MLIT STC meeting: elections for position and awarding of staff members On 15 October 2026, elections for a position and the awarding of staff members took place at a meeting of the Science and Technology Council of the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies. Yury Stepanenko was elected to the position of senior researcher, MLIT Director Sergei Shmatov presented the candidate to STC. The meeting continued with an award ceremony to honor MLIT staff members for many years of fruitful work and significant contribution to the development of science and strengthening of international scientific and technical cooperation, as well as on the occasion of JINR’s 70th anniversary and MLIT’s 60th anniversary. The awards were presented by MLIT Director Sergei Shmatov and MLIT Scientific Leader Vladimir Korenkov. Sergey Kunyaev was awarded the certificate of honor of the Head of the Dubna City District and the “70 Years of JINR” and “60 Years of MLIT” jubilee medals. Gennady Ososkov was awarded the “70 Years of JINR” and “60 Years of MLIT” jubilee medals. Margarit Kirakosyan, Natalia Mishchenko, Liudmila Siurakshina and Viktor Sheiko were awarded the JINR certificate of honor and the “60 Years of MLIT” jubilee medal. Evgeny Alexandrov, Anton Balandin, Dmitriy Baranov, Sergey Gorshkov, Tatiana Zaikina, Valentina Kavchenko, Ivan Kashunin, Yelena Mazhitova, Victor Ovechkin, Alexey Soloviev, Tatiana Solovieva, Tatiana Syresina, Zafar Tukhliev and Venera Yagafarova were awarded the JINR letter of gratitude and the “60 Years of MLIT” jubilee medal. Andrey Kondratyev, Galina Korobova, Irina Kudasova, Olga Kudryashova, Sergey Lomachenkov, Rimma Polyakova, Olga Popkova, Valentina Pushkina, Vera Raportirenko, Victor Rikhvitsky, Yakov Rosenberg, Elena Rudneva, Oleg Tarasov, Vladimir Uzhinsky, Galina Shvetsova, Petr Zrelov and Viktor Ivanov were awarded the “60 Years of MLIT” jubilee medal. Evgeny Mazepa was awarded the MLIT letter of gratitude and the “60 Years of MLIT” jubilee medal. Sergey Arinin, Oksana Belyakova, Jan Buša (Jr.), Evgeny Grafov, Galina Grafova, Alexey Gushchin, Andrey Kamensky, Ilya Kalagin, Anna Ilina, Alexander Makhalkin, Sergey Marchenko, Yulia Logvinova, Elena Lysenko, Alexander Chervyakov and Yulia Sharapova were awarded the MLIT letter of gratitude. Congratulations to our colleagues on their well-deserved recognition!
