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Больше  250 тысяч поездок на самокатах «Яндекс Go» ежедневно совершали москвичи в прошлом году. Каждый четвертый житель столицы воспользовался сервисом проката. Самокаты стали привычным городским транспортом не только в мегаполисах — они доступны в 20 городах страны, а в этом году их станет еще больше. В сезон пользователи ежедневно преодолевали на самокатах сервиса более 550 тыс. км.
Как создать успешный сервис проката самокатов? Ожидает ли этот рынок расширение и приток новых игроков? Где скрыта основная прибыль? Как строился сервис «Самокаты» в «Яндекс Go»? Обо всем этом рассказал на встрече в ICEF Tech Club руководитель сервиса, выпускник МИЭФ BSc13 Леонид Ясиновский.

On March 18, 2025, the Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE), Chengdu, China welcomed its counterparts to the SWUFE Study Abroad Fair. Russia was represented for the first time at the fair by a delegation from HSE University, including members of ICEF.

Debunk the myths about share investing – such was the goal set by the team of ICEF students and Alfa Bank A-Club analysts for their joint research-to practice study. Successfully completed in February 2025, the study had involved a series of calculations that enabled one important outcome: these are the shares that can yield investors higher, long-term profits and the risks are often overblown.

In the second semester of the current year, ICEF saw the start of the new course Business and Management in Global Context: China and Asia. Here’s Professor Alexey Maslov, D.Sc. (History), Director at Moscow State University Institute of Asian and African Studies, about the newly started course, its hands-on nature, and why we started it.

The Bank of Russia Research and Forecasting Department and the Bank of Russia academic unit at the HSE created a mini-course for HSE International College of Economics and Finance (ICEF). Spanning February 2025, the course gathered an audience of ICEF students seeking deeper insight into the mechanisms of monetary economics and policy, unveiling how monetary analysis tools assist in Bank of Russia’s operations.

On 21 February 2025, the town of Penza witnessed the completion of the National Combat Sambo Championship U-20. The final stage in national team selection, it was participated by +550 male and female juniors who competed for the right to represent Russia on global area at World Sambo Championship 2025 to be held in Indonesia. The gold medal in 98 kg combat sambo was won by Georgy Khvatkin, who earlier won gold at the World Cadet, Youth and Junior Sambo Championship 2024 and is currently in his first year of ICEF International Bachelor’s Programme in Economics and Finance.

In early February, our teaching and administrative staff met with those of ICEF students who are currently in RIEM SWUFE (Research Institute in Economics and Management, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, China) studying for a double degree in economics and finance. The meeting involved also those who went to SWUFE for a semester-long exchange that started in September 2024. Convened to discuss the delivery of both the double-degree and exchange programmes, the meeting has produced a summary of issues to be brought to the attention of those who are interested in studying in China.

In the run-up to the 2025-26 fall semester academic exchange, the team of ICEF International Administrative Department met with students seeking study-abroad experience. Here are the exchange opportunities available, the documentation package required and how to get it right.

In this interview, Pavel Smirnov, who earned his bachelor’s in 2024, talks about his unfolding career. Currently a Sales Specialist & Trader at Raiffeisen Bank Institutional Clients, Pavel shares his experience and emphasizes things to pay attention to while a student for a successful career start.

In January 2025, HSE University entered into a cooperation agreement with the Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE) to implement a double master’s that joins ICEF’s Financial Economics programme with SWUFE’s Master's in Finance. Combining the best of China and Russia’s academic frameworks, this new degree offers a unique study-abroad experience. In this collaboration, HSE ICEF is partnering with the Research Institute of Economics and Management (RIEM), which was established at SWUFE in 2006 to facilitate top-level, international research and training in economics and finance.