International Baccalaureate

International Baccalaureate
Incident Date: August 25, 2025
Incident Type: Undesirable Organization

Summary: The Prosecutor General’s Office has declared the activities of the Swiss educational organization International Baccalaureate (IB, International Baccalaureate Organization) undesirable in Russia.

Details: “International Baccalaureate has developed programs that are used by 5,800 schools worldwide, including in Russia. According to the prosecutor’s office, after 2022, the textbooks were adjusted “taking into account the Russophobic position of the West,” reports RBC.

Sources: T-invariant, RBC

25 August 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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