Russian students will no longer be able to apply for financial support in Flanders, Flemish Education Minister Ben Weyts decided on Tuesday at the request of his Ukrainian counterpart, Shkarlet Serhi.We do this not because we believe that all Russians are responsible for this war but because we hope that this kind of measure will help put pressure on the leaders in Russia“, explained the minister.
The Ukrainian minister sent a letter last week in which he demanded an urgent end to cooperation with Russia. The Russian Federation will therefore be excluded from the Master Mind scholarship program and will no longer be a destination for scholarship-funded student exchanges, together with Ukraine, in order to guarantee the safety of Flemish students and doctoral students. . In opposition, Groen regretted Mr. Weyts’ decision to hit innocent students. According to the Greens, we must examine how to support critical students and researchers in Flanders but also in Russia or Belarus.
