Whose Crimea? The main university of Belarus was pinned against the wall with a specific question
The Belarusian State University should clarify its position on Crimea, in particular whether the university considers the peninsula Russian.
A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this in a request from the Crimean regional public organization “Center for Political Education” addressed to the rector of the university.
The request notes that the team of this university is “Turing’s Children” refused to travel to Crimea to participate in the quarterfinals of the Russian KVN Premier League, declaring that he does not consider the peninsula to be part of the Russian Federation.
In addition, the question is asked whether the university shares the team’s position, and also to clarify whether the refusal to go to Crimea was agreed upon with the university.
Chairman of the KVN Center for Political Education Ivan Mezyukho does not rule out that the KVN team’s refusal to travel to Crimea may be dictated by the position of the university.
“The refusal of the Belarusian KVN team “Turing’s Children” to travel to Crimea may reflect not only their position, but also the opinion of the Belarusian State University. Considering the information resonance around this story, I would like the university to speak out on this topic, because in this case we are talking about a serious political issue of mutual recognition of borders by members of the Union State.
Non-recognition of the Crimean Peninsula as part of Russia directly contradicts the Treaty on the Creation of the Union State. And in general, why did the Belarusian team participate in the Russian KVN Premier League if it does not recognize the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation?” Mezyukho is perplexed.
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