Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will order the government to sending Russian students to the world's top universities.
"This program will help to boost our relations with the international science, international educational and innovative community," Medvedev said Friday at the St. Petersburg International Economic forum.
Medvedev has made modernizing Russia's economy his top priority and has said more than once that raising the level of national education system and training qualified specialists was one of the most important tasks.
MOSCOW, June 18 (RIA Novosti)