The court rejected the claim of the European University, which challenged the decision of Rosobrnadzor to suspend the license

The Moscow Arbitration Court rejected the complaint of the European University in St. Petersburg against the decision of Rosobrnadzor, which suspended the university’s license, according to the university’s website.

“Despite the active debate, the court did not support the University’s arguments that as of September 16, 2016, we had fulfilled the first order regarding the issues disputed by the University (gym, certification, practicing teachers). An appeal is being prepared regarding this matter,” the statement says.

The university notes that a new lawsuit was filed on February 8, “challenging the findings of the regulatory agency regarding the implementation of the repeated order.” The meeting date has not yet been set.

The suspension of the license of the European University became known on December 9. Rosobrnadzor referred to the Dzerzhinsky District Court of St. Petersburg, which ruled that the university did not promptly eliminate violations identified during an inspection in July 2016. The university said that Rosobrnadzor still had complaints on only four points.

On December 13, the Moscow Arbitration Court sided with the university in a dispute with the department, and Rosobrnadzor restored the license to conduct educational activities until the end of the court’s consideration of the case.

The European University in St. Petersburg was founded in 1994 with the support of the city mayor Anatoly Sobchak. Since 1996, it has operated as a graduate school in the social sciences and humanities, including anthropology, history, and political science. The London School of Economics included it in the ranking of the top 100 European centers for political science.