The Head of the St. Petersburg University of the State Fire Service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia, Lieutenant General Bogdan Vasiljevic Gavkaljuk and his associates presented a medal to the Niš City Mayor Dragana Sotirovski as an honorary student of their Center for responding in emergency situation on the occasion of marking the 115^th anniversary of their university. Mayor Sotirovski completed the training for responding in emergency situations at the St. Petersburg University of the State Fire Service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in 2019. Niš City Mayor and her associates talked with a high delegation about their operational center, as well as about improving cooperation in emergency response, which would be expanded to technical and scientific cooperation. The conversation with the guests from Russia on the improvement of cooperation was attended by the Member of Niš City Council Nenad Stanković, the Assistant Mayor for international cooperation Jovana Mitić, as well as the representatives of the Serbian-Russian humanitarian center in Niš.