Russia to jail citizens up to five years in prison for studying English

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Independent news outlet The Moscow Times reports that Russia's Prosecutor General's Office has declared the British Council an “undesirable organization”.

 

Any contact with the educational organization will be considered a crime, as the label “undesirable” is equated with “extremist” or “terrorist,” according to Russian laws that seek to persecute and criminalize dissent.

 

Furthermore, Russia will sanction any activity related to the institution, even if it occurs online or outside its borders. Russians will also be barred from taking the English language test, known as IELTS, an official certification that certifies language proficiency, according to The Moscow Times.

 

Russia to jail citizens up to five years in prison for studying English

[BLMFem]

Uh oh, @frank83628 is in trouble!

[hotsun]

Good. Keep russia irrelevant

[Jingthing]

I'm as anti-Putin regime as they come but this is misleading.

You certainly can legally study and also teach English in Russia.

Many of the Z type "traditional values" westerners are moving there to start their "careers" doing just that.

There is more than enough real disgusting stuff that the Russian regime does. No need to exagerrate.