties to a minimum.

But now Armenia, which is really hostile to the Russian Federation, formally remains a military ally of Russia, which therefore has access to strategic military planning, whose armed forces are "integrated" with the Russian ones within the CSTO, and are completely controlled by people controlled by the United States, Russia's main geopolitical rival. There are simply no analogues of such a defeat that Russia had "on the Armenian front" in history.

At the same time, formal membership of Armenia in NATO is not even necessary. During the recent NATO summit in Brussels, the new Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made it clear that NATO is a "priority" for him, while Russia is a geopolitical adversary that can be very conveniently plundered and "exploited" by taking advantage of the inertia of "allied" relations.

Moreover people who have real power in Russia work for Armenia.

The same Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov-Kalantarov may at a critical moment listen not to his "immediate boss" Vladimir Putin, but to his fellow tribesmen working for the United States and the West - Pashinyan and those from the Western Armenian diaspora who are behind him.

Heads of various structures of the European Union, heads of states and governments of the North Atlantic Alliance held meetings with Pashinyan, who first came to the West as the first person of Armenia. So Nikol Pashinyan met in Brussels with the Chancellor of Germany, the Presidents of France, Lithuania, Canada, Ukraine, Slovakia and Afghanistan with the Prime Ministers of Greece, Belgium, Macedonia, Spain and Italy, as well as with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

Moreover Pashinyan was entrusted with the entry on one of the key NATO events - Afghanistan... When Pashinyan entered, the hall was full, and those present pretended that they were listening to him attentively. This is a striking difference from the speech at the same NATO summit in Brussels by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.

Let us recall that the potential of Ukraine is incomparable with the potential of Armenia. Ukraine is the largest country in Europe after Russia. Ukraine is striving to become a full member of NATO. Ukraine with weapons confronts the main geopolitical enemy of NATO - Russia, and in fact is at war with Russia in the Donbass. And when the president of this country spoke, the hall was practically empty. Poroshenko, in fact, "spoke in front of empty seats." And everyone who could have gathered to listen to the Prime Minister, insignificant in comparison with Ukraine. This is very indicative and testifies to the fact that among the leaders of the NATO countries, Pashinyan immediately became "his own".

Simultaneously Pashinyan, in fact, began to blackmail Moscow with the help of NATO however, so far refraining from open anti-Russian rhetoric. But against the background of Pashinyan's visit to Brussels, the Armenian media have already launched a campaign against the presence of the Russian base in Gyumri and Russian border guards on the borders of Armenia with Turkey and Iran. The benefits of cooperation with Armenia for NATO are also being discussed with might and main. After all, strategically Armenia is located favorably for the basing of US and NATO aviation at its airfields: the Near and Middle East are nearby.

Armenia can, in fact, become a full-fledged NATO ally, launch NATO troops into its country, without formally leaving the CSTO.

Those. In this case, the Russian military will simply be "hostages behind enemy lines" or potential "prisoners of war" in the event of a conflict. They simply will not be able to escape from their base in Gyumri in the event of hostile actions. And with such a prospect, apparently, Pashinyan is openly blackmailing Russia.

The fact that the NATO summit adopted a resolution in support of the territorial integrity of Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova and Azerbaijan does not seem to worry Pashinyan much. Moreover, relying on this NATO resolution and with the help of the United States, Pashinyan can blackmail Russia with the "Karabakh issue". After all, if Russia insists on a peaceful settlement in Karabakh with the de-occupation of territories, Pashinyan will "put pressure" on the fact that the same NATO countries are for the restoration of the territorial integrity of other countries - Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia.

Those. at Armenians may be the answer to Russia: "first give Crimea to Ukraine, and then demand something from us about Karabakh."

But the fact of the matter is that the decision to give Crimea to the current anti-Russian Ukraine for the authority of the current leadership of the Russian Federation will turn into a disaster. After all, his rating among the population against the background of social problems in the country only rests on the fact that "Crimeanash".

Thus, the snake, warmed by Russia, will inevitably begin to bite. A n Russia, alas, has no antidote for this bastard... The "fifth Armenian column" within the Russian Federation has access to the Russian government system and influence on decision-making.

And the media are under Armenian-American control.

