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17 May 2010
Educational exhibition «Week of the Russian higher education - 2010» in Cotonou, Benin

Since 1960 Russia and Benin maintain stable cultural and scientific relations. According to the statistics of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Benin, during cooperation of two countries Russian state universities have prepared more than 2,5 thousand experts for Benin. At present in the Russian state universities are studied nearby 50 Beninese. Many parents, the former graduates of the Russian state universities, on their personal experience estimated high quality of the Russian higher education, aspire to create kind family tradition and to direct the children to the universities of Russia.
For popularization of the Russian higher education in Benin on May, 17-21th, 2010, organization RACUS with the support of Russian Embassy in Benin spent a traditional educational exhibition « Week of the Russian higher education - 2010» as well as did in many countries of Africa and other continents. At the exhibition were presented more than 30 state universities of Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, Tambov, Nizhny Novgorod, Saratov, Great Novgorod, Makhachkala. All young citizens of Benin interested in obtaining of the qualitative and prestigious Russian higher education and their parents received colourful booklets about state universities with the full information about the possibility of studies on more than 500 medical, economic, engineering - technical specialities and humanities. Also they were consulted about admission requirements for studies and the full list of necessary documents. Further consultations and the documents acceptance with interested in studies in Russian state universities enrolees-citizens of Benin and Togo are carried out in representation of RACUS organization in Benin.