Student from IndiaMOSCOW, Mar 6The head of the Indian Business Alliance in Russia, Sammy Kotwani, turned to the Ministry of Education and Science with a request to accept Indian students from Ukraine to study in Russia, the Russian side reacted positively, the details are now being discussed, he told RIA Novosti. On Saturday, all Indian citizens were evacuated from the village of Pesochin near Kharkov. Earlier it was reported that there were 298 Indian students in the specified settlement, the diplomatic mission sent several buses to take them out. Kotwani said that the idea to contact the Ministry of Education and Science visited him in the days when there was news about Indian students leaving Ukraine back to India. «I watched this news, I had an idea how to help these students — to go to study in Russia. I wrote to the Ministry of Education, and they reacted very positively to this, they immediately said that the idea was good and they were ready to help,» he shared in in a conversation with RIA Novosti. According to him, the training will be carried out in different cities of Russia, depending on the specialty. «Not all students have left Ukraine yet, the process is underway. Within 5-7 days they will arrive in India. On Monday we will start discussing where Indian students can be trained,” he added. Kotwani stressed that this step is important in strengthening Russian-Indian friendship. m help. This is the most important news. In such a crisis, there is not a single positive news, and this is very positive news. An important step for Russian-Indian friendship,” he said. He also mentioned that Indian businessmen in Russia will help these students. “We will help all students, especially those who are in their sixth year. Indian businessmen will help. It won't be free, students will pay for their studies. The institute is not ready to provide a hostel, so businessmen will help,» the head of the business alliance added. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine early on Thursday, February 24. President Vladimir Putin called it the goal of «protecting people who have been bullied for eight years , genocide by the Kiev regime». To this end, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike nothing threatens the civilian population. With the support of the Russian Armed Forces, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian president emphasized.
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