Moscow Open 2011

Dear friends!

We are happy to invite you to Moscow Open 2011 parliamentary debating tournament.

Moscow Open will offer you fantastic debates, challenging and interesting motions, cool socials, lots of new friends and loads of positive emotions.

The tournament will take place in MGIMO University on 26-27 November 2011. There will be 5 preliminary rounds with 6-minutes speeches breaking to semi-finals.

The Chief Adjudicator is James Dixon, WUDC semi-finalist, Cambridge IV finalist.

There is no participation fee for teams not from Moscow. And we provide visa support, which means that we can help debaters from Europe get Russian visa for free.

The registration is already open. If you have any questions about the tournament, you can contact the convener, Svetlana Kosterina, at the following e-mail: moscow.open2011@gmail.com
Visit http://mgimodc.ru/mo2011/ to learn more and to register for Moscow Open 2011!"

 

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Regards,

Svetlana Kosterina

Moscow Open 2011 Convener

HSE Open III

Dear members of the international debate community,
You are more than welcome to participate at HSE Open III and spend several unforgettable days in Moscow discrediting (or may be bolstering?) all possible myths about

About the tournament
Dates: April 9-10, 2011. Registration is now open.

Team cap: 40 teams

Venue: Higher School of Economics, Moscow

Format: BP (WUDC Style), 6 minutes speeches, 5 preliminary rounds, motions announced 15 before the round.

Language: English

CA: Anne Valkering (conveniour of EUDC 2010 in Amsterdam, ESL World Champion Bangkok Worlds 2008)

DCAs: Eugene Akulich (WUDC ESL finalist), Robert Ustyan (EUDC semi-finalist)

Main sponsor: Procter&Gamble

You are more than welcome to participate at HSE Open III and spend several unforgettable days in Moscow discrediting (or may be bolstering?) all possible myths about Russia.

This year (as well as in previous) we expect to host up to 40 teams from Russia, CIS and beyond. We don't limit the number of the teams from one university, debating society or country. However, we encourage N-1 rule for adjudication

There will be five preliminary rounds, semifinal and final. Motions will be provided 15 minutes before debates.

Fees
The registration fee for the tournament is … absent for participants from other countries- we make it free for you! Observers will be required pay a fee of 20 €.

But we provide you with breakfast, lunch from Saturday to Sunday, free accommodation in university or crash with some Russian debaters (depends on time you will register)

Travel Information
Teams and judges are expected to arrive on Friday evening (8th April) or Saturday morning(9th April) morning and stay until after the Final debate on Sunday (10th April).

For those who will come on Friday we will organize tour across Moscow with our experience guides to give you possibility to check stereotypes about Russia by yourself;)

For non-russian citizens you need visa to come to Russia – for those who will restrate before 1 March we will provide invitation from our university which can help you easy get Russian visa– but you still must to have it to come to Russia and sometimes it gets a lot of time so be sure you do it in advance.

You can find more about visa here: http://www.visatorussia.com/russianvisa.nsf/index.htmlOpenForm&AF=7265F... 


Contact us
If you have any questions, please, feel free to contact us: e-mail: hsedebatesclub@gmail.com More information - http://hsedebates.ru/hseopen

If you have friends that would be interested in this tournament, please forward them this reference.

See you soon in Moscow,
HSE debating union

Russian BP Debate Championship – Save the Date!

From http://www.idebate.org/:

IDEA will be organizing British Parliamentary Debate Championship in Russian on the shores of the beautiful Issyk-Kul Lake in Kyrgyzstan between 17-20 September 2011. The Championship is open to Russian speaking teams and individuals from all over the world – with participants being university students.



The Championship will also feature workshops for debaters and judges and plenty of opportunities for social interaction and fun.


Details concerning the venue, logistics, tournament, workshops as well as registration and financial aid will be available at www.idebate.org shortly.


IDEA организовывает Всемирный Чемпионат по Британским Парламентским Дебатам на русском языке, который будет проходить с 17 по 20 сентября 2011 года в Кыргызской Республике на берегу прекрасного Иссык-Куля. Чемпионат открыт для студентов всего мира, дебатирующих на русском языке.


