Stepan Derkach, a 4th-year student at the St.Petersburg Civil Aviation University, has been expelled in view of the comments he left on Russia's major social media platform Vkontakte.

A Russian publication Fontanka published a post there discussing a recent corruption case at the University where students were admitted without taking any of the admission tests in exchange for monetary compensation. At the time, an investigation was launched, and several students had been brought to justice.





Reacting to that post, Derkach added two comments asking whether the informant of the discussed case happened to also report anything about "the renovations of the university's dormitories being done only on paper (and not to the full extent)", as well as about "the University procuring materials through a rogue firm at inflated prices".





As a result, Derkach was expelled "for violating the discipline through spreading information that tarnishes the University's reputation". After the publication of those comments, the University's vice-chancellor Yakov Dalinger was accused of abuse of power leading to a case against him being filed. According to prosecution, Dalinger procured an old simulator in stead of a new one, appropriating approximately RUB360mln.





News source: Novaya Gazeta

Source language: Russian