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The Eastern European programme is concerned that a University of Copenhagen halt to collaboration with Russian universities will restrict the opportunities for researchers who are critical of the Russian government. Because in this situation they will be vulnerable, according to programme director Tine Roesen.
After a decision to stop all Danish universities' collaboration with their Russian counterparts an associate professor considers cutting ties to his many Russian colleagues. He is concerned that the decision will have negative consequences for important research.
Following a Danish government request, all Danish universities have stopped their collaboration with state-linked institutions in Russia and Belarus. This will mean that researchers and students at Danish universities will no longer be able to go on exchange or study abroad there.
Lara Osorio is a student of Eastern European Studies and was an intern at the Danish embassy in Kiev. Until two weeks ago. Then she was moved to Bucharest. For her safety.
Ukrainian Olha Lapan lives in Denmark and is doing her second semester of Eastern European studies at the University of Copenhagen. But she would prefer to be somewhere else.
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Christian Pedersen is American. But he has a Danish father, speaks Danish and has a rather Danish-sounding name. This has turned out to be more a hindrance than a help in his encounters with the Danish immigration system. For the fourth year in a row, he is struggling to get a student visa.
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