THE MAIN VECTORS OF EDUCATIONAL COOPERATION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND ECUADOR

The article discusses the main directions of Russian-Ecuadorian cooperation in the field of education. It is concluded that Ecuador is one of the main partners of Russia in the field of educational cooperation with the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. The features of academic mobility as a form of Russian-Ecuadorian cooperation in the field of education, as well as other areas of this cooperation, are considered. For the 2022-2023 academic year, 725 Latin Americans are studying at the RUDN, 272 of them are students from Ecuador compared to the previous period, there was an increase in Ecuadorian students at the university by 8.4%. It was revealed that in the context of the tightening of anti-Russian sanctions, the activity of educational cooperation between Russia and Ecuador did not decrease, and positive dynamics was observed in some areas.