EU Sanctions Target Moscow University Head Over Controversial Course

The EU has implemented a travel ban and asset freeze on Nikita Anisimov, rector of a leading Moscow university. This action is part of broader sanctions against Moscow for its 2022 invasion of Ukraine, following a controversial Master's course teaching how to evade EU sanctions.

The European Union has intensified its measures against Moscow by imposing a travel ban and asset freeze on Nikita Anisimov, the head of the National Research University Higher School of Economics.

This decision, reflected in the EU's Official Journal, follows Anisimov's introduction of a Master's program aimed at teaching students methods to circumvent EU sanctions.

These actions form part of the EU's 19th sanction package against Russia, in response to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine since 2022.

(With inputs from agencies.)