Press Release, 20.03.2026

Photo by Yevgeny Razumny, Kommersant

Moscow Yabloko is continuing its series of round tables devoted to protecting the rights of Muscovites. On 31 March, a meeting with representatives of the education sector, politicians, and academics will be held at the Yabloko Moscow office. The theme of the round table is “Education for the 21st Century: What Skills Should Schools and Universities Provide?”

“We will discuss what a modern education system should truly be teaching schoolchildren and students, and where it is currently failing to fulfil that purpose,” Moscow Yabloko announced in a preview of the event.

The speakers at the 31 March round table will be:

– Emilia Slabunova, Honoured Teacher of Russia, former Chairman of the Yabloko party, and leader of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia;

– Alexander Sogomonov, Leading Research Fellow at the Institute of Sociology of the Federal Research Sociological Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences;

– Dmitry Martynenko, physics teacher at Moscow School No. 7;

– Vasily Dikarev, engineer at the Laboratory of Recent Deposits and Pleistocene Palaeogeography, Faculty of Geography, Moscow State University;

– Kirill Goncharov, Chairman of Moscow Yabloko.

The round table is open to all who wish to attend; registration is required (https://party-yabloko.timepad.ru/event/3880032/ ).

The event will take place at 31/2 Pyatnitskaya, Moscow; on Tuesday, 31 March, at 19:00.