Complete information about the organization

Russian-Armenian (Slavic) University
RAU
Foundation date:	1997
Supervisor:	Armen Darbinyan
Rector:	Darbinyan Armen Razmikovich
The address:	Armenia, Yerevan, st. Hovsep Emina 123
Phone fax:	tel. (+374 10) 27-70-52, (+374 10) 26-11-93, fax. (374 10) 22-14-63, (374 10) 26-97-01
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The Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University was established on the basis of the "Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Armenia on the conditions for the establishment and operation of the Russian-Armenian University in Yerevan", which was signed on August 29, 1997 in Moscow. On November 28, 1997, the Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Armenia No. 543 was adopted on the establishment of the Russian-Armenian University in Yerevan. Then a Joint Order was issued by the Ministry of General and Professional Education of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Armenia on the opening of the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University. On April 23, 2003 in Moscow, an Agreement was signed between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Russian Federation on amendments and additions to the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Russian Federation on the conditions for the establishment and operation of the Russian-Armenian University in the city of Yerevan dated August 29, 1997 ...

Article 2 of the "Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Armenia on the conditions for the establishment and operation of the Russian-Armenian University in the city of Yerevan" says:

“The main tasks of the University are:

• satisfaction educational needs personalities, training, retraining and advanced training of specialists with higher education and scientific and pedagogical personnel of humanitarian, natural science, economic and legal profiles;
• promoting the development of the scientific and human potential of both states by attracting scientific and pedagogical personnel from the Russian Federation and the Republic of Armenia to work at the University;
• application of advanced educational and methodological technologies and the use of achievements and experience accumulated in the field of education and science in the Russian Federation and in the Republic of Armenia;
• assistance to the preservation, development and mutual enrichment of cultures, languages, historical and national traditions of the peoples of both states. "

The University is an educational institution of higher professional education under the joint jurisdiction of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Armenia and enjoys the status of state higher educational institutions The Russian Federation and the Republic of Armenia. The university is licensed by the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Armenia. The University was accredited on April 29, 2005 by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (certificate of state accreditation В№000434). The university received a new license on January 19, 2010. and state accreditation on March 25, 2010. In May 2011, RAU received a perpetual license for the right to conduct educational activities.

The University is an independent entity with the rights of a legal entity, with its own name, has seals with the State Emblems of the Russian Federation, the Republic of Armenia, a stamp, an independent balance, the rights of operational management of state property assigned to it by the founders, as well as land plots assigned to it by laws and normative acts of the Republic of Armenia for unlimited free use.

The powers of the founders of the University are exercised by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Armenia. The university was conceived and should take place as a center of Russian education, science and culture in the Republic of Armenia and in the Transcaucasian region as a whole.

About 25% of the annual recruitment of RAU is made up of students from the CIS countries (primarily from Russia, where the largest Armenian diaspora is located, as well as from Georgia, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan) and far abroad.

RAU students who have passed the final attestation, by the decision of the State Attestation Commission, are assigned a qualification in accordance with the specialty received, and are issued state diplomas of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Armenia on graduation from the university, an appendix to diplomas indicating the grades and volume in all disciplines studied by the student at RAU.

Education at RAU is conducted according to programs drawn up in accordance with Russian educational standards, with the obligatory inclusion of a national component.

The best teaching forces of Armenia are involved in the work at RAU. Academician of NAS RA, foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences S.A. Ambartsumyan, academicians of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia R.M. Martirosyan, E.M. Kazaryan, V.B. Barkhudaryan, A.P. Grigoryan, A.A. Talalyan, Corresponding Member of NAS RA I.D. Zaslavsky, etc., most of them are members of the Academic Council of the RAU.

Since 2003, a program has been implemented to invite leading specialists of the Russian Federation, professors of Russian universities to RAU to give courses of lectures.

The first admission of students to the Russian-Armenian University by specialties

• "Jurisprudence",
• "State and Municipal Administration",
• "Journalism"

was implemented in February 1999. In the summer of 1999, the list of RAU specialties was supplemented with four more licensed specialties: * "Political Science",

• "World economy",
• "Social and cultural service and tourism",
• "Applied Mathematics and Informatics",

and since September 2002 - specializing in International Relations. Since September 2003, RAU has been training in the specialty "Electronics and Microelectronics", and since September 2004 - training in the specialty "Medical Biochemistry". In 2005, a set of specialties was made

• "Psychology",
• "Theory and teaching methods foreign languages and cultures ",
• "Philology",
• Bioengineering and Bioinformatics.

The university operates:

• Board of trustees
• Career center
• Center for Pre-University Education
• School "Usmunk"
• Scientific institutes, centers and problem groups
• Master's degree
• Postgraduate studies
• Doctorate

The university is equipped with fourteen computer labs and two language laboratories.

