A graduate of the two-year master’s degree study programme Russian Studies (study programme named after Boris Nemtsov) is able to independently analyze changes in Russian society, foreign policy, economy, journalism, media scene and political and constitutional system from 1991 to the present in an international context, he/she is equipped with the competence of critical work with information sources, he/she orients in the latest professional literature and methodological approaches, he/she is ready to continue his/her postgraduate studies in foreign language (Russian, English) doctoral study programmes focused on the study of Russia and Eastern Europe.