Чемпионат включает в свою программу семинары для дебатеров, для судей, множество возможностей для социального взаимодействия, и веселое времяпровождение в кругу единомышленников - дебатеров!


Более подробная информация о турнире, месте проведения, логистике, семинарах, а также о регистрации и финансовой поддержке доступна на сайте www.idebate.org

Moscow Open 2010

7th international debating tournament Moscow Open 2010 took place on 4-5 December 2010 at MGIMO (Moscow Institute of International Relations).


The winners are "Kool-Aid" (Kiev, Ukraine) - Natalya Kulikovskaya and Kateryna Yablochkova

Best speaker was Linas Vastakas.


Moscow Open 2010 motions
R1 - THW make bosses criminally liable for the corruption of their subordinates
R2 - THW introduce quotas limiting migrtion to overpopulated areas
R3 - TH regrets the existence of WikiLeaks
R4 - THW require paid parental leave to be shared equally between both parents
R5 - THW ban the advertising of non-FMCG using human images
Semi - THBT China should bring about regime change in North Korea
Final - THW ban all alcohol without exceptions in Russia

Moscow Open 2009

Dear friends!
We are happy to invite you to the Moscow Open 2009 parliamentary debates tournament.

We offer you fantastic debates, challenging and interesting motions, cool socials, a lot of new friends and loads of positive emotions.

Dates: November 28-29, 2009

Venue: MGIMO University, Moscow

Format: BP (WUDC Style), 6 minutes speeches, 5 preliminary rounds, motions announced 15 before the round.

You can find all necessary information and register for the tournament at the web-site: www.mgimodc.ru/mo2009
E-mail: moscowopen09@gmail.com

Financials: no participation fee for international teams and judges.

Socials: crazy party on Saturday with limited free alcohol and meals.

Accomodation: at participants' expense (appr. 20 USD per night) or crash (on first come-first served basis).

VISA SUPPORT: We were told that the most terrifying thing about coming to Russia is getting visa. Don't worry! MGIMO University is supervised by the Ministry of International Relations of Russia and we promise suport on all stages of application and FREE visa to those who apply for the tournament at least 3 weeks before the tournament and comply with all conditions.

See you all in November!
Moscow Open 2009 Org Comm

Moscow Open 2008

We are happy to invite you to Moscow Open 2008 - an event that is already a tradition.

The tournament will take place on November 29-30, 2008. This time we extend the warmest invitation to come to our regular debating championship to any team willing to spend several days in Moscow with the friendliest people you’ve ever met, to have a lot of fun playing snowball debate and, of course, to explore one of the greatest cities in the world.

This year we expect to host up to 40 teams from Russia, CIS and beyond. We don't set any caps on the number of the teams from one university, debating society or country. However, we would encourage N-1 rule for adjudication. Although we expect to have an excellent adjudication squad (a WUDC winner and some experienced debaters who have breaking at WUDC record), we would not like to find ourselves in a position of monopoly in judging.

The tournament will be held in English and it will be in the British parliamentary format (WUDC style).

Venue of the championship is MGIMO University (mgimo.ru). It has really nice facilities both for debating rounds and for rest in between them. Meals will be available at MGIMO various cafes and canteens (at your own expense). We will also organize free coffee-breaks. For our guests we will organize accommodation either in one of the nearby hotels or student hostels and dorms of other universities.

So what we want to say is that the only necessary precondition to come to MGIMO in November is your desire to do that!

Have you any question, visit our web-site http://mgimodc.ru/mo2008 or feel free to contact us mgimodc@hotmail.com

MSAL Open 2008 results

Moscow State Academy of Law (MSAL) hosted their 5th Open on 26-27 April 2008. This AP format tournament was won by a composite team of Eugene Akulich (MGIMO) and David Powell (Oxford). MSAL Open is run in Russian language, and David was the first ever RSL-speaker (Russian as Second Language) to compete. Speakers from ex-USSR don’t count as RSL:)

20 teams from more than 10 cities of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus participated in the Open. Eugene Akulich also became the best speaker on the tab. Best judge (according to feedbacks) was Maxim Shmakotin (Novosibirsk, Russia).

