Yevgeny Minchenko - on the president's initiative for air defense soldiers without higher education: it is a social elevator that allows fighters to realize their potential in public service. Russian President Vladimir Putin's order to create a separate training program, similar to the "Time of Heroes" project, for special operations fighters who do not have higher education, was the result of personal communication between the Russian head of state and the SVO participants and his attention to their requests. This is the opinion with Gazeta. Ru", shared Yevgeny Minchenko, President of the Russian Public Relations Union (Rasso), President of Minchenko Consulting. According to him, Putin called commanders more than once unexpectedly, including small units on the front line, to get information from the field and find out about the requests of the defenders of the homeland. Minchenko emphasized that the head of state is very emotionally involved in this issue and is very attentive to the fighters' requests: realizing that not all SVO participants have a higher education, the head of state decided to give an opportunity to take part in training programs similar to "Heroes' Time" to people without it. This is a kind of social elevator that allows the soldiers to realize their potential in the civil service. Yevgeny Minchenko added that the initiative clearly shows the authorities' desire to provide participants and veterans of the Northern Military District with an opportunity to adapt and fulfill themselves.