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In February, the Russian State Duma will—on second reading—consider amendments to the Law on...

The policy of protectiveness is killing the goal of making the list of the ten countries with the...

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Instruments of memory politics increasingly resemble instruments of official ideological control...

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The Attorney’s Office suggests that universities search for dissidents among their faculty and...

Under the impact of the pandemic, governments intend to increase the share of useful research. We...

With the passage of constitutional amendments in Russia, limitations on historical research have...

A new Free University, organized by professors who resigned or were dismissed from the Higher...

A new study on rectors appointed over the past several years has been published. Katerina Guba...

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Project 5-100 gave universities a chance not only to rise in international rankings, but also to...

Russian and Ukrainian archaeologists have fallen victim to the 2014 annexation of Crimea. Dmitry...

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The space for self-governance in Russian universities is shrinking. The country’s premier higher...