PoliticsRussian academics who signed anti-war letter four years ago are questioned again as universities refuse to renew contracts
The FSB and university and research-institute administrators are pressuring scholars who signed a 2022 anti-war letter and employees listed in a leaked Smart Voting database, according to T-invariant. Workers across Russia describe questioning and non-renewed contracts. At St. Petersburg State University, former employees say a blacklist labels staff politically unreliable, while some contracts were reportedly denied for that reason.
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Russian academics who signed anti-war letter four years ago are questioned again as universities refuse to renew contracts