The Caspian Sea region may become a point of interaction between ROSCOSMOS and Astrakhan State University. On November 10, the university Acting Rector met with Marsim Ovchinnikov, an ASU graduate who is now the Deputy Director-General for Economy and Finances of the State Corporation.

Astrakhan State University received an official decision of the RF State Duma Committee on Issues of the Commonwealth of Independent States and Contacts with Fellow Countryman, on ASU projects that had been approved at high level.

Astrakhan State University has found new partners — the United Shipbuilding Corporation and the shipbuilding yard «Lotus». Official agreements have been signed today in the special economic zone «Lotus».