Russia’s naked military aggression in Ukraine has been accompanied by an authoritarian domestic campaign, which includes bringing most of the electronic media under effective government control, reimposing Soviet-style controls over contact with foreigners, and most recently limiting academic freedom in Russian universities. Although anti-Americanism has become the centerpiece of Vladimir Putin’s policies, his newest cultural offensive is targeting the European Union and the Head of its Permanent Mission to Russia.
In mid-January the International Department of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science sent out a special letter to the country’s universities, asking to be notified about planned events involving …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
