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Russia Cancels Popular FLEX Exchange Program After Gay Student Reportedly Seeks U.S. Asylum<\/b>
\nRussia has canceled a popular high school exchange program with the U.S. after a gay Russian student requested asylum<\/a> based on his sexual orientation.<\/p>\n

As The New York Times is reporting, officials announced that Russia would no longer allow students to participate in a year-long U.S. academic program under the annual Future Leaders Exchange (or FLEX), and accused the U.S. of endangering the welfare of a child over the case. <\/p>\n

The unnamed student, 16, was reportedly living with an American family in Michigan when he befriended a local gay couple<\/a>, according to the Washington Post. Russian diplomats said the couple<\/a>, who are military veterans, told the teen<\/a> that he should stay in the U.S. and even promised to pay his tuition at Harvard University, according to reports. <\/p>\n

U.S. Ambassador John F. Tefft said in a statement to the Associated Press<\/a> that he “deeply regret[s] this decision by the Russian government to end a program that for 21 years has built deep and strong connections between the people of Russia and the United States.”<\/p>\n

Russia’s controversial “gay propaganda<\/a>” laws garnered global attention in the weeks leading up to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. A new documentary, “Hunted: The War On Gays In Russia<\/a>,” will premiere on HBO this week. <\/p>\n

www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/10\/06\/russia-exhcange-_n_5942142.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices&ir=Gay+Voices<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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