The Federation Council demanded that it be more difficult for Russians to enter universities The Federation Council approved recommendations to Rosenberg to increase the minimum number of United State Examination points required for admission to Russian universities for bachelor's degrees and special degrees, TASS reports. The document from the upper house of the Russian parliament contains both the previous idea of senators to raise the standard of the unified state examination and a new proposal that also affects the interests of graduates - it will be more difficult for them to enter higher educational institutions through subject olympiads. The authors state that the goal is to "optimize the number of categories of citizens who are granted special rights when they are accepted for studies." More details.