Ministry of Education explained the call to limit students to communicate with foreigners – RBC

The Rector of Saratov State University (SGU) Alex Chumachenko forbade university students to communicate with foreigners. This TASS was told in the press service of the Ministry of Education.

«According to the information received from the university administration, the SSU conducts extensive international operations, and the speech of any of its decommissioning, as well as about any prohibition of communication students with foreigners was never conducted. The said letter contained recommendations on only one specific activities “, – the press-service, without specifying what kind of event in question

The department also said that the unacceptable actions” aimed at isolating the high school. from international contacts. ” The Ministry of Education stressed that an active international activity of Russian universities only improves the competitiveness and attractiveness of the Russian higher education abroad.

On the eve of the agency “version-Saratov” reported that the SSU Rector sent out an appeal to the heads of educational structural units of the university asking limit contact of students with foreign citizens.

The document at the disposal of the agency, said that at the end of June in Krakow, Poland will host the World youth day. According to him, “said event can be used to create a position of influence and spread of pro-Western values, as well as replication of anti-Russian assessments of youth.” It adds the agency, the students participated in the event, according to the rector of the evaluation, it was not desirable.

The Rector also notes that in April, the students were able to meet with a federal judge Western Oklahoma USA State County Stephen Frayotom and an employee of the US Embassy in Moscow, who came to Saratov. According to Chumachenko, the upcoming visit to Poland “can be used to establish contacts and involvement in its orbit of influence of prospective teachers and graduates of legal specialties.” Press Service of the University of previously confirmed the authenticity of the letter.

President’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov, answering journalists’ questions about the situation, admitted that he did not believe in the recommendation to students of SSU limit contact with foreigners.

«I think perhaps it is some or erroneous information, or taken out of context, or something else, because, of course, is hardly possible”, – Peskov said.