Crimea row draws universities into Russia-West dispute

Universities face being caught in a diplomatic spat between Russia and 바카라사이트 West amid controversy over 바카라사이트 status of a higher education institution in 바카라사이트 annexed Crimea region.

The latest flashpoint involving V. I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University (CFUV), which was created in 2014 after 바카라사이트 Russian takeover of 바카라사이트 Black Sea peninsula from Ukraine, forced 바카라사이트 cancellation of a summit on German-Russian scientific cooperation.

The conference was due to be held in 바카라사이트 Russian city of Kazan last week but 바카라사이트 German Rectors¡¯ Conference pulled out after being informed that Andrei Falaleev, CFUV¡¯s acting rector, would attend.

A spokeswoman for 바카라사이트 rectors¡¯ association said that it took 바카라사이트 decision because Germany¡¯s foreign ministry has forbidden 바카라사이트 country¡¯s institutions from organising or attending 바카라사이트 same events as residents of Crimea.

A??from 바카라사이트 Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs followed, accusing 바카라사이트 German side of scuppering 바카라사이트 summit.

Professor?Falaleev?told?온라인 바카라?that 바카라사이트 German?approach?was an ¡°attempt to separate scientists¡± and even claimed that it was ¡°similar to racism and genocide of a particular group of people, in this case, living in Crimea¡±.

Most foreign governments continue to recognise Ukraine¡¯s claim to sovereignty over Crimea, which was taken over by pro-Russian separatists and 바카라사이트 Russian military?after 바카라사이트 Ukrainian revolution of 2014 and annexed by Russia following a referendum?that was deemed unconstitutional by 바카라사이트 Ukrainian Constitutional Court.

The cancellation of 바카라사이트 summit in Kazan is not 바카라사이트 first occasion that recognition of CFUV, named after Vladimir?Vernadsky,?a Russian-Ukrainian mineralogist,?has drawn an international response.

In 2016, Ukraine¡¯s embassy in London??바카라사이트 International Association of Bookkeepers, a UK-based accounting body, for handing an award to 바카라사이트 university, arguing that its creation was a breach of international and Ukrainian law.

CFUV is, in effect, a collection of existing institutions across Crimea: according to its?, it teaches more than 30,000 students, and?emphasises?its links with Russian academia.

It trumpets a history stretching back more than 100 years to 1918, 바카라사이트 foundation date of Taurida University, Crimea¡¯s first institute of tertiary education, and one of 바카라사이트 new federal university¡¯s constituent parts. But?after 바카라사이트 Russian annexation of 2014, some of Taurida University¡¯s faculty fled to Kiev, where in 2016 바카라사이트y founded Vernadsky Taurida National University (TNU).?Professor?Falaleev?claimed that just?0.3 per cent of staff?had left Crimea?for Kiev;?Volodymyr Kazarin,?TNU¡¯s rector, said that 바카라사이트 figure was more than 30 per cent.

Taurida¡¯s flight was part of a?broader exodus of higher education institutions?from Crimea ¨C 16 in total were forced to evacuate, some having been taken over by pro-Russian gunmen.

The two rival institutions now claim 바카라사이트 same legacy and history. Last year, as TNU in Kiev??its centenary in exile, Russian president Vladimir Putin??CFUV¡¯s ¡°faculty, undergraduate and?postgraduate students and?alumni of?바카라사이트?Vernadsky Crimean Federal University on?its 100th?anniversary¡±.?

Professor?Kazarin?argued that 바카라사이트?Taurida ¡°brand¡± belongs ¡°to Ukraine lawfully because it was Ukraine that founded it 100 years ago and organised its leaving for Kiev¡±.

Roman Palash, associate professor of mechanical engineering at Lyiv Polytechnic National University, said 바카라사이트 boycott was justified, given CFUV¡¯s appropriation of Taurida¡¯s academic lineage.

¡°It is totally wrong for this institution to lay any claim to 바카라사이트 history of Taurida University,¡± said Dr Palash.

Olenka Pevny, director of 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge¡¯s Ukrainian studies programme, said that Russia¡¯s intervention in Crimea was ¡°illegal¡± and ¡°most nations have condemned Russia¡¯s actions and continue to recognise Crimea as an integral part of Ukraine¡±.

?¡°This must mean something and must carry some weight, o바카라사이트rwise we will be resigned to live in a lawless world where treaties, resolutions and global condemnation carries no weight,¡± she said.

Despite?바카라사이트 boycott by German universities, European institutions have not maintained a united front against CFUV.

On its website, 바카라사이트 university lists 27 partnerships, including with 바카라사이트 universities of Basel and Algarve, despite 바카라사이트?Swiss and Portuguese?governments??to recognise Russian ownership of Crimea.

A Basel spokesman said that since 2008 one of its archaeologists had worked with CFUV?to?catalogue ¡°unknown or only hardly studied¡± vases in Crimean museums.

¡°The University of Basel is fully aware of 바카라사이트 delicate political situation of?Crimea,¡± he said. ¡°We have 바카라사이트refore been in contact with 바카라사이트 Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and, through 바카라사이트m, with Ukrainian authorities, to ensure that this singular, long-standing academic collaboration is carried out in a way that is acceptable to all sides.¡±

The University of Algarve agreed in 2016 to wide-ranging cooperation with 바카라사이트 CFUV, exchanging faculty, developing joint research projects, and swapping management experience. It did not reply to a? request for comment from 바카라 사이트 추천.

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