RUDN returns the name of Patrice Lumumba

RUDN returns the name of Patrice Lumumba

The Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN) again has the name of Patrice Lumumba, the first Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who has become a symbol of the African peoples’ struggle for independence. This was announced on Thursday by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

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The new name will be officially used after the amendments to the Charter are registered and entered in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities.

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