Regional public organisation of marine and river fleet veterans is concerned about the attempt to facilitate implementation of ill-conceived project on merger of Murmansk State Technical University of the Federal Fishery Agency with Murmansk State Arctic University that has been recently given a status of a regional anchor university of the Ministry of Education and Science. In this respect, Yury Michailov, Chairman of the organization, forwarded a petition to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
RF Government approved an Order providing for such a reorganization of the educational institution on 8 April 2017 (Order No 647-р).
The veterans of marine and river fleet believe that the only correct solution in respect of the educational institution of the Federal Fishery Agency is to separate the programmes for training of shipboard personnel from Murmansk State Technical University which is to fall under the Ministry of Education and Science for further joining of that specialization with the system for training of seafarers and safe navigation under the Federal Marine and River Transport Agency.