WorldGermany denies Russian art student a visa over ‘security threat,’ rights advocates call it a dangerous precedent

Germany’s Embassy in Moscow denied a study visa to a Higher School of Economics design graduate accepted by a German art university. The student rights project Molnia said the embassy cited fears that the knowledge gained could be misused and threaten Germany’s security and interests. Molnia called it a dangerous precedent, noting this was the first such “security threat” designation it had seen applied to an arts graduate without government or military ties.

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