Vladivostok has wrapped up the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF 2026), which has traditionally become the main platform for discussing the strategic development of the Far East and expanding international cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region. Organized by the Roscongress Foundation, the forum brought together thousands of delegates from dozens of countries.
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From August 26 to 28, 2026, a large‑scale strategic session on cooperation between science and business, “Marine Robotics,” was held in Murmansk. The event, organized by the Rostec State Corporation, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russia, brought together key developers, scientists, and representatives of the real sector of the economy to foster the country’s technological sovereignty.
September 5, 2026, marks the 80th birthday of Yuri Nikolaevich Morgunov, Doctor of Technical Sciences and Scientific Supervisor of the Laboratory of Acoustic Tomography.
On September 4, 2026, the Il’ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (POI FEB RAS) was visited by Academician Sergey M. Aldoshin, RAS Vice-President, and Academician Nikolay S. Bortnikov, Academician-Secretary of the RAS Department of Earth Sciences. The guests were accompanied by Academician Grigory I. Dolgikh, Deputy Chairman of the FEB RAS.
The congress organizers – the Government of the Primorsky Krai and NEVA International LLC –presented Certificates of Appreciation to Dr. Alexander N. Charkin (PhD in Geology and Mineralogy), Acting Director of POI FEB RAS; Dr. Dmitry D. Kaplunenko (PhD in Geography), Leading Researcher at the Laboratory for Advanced Marine Research; and Dr. Konstantin A.
On August 20, 2026, the Fourth Russian‑Chinese Arctic Expedition set off aboard the R/V “Akademik M. A. Lavrentyev” (voyage No. 103).
On August 11, 2026, a scientific expedition of the V.I. Il'ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute FEB RAS set sail from the port of Korsakov aboard the R/V “Akademik Oparin” (85th voyage). On Sakhalin, the scientific group replaced the previous team of the expedition's 84th voyage, which had conducted hydroacoustic research in the Sea of Okhotsk.
On August 11, 2026, Sergei Aleksandrovich Gorbarenko, Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences and Chief Researcher at the Laboratory of Paleooceanology and Paleoclimatology, turned 85.
On August 10, 2026, scientists from the POI FEB RAS completed a 10‑day expedition in the Sea of Okhotsk. Under the leadership of Evgeny Voytenko, a researcher at the Laboratory of Acoustic Tomography, the team of 8 people carried out the following tasks:
The Il’ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (POI FEB RAS) sums up the results of the 102nd cruise of the research vessel Akademik M.A. Lavrentyev. The expedition took place from June 9 to July 11, 2026, in the eastern Sea of Okhotsk, near Paramushir Island. Due to a main engine failure, the vessel lost propulsion and was towed to the port of Vladivostok on July 11.
