I have added two GBIF related data courses to my Teaching page, even though I am mainly involved through coordination. I will be more directly involved in the Moscow workshop than in the one at lake Baikal, but most of the teaching will done by the colleagues. The messages from the applicants are very encouraging and I am looking forward to see how these events will change the biodiversity data landscape in Russia and neighbouring countries. I have recently joined the GBIF webinar to give the update on the data progress in the former Soviet Union space, here you can see slides and recording, my part starts at from slide 38 / at 57′:00”, there are important GBIF updates from other presenters before and after my part.