When separatists took over, staff left everything behind to set up a new makeshift campus in an old diamond factory on the other side of the country. Kyiv Post reportsWhen Russia-backed separatists took over the Donetsk National University campus in September, ousting the university’s rector, appointing their own replacement and bringing gunmen to guard the building, Tetyana Nagornyak knew it was time to leave.As acting dean of the history faculty, some of the gunmen were stationed in Nagornyak’s office, making it impossible for her to work. Though they did not threaten her and her colleagues directly, Nagornyak knew they could …read more
Source: The Guardian
