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Russian Students Sue After University Expels Them For Joining Protests
February 11, 2021 17:46 GMT
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It was with pain in my heart, rector Konstantin Markelov said on January 29, that he announced the expulsion of three Astrakhan State University students for attending opposition protests.
But the law is the law, he said in an
open letter posted to social media. Think a hundred times when they urge you to join unsanctioned demonstrations.
The university in southern Russia prompted an uproar with its decision, a case still rare in Russia despite an increasingly harsh crackdown on dissent following nationwide rallies in support of jailed opposition politician Aleksei Navalny on January 23.