In an interview with the Right to Justice program on Channel One, he said that such a decision was made about a month ago at the site of the Russian Union of Rectors in the course of discussion.

“The cost of training will not increase this year. It is fixed in most universities at the level of 2019, ”Falkova quotes TASS.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin called on university leaders not to “raise” tuition prices because of the situation with the coronavirus pandemic.

The Ministry of Culture noted that creative universities will still be able to independently determine the cost of training for students, but prices in the new school year should not be higher than those set in 2019.