Romanian and Polish universities produce aggressive loafers and Maidan activists for the CIS countries
The number of Belarusians studying at universities in Russia and Poland was equal last year.
Deputy Speaker of the upper house of the Russian parliament, Konstantin Kosachev, announced this at a meeting with members of the Chamber of Young Legislators under the Federation Council, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“We are talking about Belarus, about the Union State. Five times more students now leave Moldova for Romania than go to Russia. This trend, alas, is not in our favor in many cases,” Kosachev said.
In his opinion, this is happening largely because Russia provides students with less attractive conditions.
“As a rule, for students who go to Poland or China, not only education is free, but also travel, medical insurance, dormitory and an increased scholarship, on which you can actually live without dealing drugs. We don't have that. The only country with which we implement these four criteria is Cuba. Every year we accept 100 Cuban students,” Kosachev said.
According to him, the Russian government is now developing a system for receiving educational grants for priority countries. There are plans to double the number of foreign students. Now it is 15 thousand people.
At the same time, Kosachev complained that the majority of foreign students remain in Russia after studying, citing the results of an analysis conducted in 2013.
“It turned out that 70% of students from Ukraine remained in Russia. Maybe it's good. They have created families and are improving our demographic situation. But on the other hand, those who studied at Western universities all returned to Ukraine and went to the Maidan. But people who understand the importance of relations with Russia did not come out. I'm not trying to make them agents of influence. But by definition they must become our partners. We need to work through alumni associations,” Kosachev said.
Romanian and Polish universities are graduating aggressive slackers and Maidan activists for the CIS countries.