GR School
Baikal Communications Group strengthens the professional competencies of specialists in the field of ESG и GR&Lobbying, offering various formats for enhancing the skills they have and acquiring new knowledge. The training is conducted both within the leading educational platforms and individually upon clients’ requests.
GR and Lobbying in Business and Nonprofit Sector
The first advanced GR training in Russia, based on the concept of “practitioners for practitioners”: among lecturers are officials of public and supranational authorities, relevant specialists of Russian and international companies from the real economy. The course has been successfully implemented in cooperation with the MGIMO School of Business and International Proficiency since 2018. The training aims at developing and improving the ability to represent and promote clients’ interests at the level of federal and regional governmental institutions, as well as at the international level, including supranational level EEU dimension. The training helps students to acquire the unique GR skills, essential and applicable in versatile segments. The training program has been successfully held 15 times.
The course is run two times per year. All the information, regarding the structure, program’s timeframes, mode of study, participatory terms and conditions, is available on the course website. The registration is currently open (the 16th and 17th courses): 13-18 October 2025 and 6-11 April 2026.
Business management on ESG principles: from practitioners to practitioners
The advanced training course on ESG transformation is built on the “practice for practitioners” principle: the teachers are specialized practicing experts from various economic sectors. Since 2023, the course has been implemented jointly with the MGIMO School of Business and International Competencies. Students have the opportunity to immerse in the industry specifics of the integration and implementation of ESG approaches in leading companies in their field. The program also focuses on the specifics of the financial sector transformation in the context of ESG banking formation in Russia. As a result, students receive practical ESG integration and management tools that can be adapted in the context of their own business processes. The training program has been successfully held once.
Admission to the course is carried out twice a year. Information about the structure and duration of the program, about the conditions and form of training is available on the course website. The registration is currently open in 2025.
Master’s program “Public Law and building Interaction with Authorities (GR)”
Baikal Communications Group is a partner of Lomonosov Moscow State University in the creation and implementation of the Master’s program in Public Law and GR. The program has been implemented since 2024 by the Department of Constitutional and Municipal Law of the MSU Faculty of Law. Within this program, the company’s specialists conduct their course: “Fundamentals of GR-activity: history, theory, methodology, tools”.
The head of the course is Eduard Voytenko, PhD in Political Science, Master of Law, Associate Professor of the Department of Advertising and Public Relations at the MGIMO Faculty of International Journalism.
Information about the Master’s program, conditions and form of study is available on the program’s website.
Master‘s program “New Media and Strategic Communications“
The Master‘s program is implemented at the Department of Advertising and Public Relations of the MGIMO Faculty of International Journalism.
The training program focuses on two areas: strategic communications and new media. It combines general training in public relations and advertising with an in-depth study of the strategic communications features in the digital age and the development of new media tools, innovative information and communication technologies of the fourth industrial revolution.
Within this program, Baikal Communications Group specialists conduct two own courses: “Public Affairs in Russia and foreign countries“ and “GR–management and lobbying“. Eduard Voytenko is the head of the master‘s courses.
Information about the Master‘s program, conditions and form of study is available on the program‘s website.
B-C-G x MGIMO Case Championship
Baikal Communications Group jointly with MGIMO Law Club annually holds the B-C-G x MGIMO Case Championship. The first event was successfully held in March-April 2024. The B-C-G x MGIMO Case Championship is a unique format in which participants solve normative tasks and model the implementation of GR and lobbying projects. Participation in the Case Championship allows students and postgraduates to develop and form personal skills and professional competencies, including the ability to conduct legal expertise, work in a team and present and promote their legislative position in a reasoned manner.
Information about the Case Championship, conditions and participation form is available on the event’s website.
Workshops and other programs
Baikal Communications Group develops customized training programs in GR, predicated on the specific features of a client’s industry. In addition to that, our team arranges reputation management workshops for representatives of political and public entities. Within the training’s preparation we aim to assess clients’ needs and arrange the best possible, practice-based learning process.
