Russian regulators ban Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences from enrolling new students for one year

Russian federal regulators have imposed a one-year ban on new student admissions at the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (better known as “Shaninka”), citing the school’s failure to comply with an official order to correct previously identified violations. The institution now has until July 11 to resolve the issue; otherwise, it may face additional penalties.

Last November, inspectors from the Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science (Rosobrnadzor) flagged several violations that included “noncompliance with licensing requirements for educational activities,” “failure to meet accreditation criteria,” “failure to provide required information on its official website,” and “noncompliance with federal state educational standards and regulations for providing paid educational services.”

In 2021, police arrested Sergey Zuev, then the president of Shaninka, and charged him with embezzling roughly 50 million rubles (more than $678,000 at the time) from Russia’s Education Ministry. He ultimately received a suspended sentence.