The European University in St. Petersburg fired Ivan Kurilla, professor of the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology. This was reported by T-Invariant and Novaya Gazeta with reference to the historian himself.
Rector Vadim Volkov cited his absenteeism since January 12, when he left Russia, as the reason . According to the scientist, he agreed on a “sabbatical leave” “more than a year in advance,” but the rector “refused to sign the order literally the day before” and did not warn him.
“I don’t know whether the decision to dismiss me is reinsurance on the part of the rector or a demand on him from the outside,” added Kurilla.
The historian was among the signatories of the open letter of Russian scientists and scientific journalists against the war with Ukraine, and also condemned the war in his other public speeches. From a data leak from a body subordinate to Roskomnadzor, GRChTs, it became known that officials drew up a certificate to recognize him as a “foreign agent,” but it was not used.