Plekhanov Russian Economic University

PRUE is also a member of the European University Association (suspended in 2022 due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine), and the European Foundation for Management Development. The Plekhanov Russian University of Economics changed its name more than once: Moscow Commercial Institute (1907–1919); Karl Marx Moscow Institute of the National Economy (1919–1924); Plekhanov Moscow Institute of the National Economy (1924–1991); Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics (1992–2010); Plekhanov Russian University of Economics (2010 to present). Plekhanov University acquired the Russian State University of Trade and Economics and the Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics, and Informatics.

The Moscow Commercial Institute was founded in 1907 on private donations of merchants, bankers and manufacturers, gathered at the initiative of Moscow merchant Alexei Vishnyakov. It was essentially the first institute in Russia offering higher business education in line with the then rapidly developing branches of Russian industry. Prior to the revolution of 1917, about 2,000 specialists were graduated from the institute. In 1924, it was renamed after Marxist revolutionary Georgi Plekhanov. In the 1960s, the institute was merged with the Moscow Governmental Economic Institute. After 1991, the institute obtained its current name. Recent years were marked with rising international cooperation, such as the foundation of the Africa Business House. Presently, the university deals with more than 80 partners in 52 countries. Among its graduates, there are many prominent politicians and businessmen, such as Soviet statesman Mikhail Suslov, liberal democrat Grigory Yavlinsky, and faculty member Ruslan Khasbulatov, former chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR and later Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation (1991–1993).

The university offers 4-year undergraduate (bachelor), 2-year graduate (master) and postgraduate (Ph.D.) courses in some academic fields as well as many non-degree courses. Some courses are available in English, but the majority of them are taught in Russian. A course may be completed at one of the university's schools:

According to a ranking of Russian universities, based on the average score of the Unified State Exam, Plekhanov University is among the top 30 institutions overall, and among the top 10 specializing in social sciences. Plekhanov University collaborated with universities from all over the world. Currently, Plekhanov University is working on attaining EQUIS accreditation.

P.R.U.E.(Plekhanov Russian University of Economics) has its own bilingual TV channel, Plekhanov TV, as well as Plekhanovets newspaper and Plekhanov Studio magazine. Some faculties release their own newspapers, e.g. FinFAQ magazine by Faculty of Finance.

The university occupies eight buildings on one campus in the south of Moscow.

University alumni are employed in different spheres of Russian and world economy and politics. Its notable graduates include: Kseniya Alexandrova, Miss Universe Russia 2017 Abul Barkat, economist, former chairman of state-owned Janata Bank and former chairperson of Department of Economics, University of Dhaka Olga Dergunova, deputy chairman of VTB Bank, former head of the Federal Agency for State Property Management, former president of Microsoft in Russia and the CIS Oleg Deripaska, billionaire, president of United Company RUSAL, founder of the Volnoe Delo Foundation Tatyana Golikova, head of the Account Chamber of Russia, former Minister of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation Vladimir Kvint, head of the Department of Economic and Financial Strategy, Lomonosov Moscow State University Andrey Melnichenko, billionaire, chairman of Siberian Coal Energy Company, non-executive director of EuroChem Arkadiy Novikov, the first Russian known entrepreneur restaurateur Khabib Nurmagomedov, current student; retired from MMA in 2020 as UFC lightweight champion Sergey Vilensky, Russian entrepreneur, head of the transport holding Resurs Group Grigory Yavlinsky, Russian economist and politician, founder of the political party Yabloko Mikhail Zadornov, president and chairman of VTB24 Bank, chairman of VTB Insurance, former Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Valery Zubov, Senior MP in the State Duma