OREANDA-NEWS. March 20, 2012. Within the scope of the All-Russian creative competition "Mission fulfilled. Your calling is finance expert!", gifted schoolchildren can get accepted, without taking entry exams, as students of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation. Traditionally, the official competition sponsor has been the Bank of Moscow.

The final of the competition was the culmination of several stages. Pupils from over 40 Russian regions took part in the competition, 85 of them getting through to the final, including 25 pupils, from Moscow, the Moscow Region, the Kirov Region, Kazan, Murmansk, Novosibirsk and Obninsk, who will go on to study without additional testing.

"This year, the competition celebrated its fifth anniversary, so it may be considered a good tradition for teachers and bankers", said Gennadiy Soldatenkov, First Deputy of the President — Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Moscow. "The youngsters who went through these serious intellectual and creative trials deserve special attention and, for our part, we will monitor their progress. I am proud to say that there are currently several dozen graduates of the Financial University among the Bank of Moscow staff."