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X5 Group has increased the number of student grants available for applicants to the HSE Graduate School of Business. Twenty-five talented candidates will receive partial tuition coverage for the master’s program “B2C Business Management: Technologн and Innovation” (formerly Retail Management). Applications for the grants open on June 20.

Three cohorts — over 100 participants — successfully completed the MBA program at the HSE Graduate School of Business. Over the course of a year and a half, they completed 16 educational modules, including two off-site modules: one in China and one at Lake Baikal. Among the 2025 graduates are entrepreneurs, founders of successful businesses, and top managers from leading Russian companies such as Sber, VTB, Rostelecom, NOVATEK, Rosatom, Yandex.Technologies, Almaz-Antey Concern, SKB Kontur, Belkacar, SONET Group, and others.

The United Nations Global Compact Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) Chapter Eurasia held its Third Annual General Meeting (AGM) on May 30th and an innovative PRME i5 workshop in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. HSE University Graduate School of Business was represented by Dr. Ekaterina Ivanova. HSE GSB Associate Professor of Strategic and International Management played a key role in both events as a member of the PRME Eurasia Steering Committee and co-facilitator of the PRME i5 pedagogy workshop.

Arseny Moshninov, a Master's student in the Electronic Business and Digital Innovations program at the HSE Graduate School of Business, took part in the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Management and Trends (ICAIMT 2025) in Abu Dhabi. He delivered a presentation titled "Artificial Intelligence in Russia: An Assessment of Yandex GPT-5 and GigaChat 2.0 MAX," which sparked strong interest from the international academic community.

In April, the Bank of Russia and the HSE Graduate School of Business held their Spring ESG School. Participants learned about sustainable development financing, climate risk assessment, and corporate ESG reporting. Here's a closer look at how the program unfolded.