Moscow adds Yale to ‘undesirable organizations' list
The Russian government also singled out the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs, which houses the university's International Leadership Center, accusing the school of training 'opposition leaders of foreign countries.'
The statement said Russian graduates of the program have gone on to join the Anti-Corruption Foundation, a nonprofit organization established by Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny — who died in a Russian prison last year — alleging they 'used the knowledge and technologies they acquired at the school to escalate protest activity in the Russian Federation.'
The Jackson School recognized Navalny in 2010 with a scholarship to a fellows program.
Moscow has banned dozens of American academics accused of partaking in anti-Russia activities — including Yale professors Larry Samuelson and Jeffrey Sonnenfeld — from entering the country since it launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Several scholars at the university, including Sonnenfeld, have promoted the idea of directing Russia's frozen assets to Ukraine.
Sonnenfeld, who was added to Russia's no-entry list in June 2022 along with several academics, U.S. senators and members of the Biden family, said he considers the Kremlin's attacks to be a 'badge of honor.'
'I think it is a proud patriotic moment where we're waving the flag to show that the national interests and the interests of institutions like this are inextricably intertwined,' Sonnenfeld said Tuesday in an interview.
Yale did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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