Professor Forced to Resign After 30 Years Over Old Navalny Posts
A 65-year-old professor at RГPU named Herzen in St. Petersburg was forced to resign after 30 years of service due to two old Instagram posts featuring a graffiti of Alexei Navalny and a photo with a lantern, which university leadership labeled as prohibited symbolism.
Consensus
- Tatyana Kudryavtseva, a professor at RГPU named Herzen, was forced to resign after 30 years at the university.
- The resignation was prompted by two old Instagram posts from 2020 and 2021.
- One post featured a graffiti of Alexei Navalny, and the other showed Kudryavtseva with a lantern in her yard.
- The university leadership, specifically Rector Roman Sokolov, cited the posts as demonstrating prohibited symbolism.
- Kudryavtseva was threatened with disciplinary, administrative, or criminal liability.
- She was pressured to write a resignation letter voluntarily and was given a specific date for her departure.
- Kudryavtseva stated she had not used Instagram for several years and had no content that could discredit the 'SVO'.
- She described herself as a patriot and claimed she had donated to Russian charitable funds supporting the 'SVO'.
- The incident occurred in St. Petersburg.
- Kudryavtseva is a doctor of historical sciences and professor who taught ancient Greek and Roman history and the philosophy of history.
Points of divergence
- Kudryavtseva wrote about her experience on her VKontakte page. — novaya_eu
- The university canceled her consultation two hours before it was due and rescheduled the make-up exam to an indefinite date without explanation. — tg_sotavisionmedia
- MR7 reported that Kudryavtseva previously left SPbGU, possibly for political reasons. — tg_sotavisionmedia
- Kudryavtseva described Navalny as a 'known and now deceased politician, recognized as an extremist, terrorist, etc.' — tg_varlamov_news
- Kudryavtseva said the photo with the lantern was from 2021 and taken in a St. Petersburg courtyard. — tg_sotavisionmedia
- Kudryavtseva expressed that she wants peace for civilians in Russia and supports Russia's victory in the war it is fighting against much of Europe. — novaya_eu
Coverage (5 sources)
- Professor of Herzen State Pedagogical University forced to resign after 30 years of work due to old publications with Navalny — ASTRA
- Professor Tatiana Kudryavtseva of Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia said she was forced to resign over a post featuring Navalny... — Varlamov News
- Professor of RGPU with 30-year experience forced to resign over post featuring Navalny and candlelight rally — Новая газета Европа
- Professor of Herzen State Pedagogical University in St. Petersburg forced to resign over image of Navalny in Instagram — ЭХО / Новости
- 65-year-old head of the chair at RGPU named Herzen fired over old photos of Navalny graffiti and 'flashlight' rally — SOTAvision
Key entities
- Tatyana Kudryavtseva
- Navalny
- Herzen State Pedagogical University
- Saint Petersburg
- VKontakte
- RGPU named after Herzen
- RGPU
- Roman Sokolov
- RGPU named after A.I. Herzen
- Head of the Department of General History
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