Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies

Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies
Incident Date: June 5, 2025
Violation Type: Undesirable Organization

Summary: June 5, 2025The Russian Ministry of Justice has designated the activities of the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) as undesirable.

Details: ASEEES is an American learned society. The Association is dedicated to the study and dissemination of knowledge about the history, politics, culture, and social life of the former Soviet countries, as well as the countries of Eastern and Central Europe. ASEEES has approximately 3,000 members, and 60 member organizations from around the world. The Association’s annual convention is one of the most representative international platforms in the field of Slavic studies. The designation of ASEEES as “undesirable” has made it virtually impossible for Russian scholars to participate in the Association’s work and conventions.

Sources: RBC, Mediazona

5 June 2025

Et Cetera

Chronicles of the Persecution of Scientists No. 25

Rustam Kaibyshev

Incident Date: October 30, 2025
Violation Type: in custody
Institution: BelSU

From a “Hooligan University” to a “State Civilization”: How Nikita Anisimov Turned HSE into an Ordinary Russian University in Just a Few Years

Over the past three and a half years of active sanctions policy, only four rectors of Russian universities have been added to Western “blacklists.” The most prominent among them is Nikita Anisimov, only the second rector in the history of the Higher School of Economics (HSE). T-invariant reports on how, under his leadership, HSE has once again outpaced all other universities, but this time — in militarization, promotion of the pro-war ‘Z’ ideology, participation in the Kremlin’s propaganda machine, and direct involvement — by Anisimov himself, his team, and even students — on the front lines and in occupied territories.

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