Moscow, April 10 /TASS /. Having higher education in the Russian Federation is an attractive prospect for many Asian countries. Currently, 216 thousand students from the common prosperity of independent countries (CIS) are studying in Russia, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Education and Education Konstantin Mogilev said.
“Russia traditionally is an attractive country to get higher education. <...> And we cooperate with colleagues (from the countries of Eurasia), we are friends with our comrades from the Ministry of Government, we are exchanging experiences, ”he said in the seminar of Asia -the territory of traditional values,” Eurasia.
He noted that today about 216 thousand students from the federal countries of independent countries studying in the Russian Federation. And we pay attention to them. We want them to receive high quality higher education here, so that it will open all the paths in life. We hope that in most cases (such students) they will return to their homeland and will contribute to the development of their country, Mr. Mogilevsky concluded.