Donetsk, Sep 13 — DAN. Specialists from the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions have to take training at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at a meeting with RANEPA Rector Alexey Komissarov on Wednesday.

“Undoubtedly, it’s professionals who work there but it’s very important that they have the necessary training and get the knowledge of Russian laws, specifics of budget programs and processes, welfare system, tax system and different elements related to public administration in Russia, ” Mishustin said.

Komissarov said that RANEPA planned to train 6,000 specialists from the new regions overall.

RANEPA is Russia’s largest university with 47 branches across the country. It functions as a national academic ecosystem in the field of administration and socio-economic and humanitarian education.*jk