Over the years “GR-school” jointly with the MGIMO School of Business and International Proficiency has already carried out workshops and training programs for 451 students, including officials of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation, the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, Rosprirodnadzor of the Russian Federation, employees from the supranational government bodies of the EU and the EAEU (EC and EEC), civil servants of the regional administrations of Arkhangelsk, Irkutsk, Moscow, Rostov regions, the Republic of Dagestan and the Republic of Buryatia, Election Commission of the Sverdlovsk region and Kazakh officials from the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The training program has been also successfully arranged for the top management and management of such commercial companies and nonprofit organizations, as: ASI, DOM.RF JSC, ANO “Digital Economy”, Sberbank PJSC, Inter RAO PJSC, Rosseti Tyumen JSC, Irkutsk Oil Company LLC, Norilsk Nickel PJSC, Rosneft PJSC, Lukoil PJSC, LUKOIL International Services B.V., Lukoil Overseas Egypt Ltd., Lukoil-Nizhnevolzhskneft, Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd., Exxon Neftegas Limited, Surgutneftegas, UDS Oil LLC, RussNeft PJSC, Oil and Gas Holding JSC, RN-BashNIPIneft LLC, KNGK-INPZ LLC (Ilsky Refinery), Gazprom International Limited, Gazprom Neft PJSC, Gazprom Export LLC, Gazprom Neft – GEO LLC, Gazprom Neft Shelf LLC, Gazprom Neft – SM LLC, Gazprom Neft – Technological Partnerships LLC, BASF LLC, Summa Group, SIBUR Holding, NPK “Khimpromengineering” JSC (Rosatom), Polyplastic Group, URALCHEM JSC, EVRAZ LLC, ROSNANO JSC, Novostal-M LLC, NLMK PJSC, Severstal Management JSC, Steel Construction Development Association, Polyus Asset Management LLC, Polymetal Asset Management JSC, Magadan Branch of Polymetal, Russian Platinum Group (Chernogorsk GOK LLC), Krastsvetmet OJSC, UC RUSAL, East Mining Company LLC, MOEK PJSC, T Plus PJSC, GT Energo JSC, Bashkir Power Grid Company JSC, ENERGOPROM MANAGEMENT JSC, Arman Group LLC, FGANU NII “Spetsvuzavtomatika”, Kursk Electrical Apparatus Plant JSC, Aeromax LLC (AFK Sistema), Svetogorsk Pulp and Paper Mill JSC, SKB Kontur JSC, RT-Business Development LLC (Rostec), Innotech Group, Vostok-Service Special Equipment JSC, Chery Automobiles Rus JSC, AvtoVAZ JSC, Russian Railways OJSC, Aeroflot, Kaspi Bank (Kazakhstan), Promsvyazbank PJSC, Zenit Bank PJSC, Aloqa Ventures (Uzbekistan), Yandex, Alibaba.com (RU) LLC, Uzum Market (Uzbekistan), O2O Holding LLC, Association of E-Commerce Companies, Kupishuz LLC, Delivery Club, HeadHunter LLC, Citymobil, CarPrice, Expomobility LLC, MTS PJSC, MTS Travel, Medtronic plc, Samara Medical Devices Plant LLC, Stentex LLC, Siemens Healthineers, Siemens Healthcare LLC, Geropharm LLC, Boehringer Ingelheim, Roche, Roche Diagnostics Rus LLC, Roche-Moscow JSC, PUCH RUS LLC, Ascensia Diabetes Care LLC, Johnson & Johnson, GEO-MED LLC, Association of Veterinary Pharmaceutical Manufacturers, TRI-KA LLC, PTC Therapeutics, Baltika Brewery LLC, Ochakovo MPBC JSC, PepsiCo (Russia), Coca-Cola HBC Russia, British American Tobacco, ITMS JSC, Siglo de Oro Cigar Factory, Amgen, Novartis Pharma LLC, ASNA LLC, IICR LLC, KPMG JSC, EPAM Systems, Russian Export Center JSC, AgroTerra Group, EkoNiva-APK Holding LLC, Mondelēz Rus LLC, JFood Kazakhstan, BioFoodTech LLC, Grainrus LLC, Greenfields Logistics LLC, Rosagroleasing JSC, New Transport Company JSC, TransContainer PJSC, Port Alliance JSC, FESCO PJSC, Petrochemical Transport Company LLC, Eurosib SPb-TS JSC, Tander JSC, Association of Retail Trade Companies, ABI Product JSC, Nizhpharm JSC, VBRR Bank (JSC), United Shipbuilding Corporation JSC, Nevsky Plant JSC, Bardin TsNIIChermet FSUE, AEMZ Group, KAMA JSC, KONAR JSC, Digital Platforms LLC, Aero Disk LLC, Game Stream CJSC, ESforce Holding, Naumen Consulting LLC, BFT LLC, Kaspersky Lab JSC, InfoWatch, Technaxis, Navicon, Zecurion, Foxford online school, Skyeng, TikTok, Pravo Tech, Vseinstrumenty.ru LLC, Profilum LLC, Schneider Electric JSC, Uralkali PJSC, Apatit JSC, Firma August JSC, Core.XP, INTECO Development Group, PIK SZ PJSC, COLDY, Saint-Gobain Construction Products Rus LLC, Coldiz LLC, Absolut Real Estate LLC, AllianceGroup LLC, Japanese developer YUNIKA, ACADEMIA Boutique Hotels, Utum-Invest LLC, Rosvodokanal Management Company LLC, Relines Group LLC, LenOblAIZhK JSC, Samara Utility Systems LLC, ABZ-1 Group, TALAN Management Company LLC, Garantrestavproekt LLC, ROSIZOL Association, SFERA JSC, New Cloud Technologies LLC, NTS Gradient LLC, Komservice LLC, ProfESCO LLC, CYBERTAPE LLC, Instamart Service LLC, Instamart Technologies LLC, AiRealtor LLC, Hire Now, IEK Holding LLC, Systeme Electric, SOER LLC, EOS Collection Agency, ADV LLC, Prosveshcheniye Publishing House JSC, First Self-Regulatory Organization of Bookmakers Union, Domain LLC, Civil Compensation Agency, Regional Offices of Russian Lawyers Association (Tatarstan, Nizhny Novgorod), Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Tatarstan, Galchonok and BELA Butterfly Children Charitable Foundations, StandUp Innovations LLC, Frontmed Foundation, Gazprom Social Initiatives Foundation, Polyus Charity Foundation, Nochlezhka NGO, ANO “World Without Borders”, Greenpeace (Russian branch), Eurasian Dialogue NGO, UN FAO, Industry Union for Social Nutrition Development, Russian Environmental Operator, German Economic Delegation in Central Asia, Microfinance Ombudsman Office (Kazakhstan), NAFI Analytical Center, ANO “Dialogue”, TASS, ANO “Century of Enlightenment”, Federal Fund for Social and Economic Support of National Cinema, National Association of Healthcare Managers, Captains Educational Support Foundation, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, UNICEF, Eurasian Economic Commission, and others.
If you are interested in a customized/corporate training program, please, contact us by email grandlobbying@b-c-g.ru or fill in the form on the website.
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