Russia's ministries of Education and Science and Foreign Affairs have asked the government to increase the number of foreign students admitted to Russian universities by 30 percent in order to "form pro-Russian national elites" and promote Moscow's interests abroad, a news report said on April 24.
The Moscow Times: Russia wants to take more foreign students to build ‘pro-Moscow elites’
Participants in \"Fashion's answer : No to sanctions\" action, protesting against western sanctions on Russia, pose on Sept. 24, 2014 in front of the Russian State University for the Humanities in Moscow.
