Anna Orlova, 11th grade student at the Joint Turkmen-Russian secondary school named after A.S. Pushkin, became the only schoolgirl from the CIS countries to qualify for the final full-time stage of the all-Russian project “Parliamentary Model of MGIMO”, reports the MIC.

This year the event was attended by about 1 500 people from different cities of Russia and foreign countries. The ceremonial closing of the IV Parliamentary Model 2023/24 took place on April 5.
Project participants worked for four days in 13 specialized committees on current socio-economic, political and legal issues. Their activities were supervised by experts from among the teaching staff of MGIMO, as well as public and government figures.

The project was carried out in two stages. At the first, correspondence, participants listened to online lectures by famous parliamentarians and government officials, after which they successfully passed the test. Only the best were admitted to the second, face-to-face stage, which took place in the format of a student business seminar. Here the guys simulated the work of parliament for 5 days, developing bills on current issues.

Anna Orlova was a member of the Security and Anti-Corruption Committee, which discussed the topic of combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism through virtual assets. Working together on the bill allowed the participants to study this problem in more depth.

It should be noted that the “Parliamentary Model of MGIMO” is a unique opportunity for young people to immerse themselves in the legislative process and gain valuable experience.