Russian President Vladimir Putin has reappointed Viktor Sadovnichiy as the rector of Lomonosov Moscow State University. The rector will remain in office until 2019.
The rector of the St. Petersburg State University, Nikolai Kropachyov, has also been reappointed as the head of the university by President Putin.
Sadovnichiy has been serving as the rector of the University of Moscow since 1992. Kropachyov was appointed as the head of the University of St. Petersburg in 2008.
