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Russia Ends U.S. Student Exchange Program, Blames Elderly Michigan Gay Couple<\/b><\/p>\n

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\"Russia’s<\/a><\/div>\n

Russia has canceled a foreign exchange program with the U.S., alleging that a gay<\/a> couple<\/a> persuaded a man<\/a> to stay with them and apply for asylum, reports The Guardian<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Flex\"<\/a>Since 1992, the state department-financed Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) has brought 23,000 students aged 15 to 17 from Russia and former Soviet countries to study in U.S. schools and live<\/a> with local families for one academic year.<\/p>\n

Human rights organisations have accused the Russian government of promoting discrimination following the introduction of a “gay propaganda” law last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Announcing the end of the country’s participation in FLEX, Russia’s children’s rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov [pictured above] said the couple<\/a> became the legal guardians of the Russian student, after the student left his host family and stayed in the U.S. when the school year ended in May.<\/p>\n

According to Russian state news agency Itar-Tass<\/em>, the student met the couple<\/a> – elderly veterans who had previously adopted two American boys<\/a> – in church and the men<\/a> offered to become his immigration sponsors and pay for him to study at Harvard University.<\/p>\n

Astakhov explained on Twitter that the cancellation came about because of a “gross violation by the host country, the United States, of the obligation to unconditionally return students from Russia who travel there to study.”<\/p>\n

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Одна из причин – грубое нарушение принимающей стороной(США) обязательств по безусловному возвращению прибывших на обучение школьников из РФ.<\/p>\n

— Павел Астахов (@RFdeti) October 1, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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In an interview with the official government newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta, he added that the student moved in with the two men<\/a> in Michigan, “and they gradually developed – how can I say this carefully – close friendly relations.”<\/p>\n

Anton Meshkov, a former FLEX student, said the fact that 15 young people are thought to have stayed in the U.S. after the program ended was not a “serious reason to take away the chance to travel from hundreds of kids”.<\/p>\n

“It’s absurd to suppose that the program could facilitate the seduction of young Russians. As a participant in this program myself, I know what a serious selection process host families go through.”<\/p>\n

Last year, Astakhov vowed<\/a> he would do everything possible to ensure that Russian orphans were only adopted by heterosexual couples<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a>\n<\/div>\n


\nJim Redmond<\/p>\n

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