The organizers of the English TOEFL exam banned Russian citizens from taking it
ETS, which adheres to English language testing under the TOEFL system, has banned Russian citizens from registering for the exam. attention to it processed publication of “Mediazona” (recognized in Russia as a media-foreign agent).
A special warning appeared in the account of the reader of the publication and in the profile of the Mediazona correspondent: “Your access to TOEFL products and services is limited to comply with foreign asset control requirements” [подразделения Министерства финансов США]”.
In a response letter to the reader about the restrictions, ETS representatives explained that due to the security of the US Treasury Department, citizens of Russia and the DPRK were forbidden to register for TOEFL exams or create accounts on the ETS platform. At the same time, representatives of the company did not specify what kind of requirements of the department in question.
The results of the TOEFL exam for those arriving in foreign universities. At the same time, as the reader added, the results of the already passed test are also available to Russians and cannot be sent to universities.
ETS suspended the TOEFL international English language testing system in Russia and Belarus in March amid a “military special operation”* in Ukraine. At the same time, the organizers of the international IELTS system made a similar decision. After organizations leave the country, some Russian students take exams abroad.
* According to the requirements of Roskomnadzor, in the production of materials for use in the production of Ukraine, all Russian media require the use of materials only from the original sources of the Russian Federation. We cannot publish materials during which an operation called “attack”, “invasion” or “declaration of war” is carried out, unless it is a direct quote (Article 57 of the Federal Law on the Media). In case of violation of the requirements, the media may be fined 5 million rubles, and the blocking of the publication may also be continued.