In 2004, the reconstruction of the university building was completed. On October 15, the grand opening of the RAU Thanksgiving Park took place. Thanksgiving Park should symbolize the past, present and future of Russian-Armenian friendship, the community of cultural, historical and other values ​​that have crystallized over the centuries. The opening date is not accidental: October 15 was approved as the Day of the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) State University by the resolution of the Academic Council of RAU.

At the beginning of 2005, the RAU House of Culture was commissioned, and in 2009 the grand opening of the RAU Open Sports Complex took place.

Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University established a memorial gold medal"An olive branch with diamonds". According to the regulations on the medal, it is awarded once, in exceptional cases - twice a year. Among the awardees there may be literary and artistic figures, politicians, businessmen - people devoted to Russia and Armenia, the difficult and lofty fate of our two countries, our two peoples.

The first medal in April 2001 was awarded to Vladimir Teodorovich Spivakov for his contribution to Russian culture and many years of sponsorship assistance to Armenia destroyed by the earthquake and its young musical talents.

The second medal was awarded to Lyudmila Aleksandrovna Putina in April 2002 during her visit to the Russian-Armenian University. In addition, by a resolution of the RAU Academic Council, it was decided to award a commemorative gold medal to the poet Silva Kaputikyan and the artistic director-director of the Mariinsky Theater Valery Abisalovich Gergiev.

Chairs

• Department of Armenian Language and Literature
• Department world history
• Department of Microelectronic Circuits and Systems
• Department of Physical Education and healthy way life
• Department of Philosophy

Department of Armenian Language and Literature

The head of the department is Azat Komunarovich Yeghiazaryan, Doctor of Philology. The Department of Armenian Studies of RAU was founded in 2000, in 2008. renamed into the Department of Armenian Language and Literature. From the very beginning, she worked as a university-wide department for the teaching of the Armenian language and literature. In the 2004-2005 academic year, the subject "History of Armenian Culture" was added to the subjects taught in the senior courses of the humanitarian faculties. In the near future, it is planned to supplement the list of these subjects with other Armenian studies disciplines.

In 2003, assuming the duties of the head of the department, Gemma Barnasyan made a subject of serious discussion about the methodology of teaching the modern Armenian language, which in this case has its own specifics. In a short time, the curriculum for teaching the Armenian language and literature was revised. Heads of departments and a number of prominent specialists from leading universities took part in the discussion.

Taking into account the specifics of RAU, to which students who do not know the Armenian language enter, in the 2004-2005 academic year, at the suggestion of the department, with the active assistance of the RAU leadership, a new experimental computer method was introduced.

Of the available courses, preference was given to the Gold Armenian program, designed for Russian-speaking users. A rather extensive, carefully developed self-instruction manual according to its concept - teaching grammar by a step-by-step method - is consonant with the program adopted at the Department of Armenian Studies of the RAU. In the long-term plan of the department - the creation of a textbook on the basis of this course. In addition to educational and methodological programs, the Department of Armenian Studies also has a program for the implementation of scientific works. In March 2004. on the initiative of the department, a two-day conference was held dedicated to the 1000th anniversary of the poem by Grigor Narekatsi “The Book of Sorrow”.

In 2004. The 90th anniversary of the outstanding Armenian poet of the 20th century Amo Saghian was solemnly celebrated - and the presentation of the poet's book published by the RAU was held - and the 85th anniversary of the talented Armenian poet Silva Kaputikyan.

One of the most important tasks of the department is to organize an Armenian studies conference dedicated to the preservation of the purity of the Armenian language. It is supposed to ensure the active participation of students in the conference, to give the issue a public profile.

Department of World History

Head of the Department - Associate Professor, Candidate of Historical Sciences Margaryan Yervand Grantovich

The relevance of history and historical knowledge dictated the decision of the Academic Council of RAU to create a university-wide department of World History. The management and staff of the department see their main task in acquainting students with political history and mastering the method of historical analysis, with various civilizational theories, concepts and models of everyday culture and the forms of its concrete embodiment in various countries for almost 6 thousand years.

Conceptual significance is attached to the study of the History of Armenia and the History of Russia not in isolation, but in the context of world history, against a broad background of civilizational processes. A new lecture course on the topic "Armenia in the context of world history" was developed for the Faculty of Political Science and International Relations. Much attention at the department is paid to the creation of copyright programs.

