Girl with laptop. File photoWASHINGTON, Aug 3 The American company ETS confirmed to RIA Novosti that for a week now it has been denying Russian citizens the opportunity to take TOEFL English language proficiency exams at the direction of the US authorities. When trying to register on the ETS website, a user who indicated Russia as a country of citizenship, regardless of place of residence, receives a notification: «In order to comply with the requirements of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (U.S. Department of the Treasury), we are unable to process your application.» «The system throws this error because testing is now terminated for Russian citizens. If you have Russian citizenship, which is indicated in your registration record, then it is currently under sanctions,» a company representative told RIA Novosti. «We recently received a notification about this, about a week ago,» she added. unable to provide details. ETS, a non-governmental company from the American Princeton, has developed and administers TOEFL English language proficiency exams to non-English speakers in over 180 countries. Such certificates are required for admission to many universities or to work in companies in the US and Canada.
