In Kazan, a lecture was held by the head of the International Section of the IOPS, Mikhail Yakushev, on the history of Russian pilgrimage to Jerusalemtranslated

At the invitation of the Honorary Member of the IOPS, Metropolitan Kirill of Kazan and Tatarstan, Kazan was visited by Advisor to the Historical and Documentary Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Head of the International Section of the IOPS, Senior Researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Candidate of Historical Sciences Mikhail Yakushev.