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karpitskyBureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2014
Russia
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ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND CULTURAL EVENTS
There were indications that the government took new steps to restrict academic and cultural freedom.
There were multiple cases of authorities opening criminal investigations against university professors whose writings criticized government policy, and in some cases firing them. For example, on October 1, religion professor Nikolay Karpitskiy from Yugra State University, in Khanty-Mansiysk, was informed that university management had reversed its earlier decision to extend his employment contract. While the university gave no formal notice of the reason for his dismissal, Karpitskiy told local media that his firing probably resulted from his participation in an academic conference on religious issues in Ukraine, since the administration had warned him that his participation in the conference would endanger his position at the university.
URL: https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2014/eur/236570.htm
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2014
Russia
...
ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND CULTURAL EVENTS
There were indications that the government took new steps to restrict academic and cultural freedom.
There were multiple cases of authorities opening criminal investigations against university professors whose writings criticized government policy, and in some cases firing them. For example, on October 1, religion professor Nikolay Karpitskiy from Yugra State University, in Khanty-Mansiysk, was informed that university management had reversed its earlier decision to extend his employment contract. While the university gave no formal notice of the reason for his dismissal, Karpitskiy told local media that his firing probably resulted from his participation in an academic conference on religious issues in Ukraine, since the administration had warned him that his participation in the conference would endanger his position at the university.
URL: https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2014/eur/236570.htm
