INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
No sacrifice is justifiable
Fatherland Day, a widely observed Soviet-era holiday dedicated to soldiers.When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, many
students and professors across the country voiced their opposition
of unprecedented pressure on the student community and the administration's attempts to fully control it, we wish HSE students to preserve
outlet, in a recent post.With nearly 15,000 subscribers on Telegram, Inside HSE is the most popular independent source of information at the
It covers issues such as student repression and the growing militarization of HSE.According to Inside HSE, the university administration has
Many anti-war faculty members were dismissed in the early months of the invasion, officially under the pretext of a full return to in-person
on Myasnitskaya Ulitsa in Moscow.Ekaterina Kuzmina / RBC / TASSInitially, the academic community at HSE could rely on support from the
Student Council and the Student Rights Commissioner
On the first day of the war, when dozens of students were detained at anti-war protests across Russia, the council and commissioner provided
but in late February 2022, HSE Rector Nikita Anisimov even listened to the Student Council and excused all absences from February 24 to 26
started operating in August 2022, quickly caught the attention of university administrators, who sought to identify its authors and bring it
most liberal and independent universities
resistance is not limited to Moscow
At Kazan Federal University (KFU) in the republic of Tatarstan, a student activist group called Probel gained attention in October 2024,
leadership.Pro-government Telegram channels, university administrators and security officials pressured those involved in the protest,
We are just goddamn students who want to stay in the city and our dorms
We don't discuss global or serious politics
indoctrination should be the creation of independent local associations that fight for the rights of academic workers and students
Our response to repression should be solidarity with those who were not afraid to openly express their opinions and fight for collective
against sexual harassment and violence.Another initiative, the Laboratory of University Transparency, or Lupa, focuses on uncovering
highlighting a pervasive issue in Russian academia
Another investigation documented 89 politically motivated expulsions across 32 universities.One journalist who trained at Lupa told The
Moscow Times that the organization helped her improve her skills, teaching her how to analyze government procurement records and identify
every major university in Russia published an anti-war open letter at the beginning of the war, but expressions of anti-war sentiment were
their universities, Spirin said
He declined to name specific initiatives to protect them from unwanted government attention.Groza has about 11,000 subscribers on its main
Telegram channel and nearly the same number combined across its regional channels in Kazan, Novosibirsk and Yekaterinburg.Authorities
