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The journalism department of Moscow State University has decided to expel two students who condemned a classmate's action with the Z-symbol
The journalism department of Moscow State University has decided to expel two students who condemned a classmate's action with the Z-symbol. Five more students, including the class leader, were given a severe reprimand. This was reported by Novaya Gazeta. Europe and The Insider, citing sources.
On September 23, Stepan Antropov, a third-year student at the Moscow State University journalism department, came to the department building wearing a T-shirt with the letter Z and started waving the flag of the self-proclaimed LNR. Unnamed students from the journalism department told Novaya Gazeta. Evropa that they reminded Antropov about the ban on political actions within the department and called the security guards. But they did nothing.
That evening, students criticized Antropov's action in the faculty's group chat. Screenshots of the chat were later published in a pro-government Telegram channel. According to them, some students used obscene language towards Antropov. Faculty Dean Elena Vartanova called "such hostility" unacceptable. "Public denial of support for our state, our flag is unacceptable," she added.
On September 27, a meeting of the student affairs commission was held at the journalism department, writes Novaya Gazeta. Europe (The Insider calls it the ethics commission). It was there that the decision was made to expel two students. According to Novaya Gazeta. Europe, the majority of the commission members voted against the expulsion, but the dean spoke in favor, and she had the final say.
The Telegram channel "First University" reported, citing a source at the journalism department of Moscow State University, that "first of all, the commission focused on the fact that they [the expelled students] used foul language in their insults." The document on the girls' expulsion has not yet been signed, notes Novaya Gazeta. Europe.
This is not Antropov's first political action. In the spring, he visited Lyon and on March 18, the day of the annexation of Crimea, he went on a solo picket. Stepan is known at the faculty for his pro-government position, he also completed an internship at the RT TV channel and was in occupied Mariupol as a correspondent. Stepan himself claims that he has already sent an application to the front as a war correspondent and will soon go to Ukraine.