The main employees of the department are: Margaryan Ervand Grantovich (associate professor, candidate of historical sciences), Muradyan Mikael Azatovich (professor, doctor of historical sciences), Zakharyan Lilit Aleksandrovna (associate professor, candidate of historical sciences), Mayilyan Beniamin Viktorovich (Ph. in History), Krbekyan Vahagn Gevorkovich (Candidate of Historical Sciences), Marukyan Armen Tsolakovich (Associate Professor, Candidate of Historical Sciences).

The following disciplines are taught at the department:

• History of Armenia
• Political history of Armenia
• History of Armenian culture
• Russian history
• Political history of Russia
• The World History
• History of foreign countries (East / West)
• History of the country (s) of the region of specialization
• Cultural and religious traditions of foreign countries (East / West)
• Theory and history of civilizations
• Comparative Strategic Cultures
• Formation of European civilization and its value foundations
• Russia and Europe in the mirror of mutual perception
• Country Studies (UK)

Department of Microelectronic Circuits and Systems

The head of the department is Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor A.G. Harutyunyan

On September 24, 2007, Synopsys Armenia CJSC, Synopsys For Armenia Charitable Foundation and RAU signed a cooperation agreement (COOPERATION AGREEMENT. In accordance with the agreement, Synopsys Armenia CJSC and Synopsys For Armenia Charitable Foundation will support the training of students for bachelor's, master's and postgraduate programs, aimed at training highly qualified specialists in the field of information technology.

This support is provided through the Synopsys University-wide Department of Microelectronic Circuits and Systems, which cooperates mainly with the Faculty of Physics and Technology and the Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Informatics, as well as, if necessary, with other faculties of the University. Synopsys company donated its software to the University for free. tools and licenses for them in the amount of 50 licenses to them, which will support educational process and scientific research in the University.

By the decision of the Academic Council of RAU dated 25.09.2007, a university-wide department "Microelectronic circuits and systems" was created. The head of the department was appointed A.G. Harutyunyan There are 2 computer labs on the territory of RAU. Since November 2007 elective classes were organized for students of the bachelor's program in the following disciplines:

• Introduction to IC Design
• Introduction to Computer Aided Design
• Semiconductor devices and technologies
• Microcircuitry

Department of Philosophy

Head of the Department - Doctor of Philosophy Oganesyan Suren Gaykovich

The Department of Philosophy was formed by the order of the rector of September 1, 2006 and is university-wide. The department employs 2 doctors of sciences, professors, 1 doctor of sciences, associate professor, 5 candidates of sciences, associate professors and 2 teachers. In addition, 2 professors and 2 associate professors give lectures through the department.

On the line of the department reads 1. In undergraduate:

• philosophy,
• the concept of modern natural science,
• logics,
• sociology,
• rhetoric,
• history of religion;

2.in magistracy

• methodology of scientific knowledge,
• philosophical questions of physics,
• philosophy of law,
• political rhetoric;

3.in graduate school

• story
• philosophy of science.

There is a theoretical and methodological seminar at the department, where, in addition to the members of the department, the participation of teachers of the Faculty of Philosophy of YSU, the Institute of Philosophy, Sociology and Law and other universities of Yerevan is also expected.

The department has a plan of the main directions of scientific activity, involving the study of the nature and structure of philosophical knowledge, the place and role of man in the world, as well as issues related to the relationship between philosophy and other sciences, in particular philosophy and sociology, and the solution of philosophical problems of consciousness. Special attention will be paid to the study of the problems of responsibility, conscience, spirituality and the meaning of life.

Taking into account the fact that in the post-Soviet period throughout the CIS, including in Armenia, there is no unified understanding of the methodology of teaching philosophy in universities, the department suggests paying special attention to the issue of developing modern methodology teaching this subject. The department intends to establish creative cooperation with a number of departments of RAU, including cultural studies, psychology and the theory of politics.

Faculties

• journalism
• foreign languages
• biomedical
• political science
• applied mathematics and computer science
• psychology
• social and cultural service and tourism
• physical and technical
• philology
• economic
• legal

International connections

RAU attaches great importance to joint work with leading foreign universities and other organizations. In 2002-2006. the university has signed cooperation agreements with leading universities and organizations of the Russian Federation:

• MGIMO,
• International University of Vienna,
• RUDN,
• Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation,
• MSTU them. Bauman,
• MTUCI,
• State Institute of the Russian Language. A.S. Pushkin,
• St. Petersburg "Foundation for Culture and Education",
• Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation,
• Russian Institute for Strategic Studies (RISS) and many others.

