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Graduates of Swiss Academy for International Law to defend rights of Russians

17:39 20/08/2019 The Swiss Academy for International Law founded on the initiative of the Association of Russian Lawyers and its partner higher education establishments is to train specialists, who will defend the rights of Russian citizens at the international level.

Russian children’s ombudsman backs initiative on cell phone use restriction at schools

17:30 19/08/2019 Russia’s child rights commissioner Anna Kuznetsova on Monday supported an initiative of the Ministry of Education to limit the use of cell phones by minors at schools.

Council of Europe welcomes Russian ombudsman’s idea of human rights school lessons

11:43 25/07/2019 The Council of Europe has favoured a proposal by Russia’s ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova to give human rights lessons at schools, according to the international CoE Communications Director Daniel Holtgen.

Ex-rector of St. Petersburg Agrarian University to stand embezzlement trial

14:47 15/07/2019 Investigation into the former rector of the St. Petersburg Agrarian University Victor Yefimov charged with embezzling of 28.6 million rubles (over $450,000) has been completed.

Russian antimonopoly watchdog calls Google law violator over graduation papers writing ads

13:43 26/06/2019 The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has held that Google had violated law by placement of contextual advertisement of writing graduation papers.

Bill on education requirements for would-be prosecutors reaches State Duma

17:22 22/05/2019 A bill specifying education attainment requirements for prosecutors’ office candidates has been submitted to Russia’s State Duma.

Ex-school principal fined $750 for extortions in educational institution

15:59 14/02/2019 A court in Elista, a city in the southern part of Russia and the capital of the Kalmykia Republic, on Thursday fined ex-school principal Marina Gederim 50,000 rubles ($750) as part of a case over abuse of office by extortion.

Prosecutor demands suspended sentence for ex-school principal accused of extortion

16:33 11/02/2019 A prosecutor has asked a court in Elista, a city in the southern part of Russia and the capital of the Kalmykia Republic, to pass a 2-year suspended sentence and a 1-year probation on ex-school principal Marina Gederim charged with abuse of authority by extortion.

Probe opened after Moscow student’s threats to cut himself in school building

15:47 06/12/2018 A criminal case was opened following a morning incident in one of Moscow schools where a student came with a knife and threatened to cut himself.

Bill clarifying specifics of deferment from military service reaches State Duma

11:59 19/09/2018 A bill providing equal opportunities for young men to get deferment from military service in order to receive continuous higher education has been submitted to the State Duma.

Ex-principal of Russian school acquitted in extortion case

11:28 10/08/2018 A court in Russia’s Republic of Kalmykia has acquitted ex-school principal Marina Gederim charged with abuse of office in a case on extortions in a educational institution.

Moscow State University deputy dean suspected of $643k embezzlement

17:46 10/07/2018 Deputy dean of the Moscow State University’s law faculty Vladimir Stepanov-Yegiyants is suspected of embezzling about 40 million rubles (about $643,000).

Anti-corruption lessons planned for Russian schools, universities

11:01 01/09/2015 Members of the Russian Government’s Expert Council have suggested to implement anti-corruption lessons for schools and universities.

Criminal case opened against alleged impostor test taker

17:45 11/06/2015 The Nizhny Novgorod Police have opened a criminal case against a 24-year-old student who allegedly attempted to take the national final exam for an evening school student.

State Duma to consider weekly national anthem performance in schools

14:05 11/06/2015 A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, Maxim Shingarkin, has submitted a bill to the State Duma that would require school ceremonies to include the Russian national anthem at the beginning of each school week.

Bill on foreign transfer students submitted to Russian parliament

17:58 10/04/2015 A bill on admission of transfer students from foreign colleges and universities to Russian ones has been submitted to the lower house of parliament, the State Duma.

Russian Supreme Court upholds ban on hijabs and miniskirts at Mordovian schools

15:00 11/02/2015 On Wednesday, the Supreme Court of Russia upheld the ban on hijabs at Mordovian schools.

Russian public officials to have a higher field-specific education from 2017

10:52 05/02/2015 Public officials will need to meet new education, experience and professional qualification requirements to retain their jobs from January 1, 2017.

Russia's child rights ombudsman vows to prohibit sex education at schools

15:06 01/12/2014 Russia's children's rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov has said there would be no sex education lessons in Russia, no matter what Europe says on this matter, Interfax reports on Monday.

Convicted Nazi sympathizers may be banned from teaching in Russia

14:50 09/10/2014 This Thursday, the State Duma received a draft law that prohibits people convicted for justification of Nazism from teaching, TASS reports. The bill was proposed by Liberal Democratic Party member Alexander Starovoitov.

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