Siberian Federal University

The European Futsal Championship was held on December 10-15, 2009 in Poland.
Olga Kapustina, student of the SibFU Physical Education and Sports Department joined the national team and became the Champion of Europe.

Sergey Bogdanchikov, President of Rosneft visited the incomplete building of the SibFU Institute of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering.

Siberian Federal University signed the Agreement on Cooperation with Krasnoyarsk Department of Youth Policy, Youth Psychological and Social Aid Center and Krasnoyarsk Youth Organization «Healthy Youth for a Healthy Future» on December 9, 2009.

The National Hand-to-Hand Fight Championship was held on December 4-6, 2009 in Ufa (Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia).

Alexander S. Gorelik, Honoured Jurist of the Russian Federation was awarded with the Order of Honour posthumously for “significant contribution to the human rights and freedom protection” at the Human Rights Day which is celebrated annually across the world on December 10.

Olga Medvedtseva, SibFU student has already won two silver medals at the Biathlon World Cup. So now she is the forth at the overall standings.

Postgraduate students of the SibFU Institute of Economics, Management and Environmental Studies became prize-winners of the Grants and Scholarships Contest of the Nikolai Fedorenko International Scientific Foundation for Economic Research.

A photo exhibition named «It concerns me. It concerns everyone» was opened on November 19, 2009 in Siberian Federal University.

Students National Rugby – 15 Championship was held on November 10-16, 2009 in Taganrog (Russia).

By the Russian Federation Presidential Edict No 1262 of 10 November 2009 «On State Prize Awarding», Aleksey N. Tarbagaev, the SibFU professor, Head of the Criminal Law Faculty was bestowed with a title of the Honoured Jurist of the Russian Federation for significant contribution to the legal sciences and professional training.