Internships of students and postgraduates, joint programs and conferences are constantly carried out, specialists are invited with courses of lectures. Among other things, RAU signed an agreement with the Electronic International Business School of Ireland to organize certified distance courses on the basis of RAU. The Department of Economics and Finance of the RAU, together with the Faculty of Economics of Moscow State University, the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation, the State University-Higher School of Economics and the Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation, plans to develop and implement on the basis of RAU short-term and long-term joint educational programs, including using distance learning.

There is an exchange of students with MGIMO. There is active cooperation between the law faculties of Moscow State University and RAU. An agreement was reached with SU-HSE on periodic internships for postgraduate students of the Faculty of Economics. Together with the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation, from the new academic year, educational programs "Finance and Banks", "Real Estate Appraisal" and "Strategic Management" are being introduced. An agreement was reached with the Financial Academy on the implementation of joint master's programs "Accounting, analysis and audit" and "Financial management" in RAU. RAU also has agreements on joint activities on distance education with the Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation, the Institute of Distance Education at the Russian Peoples' Friendship University.

Library

The RAU library began serving students, teachers and university staff in September 1999, having a book fund of one and a half thousand volumes. During 22 semesters, the constantly replenished library fund (taking into account the journal periodicals) reached 70,000 storage units (approximately 29,000 titles) - due to the acquisition from extra-budgetary funds of the RAU and due to donations from individuals and official departments.

The main educational literature(the latest university textbooks recommended educational programs) makes up a quarter of the total book fund of the RAU library - 15,500 volumes of 4,600 titles in all profile and university-wide disciplines.

Since 2005, the library has been equipped with five office computers, a database with an electronic catalog and a search engine for its own library funds has been developed and is being maintained. The general catalog already contains 58,500 books of 25,000 titles. Service computers are connected to the local network and to the Internet through the server of the Department of Information and Technical Support of RAU. Since January 2004 the library has been included in the Consortium electronic libraries Armenia (eLCA) and received full-format access to scientific information resources on the web. By order of users, the RAU library provides free copies of articles from expensive world-class scientific journals.

Since 2007, 15 user computers with free access to Internet information resources have been installed in the reading room. The Consolidated Catalog of Libraries of Armenia already contains 6000 the latest textbooks 1200 titles from the collections of the RAU library.

The library has two reading rooms with 90 seats. The subsidiary funds of the reading rooms contain samples of all the latest program textbooks, classical monographs and dictionaries, scientific periodicals available in the RAU library. The total number of books in the reading rooms is 7000 units (capacity - 8000 units). In total, in the two reading rooms, an average of 40 book loans are registered per day. At the service of readers - computers with a network connection. Each computer has an electronic reference catalog with a search engine for the funds of the RAU Library (25,000 records) and an electronic collection of current scientific and educational texts (4 GB). Thematic collections on CDs are also provided for reading.

Until the end of the re-equipment of the vestibule into a book exchange area, one of the book depositories temporarily operates a subscription service area (on average, 80 book loans daily). This room is equipped with racks for 25,000 volumes. The second book depository, equipped with shelving in October 2003, has a capacity of 34,000 volumes.

For eleven years, 5900 registered users have used the library subscription, of which 5300 are students and post-graduate students of the RAU, 500 are teachers and employees of the RAU and the Center for Pre-University Education, 100 are external users and donors. The current number of readers in the 2010-2011 academic year is 2000 people. Students of other universities and residents of nearby neighborhoods use the services of reading rooms without restrictions.

Since November 2011, the library has a staff of twelve, including the manager. The staffing responsibilities of all employees are divided into existing sectors:

• picking (Natalia Chalyan);
• storage and systematization of funds (Karine Dilanyan and Marianna Aslanyan);
• scientific and information services (Gayane Pashayan);
• bibliography and cataloging (Irina Hovsepyan and Alina Soghomonyan);
• subscription service (Petr Lukashev);
• reading rooms (Shushanik Sargsyan);
• automation of library processes (Karina Gasparyan);
• computer network services (Diana Sargsyan);
• electronic library (Inna Sargsyan).

Publisher

The RAU Publishing House is one of the main structural divisions of the university, performing at the professional level the publishing functions of the university on the basis of a publishing license (ЛР № 0112 dated 09.06.1999).

The RAU publishing house has been fully functioning since February 1, 2002. The main task of the publishing house is the organization and implementation of the editorial and publishing activities of the university, the publication and distribution of educational, educational and methodological literature that meets the requirements of the state standard, as well as the release of scientific, scientific and methodological, fiction, journalistic, reference and other types of literature in the interests of ensuring educational process and research work.

The publishing house carries out its activities on the basis of annual and long-term thematic plans, contracts with third-party organizations and institutions, labor agreements.

