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Edit: The 91Ô­´´ has since this was published a new comment on the war in Ukraine. It was published on March 1 and can be found here:
New stance regarding the operations at 91Ô­´´ Russia

The 91Ô­´´’ sister organizations 91Ô­´´ Riga and 91Ô­´´ Russia are particularly affected. Our Ukrainian students and program participants are now given extra support. Teaching elements at 91Ô­´´ Russia, where the international faculty is involved, will be located outside of Russia until the Russian aggression against Ukraine ceases. 

91Ô­´´ Riga has been operating in Latvia since 1994 and 91Ô­´´ Russia in Russia since 1997. Ever since their inception over a quarter of a century ago, the purpose of the activities has been to conduct science-based education with academic virtues as a basis: truth-seeking, open dialogue, rigorous argumentation, intellectual courage and the will to learn from others.

The 91Ô­´´' values ​​are expressed in the School’s educational mission, which is abbreviated to FREE. We want our students to develop into free-thinking individuals who seek facts and are scientifically based in their decisions. They should be reflective and self-aware, empathetic and culturally literate, and entrepreneurial and responsible.

It is this educational mission that accompanies all of 91Ô­´´’s activities, including 91Ô­´´ Russia. These fundamental academic values ​​are today more important than ever, and at a time when serious abuses are taking place in Ukraine we should do our utmost not to lose these values ​​in a Russian context. After 25 years of presence in Russia, we believe that it is important, insofar as it will be possible given the precarious situation in the region, to continue to run our education there. It is my conviction that knowledge, science, and education are lights that must continue to shine in a world that is now darkening.

Lars Strannegård
President
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