Ex-rector of St. Petersburg Agrarian University gets 5 years for $450k embezzlementThe former rector of the St. Petersburg Agrarian University Victor Yefimov on Monday was found guilty of embezzling of 28.6 million rubles (over $450,000) and sentenced to 5 years in a penal colony.17:00 23.12.2019
Over 15,000 health law violations revealed in educational institutions’ cateringRussia’s consumer rights agency Rospotrebnadzor during checks conducted this year revealed over 15,000 violations of health legislation in relation to catering services in educational institutions.13:57 21.11.2019
Security firm CEO charged in Amur college shooting caseCharges were brought against a CEO of Sirius-A, a private firm responsible for security arrangements in the Amur Region’s college, where a student had shot at his groupmates.12:59 15.11.2019
Graduates of Swiss Academy for International Law to defend rights of RussiansThe 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.17:39 20.08.2019
Russian children’s ombudsman backs initiative on cell phone use restriction at schoolsRussia’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.17:30 19.08.2019
Council of Europe welcomes Russian ombudsman’s idea of human rights school lessonsThe Council of Europe has favoured a proposal by Russia’s ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova to give human rights lessons at schools, according to the international CoE Communications Director Daniel Holtgen.11:43 25.07.2019
Ex-rector of St. Petersburg Agrarian University to stand embezzlement trialInvestigation 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.14:47 15.07.2019
Russian antimonopoly watchdog calls Google law violator over graduation papers writing adsThe Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has held that Google had violated law by placement of contextual advertisement of writing graduation papers.13:43 26.06.2019
Bill on education requirements for would-be prosecutors reaches State DumaA bill specifying education attainment requirements for prosecutors’ office candidates has been submitted to Russia’s State Duma.17:22 22.05.2019
Ex-school principal fined $750 for extortions in educational institutionA 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.15:59 14.02.2019
Prosecutor demands suspended sentence for ex-school principal accused of extortionA 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.16:33 11.02.2019
Probe opened after Moscow student’s threats to cut himself in school buildingA 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.15:47 06.12.2018
Bill clarifying specifics of deferment from military service reaches State DumaA 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.11:59 19.09.2018
Ex-principal of Russian school acquitted in extortion caseA 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.11:28 10.08.2018
Moscow State University deputy dean suspected of $643k embezzlementDeputy dean of the Moscow State University’s law faculty Vladimir Stepanov-Yegiyants is suspected of embezzling about 40 million rubles (about $643,000).17:46 10.07.2018
Anti-corruption lessons planned for Russian schools, universitiesMembers of the Russian Government’s Expert Council have suggested to implement anti-corruption lessons for schools and universities.11:01 01.09.2015
Criminal case opened against alleged impostor test takerThe 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.17:45 11.06.2015
State Duma to consider weekly national anthem performance in schoolsA 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.14:05 11.06.2015
Bill on foreign transfer students submitted to Russian parliamentA 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.17:58 10.04.2015
Russian Supreme Court upholds ban on hijabs and miniskirts at Mordovian schoolsOn Wednesday, the Supreme Court of Russia upheld the ban on hijabs at Mordovian schools.15:00 11.02.2015