The Ministry of Education and Science initiated an inspection at RUDN University because of a stand with Ukrainian flags

The Ministry of Education and Science has begun an internal audit at the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (PFUR). This happened after the university placed a stand with the flags of Ukraine next to congratulations on the Defender of the Fatherland Day.

“Following the results of this incident, by the decision of the Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Nikolayevich Falkov, an internal check was appointed, according to its results, the perpetrators will be punished,” said Deputy Head of the Ministry of Education and Science Konstantin Mogilevsky TASS.

The day before, photos of Ukrainian flags appeared on Telegram channels, which were hung opposite congratulations on the Defender of the Fatherland Day. Later in the RUDN Student Council explainedthat the flags were hung out as part of the traditional exhibition of compatriotic organizations of the university. They added that the university also has communities of Georgia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Cyprus, Greece.

Olesya Pavlenko