As described by one of the original ICEF team members, Oleg Zamkov, ICEF Deputy Director and Academic Head of HSE and University of London Double Degree Programme in Economics, the success of ICEF was in choosing the right moment for the start and finding the right people, both academics and administrators.

It would also be unimaginable without the advice and support from London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), especially Richard Layard, who helped design several key elements of the curriculum for double degree programme, Richard Jackmanand Amos Witztum who made a significant contribution to ICEF idea implementation.

In addition to the already intense studies, ICEF offers students a chance to gain even deeper knowledge of Economics and Finance.

ICEF faculty members tell about ICEF Academia - a special programme aimed at students who excel at their studies and who want to acquire additional skills and knowledge.

What exactly this bear wanted from a hardware store at night is a mystery.

But whatever it is, it will just have to get by without it.

According to the news site One News Page, the burglary attempt was caught on surveillance by Kerry Higgins after a customer reported seeing the bear outside the shop.

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He gave a lecture To the Heart of Decision-Making on rationality and irrationality in economic choices.

HSE English News asked him to share his impressions of living and working in Russia.

Bizarre CCTV footage captures a bear's thwarted burglary attempt - as the creature crashes head first into the window pane of a hardware store.

The clip, which is from Washington, shows the creature running across an empty car park towards the Coulee Hardware store.