The motions were (translated from Russian and some are Russia-specific):

• Round 1. THBT the US should lift the economic sanctions against Cuba
• Round 2. THW give equal rights to the football legionnaires in the EU
• Round 3. THW grant the barristers the right to deny execution of a commission at any stage of criminal process
• Round 4. THBT international community should fight with visa regime usage as an instrument of external politics
• Round 5. THBT state bears liability for breakage when its actions lead to an economic crisis
• ¼ final. THW demonopolize the railway market
• ½ final. THW allow default judgment on criminal cases
• Final. THW boycott Beijing Olympics.

VAVT Open results

MGIMO (Nikolay Baslyk & Dmitriy Chernobrov) won the BP format VAVT Open hosted by the Russian Academy for Foreign Trade.

Yulia Tell was the best speaker on tab.

VAVT Open 2008

Dear Friends,

On behalf of the Russian Academy for Foreign Trade, I would like to invite you to our first ever Open debate tournament. It will be take place on the 5th-6th of April 2008 in the Russian Academy of Foreign Trade, Moscow, Russia.

The Tournament:

Team cap is 16 teams with the university cap of 3 teams. N-1 rule applies.

Registration is opened from 2 to 23 March 2008.

Debates will be held in WUDC style.

Adjudication:

Our CA will Eugene Akulich, World ESL Finalist at MMU Worlds 2005.

Registration Fee:

10 euro per debater and 5 euro per adjudicator.

Contacts:

Please contact Convenor Nick Olshansky or Deputy Convenor Anton Zharinov at debatyvavt@yandex.ru.

Nick Olshansky

Convenor

President of VAVT Debating Society

mobile +79265571743

Russian Academy of Foreign Trade

4a Pudovkina Str, Moscow, Russia

Moscow Open

MGIMO (Moscow State University of International Relations) Debate Club will be hosting it's British Parli Debate Championship on November 5th - 7th

All information can be found at http://mo2005.atspace.com

Russian Report to 2002 Worlds Council

At the 2002 Worlds Council countries were invited to submit a report to the council to let other nations know about debating in their country.  It was not compulsory but a number of nations gave reports.

Russian Report to 2002 Worlds Council

System of higher education: Universities & institutes. Everyone, upon graduating from the 11th grade can apply and try to pass the entrance exams. The average age of the university students is 17 - 22 yrs.

Debating clubs aren't attached to the universities so closely, as in the other countries, 'cause the debates weren't developed so intensively yet. The exception is Moscow, where a lot of universities possess their own debating clubs. The most developed ones are attached to the Private Universities where they have the financial support as well. Among Moscow debating clubs are Moscow State University Club, the Higher School for Economics, etc. In St-Petersburg we do have 2 clubs, one of which - St-Petersburg club has its sections in 4 Universities of the city, incl. 2 most significant (St-Petersburg State University and St-Petersburg Pedagogical State Univ.) and 2 private ones.

Debates in Russia are developed in other cities of Russia such as Nijni Novgorod, Samara, Pskov, Novgorod, Tula, Novosibirsk, Toliatti, Ryazan, Cheliabinsk, Taganrog, Cheboksary, Tambov, Iaroslavl, Volgograd and others.

Most debaters started their debating experience since school years when they were Karl Popper debaters. Karl Popper program is well-developed here and was mostly supported with OSI funds. Only in St-Petersburg more than 50 schools have their local debating clubs.

The most significant Parli-events are held in: Moscow - annual Moscow Open Winter Games - in February (Moscow State University), Moscow Open Games - December (Higher School for Economics), St-Petersburg City Tournament - May (St-Petersburg Club); Ryazan Open Games, Pskov Open Games. etc.

Alina Shcherbinina

Co-ordinator of International Relations

St-Petersburg Parliamentary Debates club