The Cabinet of Ministers of Russia approved an increase in the number of budget places in the magistracy

This was reported on the website of the Cabinet.

The bill provides for the introduction of additional control figures for admission to master's studies at the expense of funds from the federal budget.

The Ministry of Education and Science of Russia is recommended to distribute them among educational organizations without holding a competition.

Earlier, the Minister of Science and Higher Education of Russia, Valery Falkov, said that an additional 30,000 state-funded places would be allocated in Russian universities for graduate students.