Maria Sigova has been appointed as the new rector of the Moscow Higher School of Social and Economic Sciences (MVSHSEN, Shaninki). On this subject reported in the university telegram channel.
“Maria Sigova is a specialist in the field of economic and financial security, educational technologies and new financial technologies. Rector of the International Banking Institute, doctor of economics, professor, author of more than 100 scientific and educational books,” the message reads.
The decision to appoint Sigova on March 7 was made by a meeting of the university’s founders. According to Shaninka, the appointment “is driven by the need to strengthen the management team and determine a sustainable development strategy for the university in the years to come”.
“For the former rector, Sergei Eduardovich Zuev, it is difficult to fully perform his duties due to the ongoing trial. Sergei Zuev will remain the scientific director of MHSES and will participate in the discussion on the future movement strategy of the university” , Shaninka said in a statement.
At the same time, “after the stabilization of the position” of the university, “mainly in the financial sector”, it is planned to organize elections for a new rector on an alternative basis, underlines the university.
In the fall of 2021, Zuev and former Deputy Minister of Education Marina Rakova were arrested. They were charged with large-scale fraud as part of an organized group (part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, in 2019, Rakova, who held of deputy minister, obtained the allocation of funds for activities within the framework of the project of the teacher of the year by the autonomous institution of the Federal state “Fund for the development of new forms of education”. The fund enticed Shaninka to work as a contractor, but the money was stolen, the prosecution alleges. In August 2022, Zuev was transferred from the SIZO to house arrest. The investigation revealed that he had pleaded guilty, paid full compensation and testified against accomplices, who were not previously known. Later, Zuev’s house arrest was replaced by a ban on certain actions. Rakova was also released from the remand center.
