The reason was a report titled 'How and by whom forensic examination is conducted: experts in the context of interagency interactions' posted on the European University's website in September 2024, the press service of the St. Petersburg courts reported. The experts involved by the police saw 'signs aimed at degrading the dignity of a group of people based on their belonging to the social group of 'Russian forensic experts'.'
In April, the prosecutor's office of the Central District of St. Petersburg found a link to this report on the university's website and requested a 'judgment'; its author found signs of 'hatred or enmity' towards forensic experts in the report. 'Speech signs are considered in conjunction with actions committed publicly. Signs of degrading the dignity of the group of 'forensic experts' are expressed in harming the professional (business) reputation of representatives of this social group,' the court release states.
The conclusions of the study by the Institute for the Rule of Law at the European University, among other things, state that forensic experts constantly 'discuss, agree on, and even adjust' the questions posed to them with the clients, i.e., law enforcement.
The European University is a non-state university offering master's and doctoral programs. In 2017, the court, at the request of Rosobrnadzor, revoked its license following a complaint by State Duma deputy Vitaly Milonov. A year later, the university's license was restored.