In 2020 the world has faced the pandemic situation with COVID-19 that caused a vast amount of challenges for many spheres of human life including the system of higher education. Students and faculty members of higher educational institutions were forced to critically change their learning style using distant technologies, Zoom and Moodle platforms which was not always perceived positively. Nevertheless, the existing situation of restrictions revealed larger opportunities for an increase in English learning and education through English. One of the most popular directions is English as a medium of instruction (EMI). The international character and popularity of English are undisputable, that’s why it is widely used to teach specific subjects in non-native English-speaking countries. Institutions of higher education all over the world start offering educational programs in English for disciplines in different training directions whether it is management or agriculture. The article aims at focusing on implementing EMI in two institutions of higher education in the Siberian Federal District where faculty members teach in English within modern European internationalization trend of offering courses and Master degree programs in English. The authors make an attempt to reveal advantages and disadvantages of EMI implementation and introduction. Based on the works and experiments of foreign scientists and having some experience in using English as a medium of instruction, the authors draw the conclusion that the EMI implementation in its pure form has certain imperfections. Consequently, the authors suggest the set of measures to make this process more effective: first, to search for opportunities for the foreign language additional study by students in the Bachelor’s degree, via elective courses, or Language Learning Business Centers; secondly, to use the so-called CLIL-ised EMI; thirdly, to provide faculty members with English-training courses and ensure the access to the resources for the development of methodological materials.

The purpose of the article is to analyze modern environmental situation in Krasnoyarsk. Industrialization, which started during the war, didn’t take into consideration ecological question. Krasnoyarsk Aluminum Smelter and the Krasnoyarsk Hydroelectric Power Station negatively affected the city ecology. Besides, the increasing number of transport also produces environmental discharge in great amount. According to the research of total index of atmospheric layer air pollution five top priority pollutants are at their critical level. Benzapyrene, formaldehyde, suspended substance, nitrogen dioxide and hydrogen nitride mainly influence city air. Urgent measures must be taken to solve Krasnoyarsk environmental problems. The industries have to recycle and dispose hazardous waste, bituminous coal plants should be converted to gas, motor transport should be transferred to environmentally friendly fuel, and a green belt round Krasnoyarsk should be created. A document of intentions to improve the ecological situation in Krasnoyarsk has already been adopted, and the process of fulfilling it has already started. Otherwise, if situation isn’t changed, life-threatening consequences are inevitable.

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To estimate the significance of the influence of external factors on the course of a chemical reaction, experimental design methods can be used. This article discusses the possibility of applying first-order plans for this task. A linear model and a first-order plan were constructed and the significance of factors for a specific task was evaluated.

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