During the years of existence of the RAU publishing house, many publishing, commercial and other projects have been carried out, which have earned him fame both in the Republic of Armenia and abroad. The publishing house has taken part in many international exhibitions, publishing projects and competitions.

The staff structure of the publishing house includes the following:

• The head of the RAU publishing house is Minasyan Paruyr Minasovich.
• Chief Editor of the RAU Publishing House - Ph.D. Avakyan Maria Eduardovna.
• The editor of the RAU publishing house is Mamikonyan Elina Yurievna.
• The proofreader of the RAU publishing house is Mkrtchyan Varditer Hamletovna.

Publishing house structure and management

1. The work of the publishing house is organized by its head, who is appointed and dismissed by the rector of the University in accordance with the established procedure.

2. The head of the publishing house is a member of the RIS-a of the University.

3. Head of the publishing house:

• plans the work of the publishing house,
• ensures the implementation of the main tasks and functions of the publishing house;

makes proposals to the University management on the structure of the publishing house, the staffing table of the publishing house in accordance with the actual volume and nature of the work performed, hiring, transferring, dismissing and encouraging employees, imposing penalties, placing the department, working conditions and working hours;

• approves the job descriptions of the publishing house employees.

4. The structure of the publishing house includes the editorial office, the head of which is the chief editor, he is also the deputy head.

5. The publishing house interacts with faculties, departments, library, educational department, accounting department and other departments of the University, third-party organizations and institutions.

Publications of RAU

• Optics & its Applications: Symposium Information & Book of Abstracts of the International Symposium (Armenia, September 5-9, 2011). -Yerevan, 2011 - 150 p.
• Oganesyan L.R. Criminal executive law: educational-methodical complex .. Yer .: Publishing house of RAU, 2011, 109 p.
• Engoyan A.P. Ideological foundations of socio-political transformations in post-Soviet Armenia / Otv. ed .: KA. Mirumyan. Yer .: Publishing house of RAU. 358 s.
• Kazdanyan S.Sh. Political Psychology: Educational and Methodological Complex. Yer .: Publishing house of RAU, 2011.144 p.
• Babayan K.B. Management history. Teaching aid / Otv. ed. A.M. Suvaryan. Yer .: Publishing house of RAU, 2011.52 p.
• Vagharshakyan Ashot Agasievich. Mathematical analysis. Yer .: Publishing house of RAU, 2011, 303 p.
• International conference (April 25-26, 2011): Armenian-Turkish relations, their impact on the geopolitical development of the region and display in the press: Collection of scientific articles. Yer .: Publishing house of RAU, 2011.141 p.
• S. S. Avetisyan Problems of delimiting criminal from non-criminal behavior (theory and practice of criminal law ensuring human security). - Yer .: Publishing house of RAU, 2011.814 p.
• Bulletin of RAU. Physics, mathematics and natural sciences. N1 2011 - Yer .: Publishing house of RAU, 2011.
• Bulletin of RAU. Humanities and social sciences. N1 / 2011 - Yer .: Publishing house of RAU, 2011.

RAU Career Center

The RAU Career Center, founded in March 2002 at the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University, is a key structure for interaction between employers and RAU students and alumni. It is focused on comprehensive support for young professionals - both students and graduates - in the modern competitive labor market. In August 2007, with financial support from CAPS / USAID, the Career Center website was created at www.rau.am/career.

Services of the RAU Career Center for students / graduates:

• Vacancies and internships for initial positions (involving career growth), as well as for middle and top positions (with work experience) in leading companies.
• Information about various educational (grant) programs;
• Participation in exhibitions on career and education.
• Company presentations, business games, case studies, etc .;
• Information and educational events on how to successfully build a career;
• Consulting on professional and personal growth.
• Free specialized literature on career building and employment;
• Useful information about the modern personnel market;
• Participation in summer schools, internships, fellowships of various profiles;
• Organization of industrial and pre-diploma practice.

Services of the RAU Career Center for employers:

• The opportunity to post your vacancies for initial, middle and top positions for students and graduates, as well as information about internships and recruitment programs for young professionals;
• Automatic addition to the database of the RAU Career Center after on-line registration;
• Search for candidates for vacancies using the RAU Career Center database;
• Possibility of holding a presentation of your company to students;
• Participation in exhibitions on career and employment;
• Opportunity to deliver educational lectures / seminars on career building issues;
• Informational support of events within the walls of RAU.

Rectors

• Levon Mkrtchyan (1998-2001)

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