Igor Yermolayev, a student at the Institute of Physics, Mathematics and Natural Sciences at North Caucasus Federal University, who came from Turkmenistan, won the All-Russian ‘Foreign Student of the Year’ Award in the ‘Scientific Breakthrough of the Year’ category. This was reported by the news website Asmannews.

The award ceremony was held at the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia in Moscow. The award, established by the Association of Foreign Students in Russia, was presented to winners in eight categories.