The Ministry of education and science has not seen problems in Russia's refusal from participation in the FLEX program
Exit program for the exchange of Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) with the United States will not become a big problem, because Russia has a Treaty on international exchanges in education concluded more than 70 countries, said Deputy head of the Ministry of education and science Veniamin Kaganov.
" we have with many countries is quite intensive exchange of pupils and students in education. Only agreements with more than 70 countries of the world: Europe, Asia and other countries. For this reason, don't see a big problem that we will leave from the program for cooperation with the United States, " TASS quoted the words Kaganova. Remember, 30 September, it was announced that the Russian Federation has suspended participation in the exchange program Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX). The reason was the failure to return the child, which in the USA has issued a guardianship. Later became known Details about the identity of the adoptive parents. As said Astakhov, schoolboy was adopted by a homosexual couple. To refuse participation in the FLEX program has responded to the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. The Ministry said that " the Russian side is not against educational and humanitarian exchanges with the United States, contributing to the understanding and development of contacts between people. It notes that the Ministry " many times drew the attention of the State Department on the need to ensure the rights of minors for Russian Citizens traveling to the U.S. to stay with American families in order to improve the knowledge of the English language ". For its part, the U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Tefft said that the government of America regret the decision by Russia. According to him, in the 2015-2016 academic year in the framework of the largest educational exchange programs in America were obliged to go 800 Russian schoolchildren. Program Future Leaders Exchange was approved by the U.S. Congress in 1992 to the youth of the countries of the former USSR had an opportunity to get acquainted with the people and culture of the United States " and " to teach American citizens better understand the people and culture of their native country." It have the opportunity to participate students of 8th, 9th and 10th grades from Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Applicants for participation in the program pass the exams, and the winners go on year in the United States, where they live in families of the middle class and go to school. The program is fully paid by the United States, including travel, stipend for spending money and medical insurance. The program was attended by more than 22 thousand Students, of which 8 thousand Russian Citizens.
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