AI Tutor for Russia’s National Exam: Moscow Launches a Digital Study Assistant

Moscow students now have access to a new tool for preparing for the Unified State Exam, known as the EGE. The service, called Repetitor AI (AI Tutor), has been integrated into Moskovskaya elektronnaya shkola (Moscow Electronic School; MESH). According to the Moscow Department of Education and Science, graduating students can now use the built-in AI assistant through the educational platform Yandeks Uchebnik (Yandex Textbook) to prepare for EGE exams in mathematics and computer science.

Entering a New Learning Reality

This is not just another collection of test questions. It functions as a full conversational training simulator built on Yandeks Uchebnik. The Repetitor AI service first launched there in 2025, and the next step was integration with MESH. The AI tutor is designed to break down each exam task step by step.

Students can now access the service directly through the Yandeks Uchebnik banner inside the Dnevnik MESH mobile application and on the school.mos.ru portal. Instead of entering a traditional workbook, students land in what developers describe as an interactive learning sandbox. Tasks in mathematics and computer science are organized by difficulty level: basic and advanced tracks. Students can filter topics, choose types of problems or explore areas they find confusing. The system does more than mark answers correct or incorrect. It starts a dialogue, explains the theory behind the task and walks through the solution step by step. If a student gets stuck, the tutor guides them back and tries again.

All this progress is visualized with color indicators. Green marks topics that are already mastered, while red signals areas where more practice is needed. The service is free to use and requires only a MESH account. Students who want to save statistics and learning history can log in through Yandex ID, although the tutor also works without it.

A Major Moment for Russian EdTech

For the Russian IT sector, the launch of Repetitor AI represents a major milestone. The government education platform did not adopt foreign software but integrated domestic technology developed by Yandex. In practice this means that every student becomes both a user and a tester of AI learning tools, while also becoming accustomed to interacting with intelligent systems in everyday study. The technology requires extremely high data quality. If the neural network makes a mistake in an explanation or breaks the logical chain of reasoning, the consequences for a student during a real exam could be serious.

Before launching the project we conducted research to understand which difficulties students most often encounter when preparing for the Unified State Exam in mathematics. We found that 44 percent of students lack a structured preparation plan and practice with a patient mentor who is always available and supports them at every stage. We incorporated these insights into our platform. Today it includes structured preparation plans, many practice tasks and Repetitor AI, which helps students reach the exam score they are aiming for

Elena Kraevskaya

Head of Yandeks Uchebnik

For now the system is available only to students in Moscow, but similar services are expected to appear in other regions of Russia soon. Another important factor is that the service is free and can partially replace paid private tutoring.

From Digital Textbooks to Neural Networks

MESH, launched in 2016 as a simple digital replacement for paper school diaries, has grown by 2026 into a massive educational platform. It now stores data for millions of students, nearly two million parents and tens of thousands of teachers.

But the most interesting developments began even before the introduction of AI. Demand for digital preparation for the EGE had already been breaking records last year. The exam preparation section of the MESH digital library suddenly became one of the platform’s most popular resources. The number of visits doubled and surpassed one million. Students actively watched video explanations, solved automatically graded tests and studied ready-made lesson scenarios.

At the same time Russia’s EdTech sector had been experimenting with its own adaptive learning systems. Private online schools such as Umskul and Uchi.ru had long been using algorithms that adjust tasks to match the level of each student. However, these solutions were commercial products hidden behind subscription paywalls.

What comes next is easy to imagine. Expansion is the most obvious direction. If artificial intelligence can already help students prepare for mathematics and computer science exams, it will likely support preparation for Russian language, social studies and physics as well. It is largely a matter of time and the priorities of developers.

The Tutor in a New Form

For the first time artificial intelligence has entered the field of final exam preparation. At the moment it functions as a training assistant rather than part of the official assessment process. Yet the direction is clear. In the future the word 'tutor' may shift from describing a profession to describing an application on a smartphone. Convenient? Absolutely. Frightening? Only for those who fear technological progress.

The most important outcome is accessibility. Every graduating student in Moscow now has the chance to receive step-by-step explanations of exam tasks from an AI system regardless of their family’s financial situation. The digital tutor does not get tired and can repeat explanations as many times as needed.