Alexandra Kartokhina Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Alexandra Kartokhina As for these eternal squabbles that students from Crimea are taking university places from Russians, I can say only that it's completely absurd, and let me say that they have only allocated budgeted places for Crimean students to some universities and in some specialisms, which are often not the best. In some universities, questions about quotas are met with a shrug and a puzzled look. Alexandra Kartokhina top-news Almost all the students in my year came to universities in Russia, but I have to say that it wasn't all about Crimea becoming part of Russia, it was their decision before then ... And it's interesting, several even stayed in Crimea after unification. Alexandra Kartokhina top-news