Dear Professor Kharkhordin and Professor Utekhin,

  In support of the European University at St. Petersburg

On March 27, 2017 the 9th Arbitration Appeal Court considered the complaint of the European University at St. Petersburg against the Moscow Arbitration Court decision of February 10, 2017. The court has adjourned the case hearing until April 13, 2017.

Letter of Support We, the graduates of the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (Shaninka), express our support for employees and students of the European University at St. Petersburg.

                            Dear Colleagues, We at the New Economic School express our concern in connection with the situation around the European University at St. Petersburg.

Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera) RAS sent a letter of support to the European University at St. Petersburg. Dear Colleagues,

Director of HSE Campus in St. Petersburg Sergey Kadochnikov wrote a letter of support to the EUSP community and the university's Rector Oleg Kharkhordin  

Letter of Support for EUSP The European University of St. Petersburg has a truly impressive track record. Within a few years of operations it has become an internationally renowned center of excellence for research and education in the social sciences and humanities. More and more EUSP research output is nowadays published in world leading academic journals, which is a major achievement given the high hurdles for publication in the most distinguished outlets. EUSP students show an excellent and internationally competitive performance.

        To the employees of the European University at St. Petersburgfrom the Center for Urban Anthropology at Strelka KB    Dear colleagues,

An arbitration court has revoked the licence of European University at St. Petersburg, one of Russia’s best private institutions of higher learning, upholding a decision by Rosobrnadzor, the Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science, according to the university's website.

The Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and Leningrad oblast ordered today to revoke the license of the EUSP. The University intends to appeal the order. The decision will come into force only after the appeal hearing.

On Monday, March 13, 2017 the EUSP hosted a talk delivered by Vladimir Yakushev, CEO of the "Northern Capital Gateway" (VVSS) consortium, which operates the Pulkovo airport. For the Russian aviation sector the consortium is an innovative project of public-private partnership. Yakushev spoke about the aims and objectives of the project, elaborating on its economic aspects in more detail.

On January 9, 2017 the European University at St. Petersburg had appealed to the Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast with a claim against the Committee for Property Relations.

International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) has sent a letter of support to EUSP.    LETTER OF SUPPORT BY IASSA

On Saturday 25th February, a group of US-based alumni gathered in Washington, DC for the inaugural event of the EUSP Alumni Association North America. We were joined by Maria Trofimova, Dean of International Programs, and Professor Gevorg Avetikyan. We met at City Tap House, a bar in Chinatown, for an evening of good food and lively conversation.  After the event, the conversations continued outside the bar and down the street, as alums caught up with old friends and forged connections with new friends.

PRESS RELEASE February 28, 2017 European University at St. Petersburg has signed a Memorandum to join the Climate Partnership of Russia on February 28, 2017.

A season of events marking the centenary of the Russian Revolution is organized in partnership with the State Hermitage Museum, the European University at St Petersburg and UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies supported by the Vladimir Potanin Foundation. As part of the series of events a round-table discussion took place on March 1 in London chaired by Maxim Bouev, Head of the Department of Economics of the European University, St Petersburg.

March, 13th (14:10 – 17:20), and March, 15 (14:10 – 17:20). Please contact Marina Kondrashova for additional course resources mkondrashova@eu.spb.ru. Course overview

On March 02, 2017 the Arbitration Court of Saint Petersburg has adjourned the EUSP license case hearing until March 20, 2017.

The Saint Petersburg Association of Sociologists (SPAS) is concerned about the pressure put by authorities on the European University at Saint Petersburg.