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Tallinn University (TLÜ) will not admit Russian students next academic year, the university's rector Tõnu Viik announced Monday. The bar also applies to Belarusian students, and follows similar decisions from Tartu university and Tallinn University of Technology.
Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) has joined the University of Tartu in not accepting students from the Russian Federation, in the wake of Russian aggression against Ukraine.
Barring entry to students from the Russian Federation and Belarus is a matter of security, and not a punishment, the assistant director of the Internal Security Service (ISS) says. Focus should be placed more on those Ukrainian students and others, who have no alternative but to flee their country following Russia's invasion, he added.
I hope the heads of the University of Tartu will, in the future, have the wisdom to take measures aimed against Vladimir Putin and his cronies, not ordinary Russian and Belarusian youths, Ivar Juhkam writes.
24 Jan in 15:00 Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with students who are celebrating their "professional" holiday on Monday, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, TASS reports. "Yes, the president is planning such an interaction," he said in response to a question whether Putin will meet with university students on St. Tatyana’s Day. In the past, Putin visited various Russian universities to interact with students in an informal setting on this day. On January 25, 2005, not only did he meet with the students of the Moscow State University but also tasted their traditional holiday dr...