{"id":137187,"date":"2022-03-04T15:28:34","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T14:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=137187"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:10","slug":"netherlands-about-to-end-academic-collaboration-with-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2022\/03\/04\/netherlands-about-to-end-academic-collaboration-with-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Netherlands about to end academic collaboration with Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following the line taken by the European Commission, Germany and Denmark, the Netherlands is also going to put scientific collaboration with Russia on hold.<\/p>\n

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Students at a demonstration to support Ukraine.<\/span><\/p>

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Sources in the academic world have told HOP that the government will make a statement about it before the end of the week. In common with other countries, the Netherlands is introducing sanctions against the Putin regime. They include sanctions in the domain of science.<\/p>\n

The government is likely to try and find the right balance: it does not want the Russian regime to benefit from research funds from the Netherlands, but at the same time it wants to avoid unleashing a witch hunt against individual researchers and students \u2013 especially those who are opposed to the war.<\/p>\n

European Union<\/h2>