Classics programs in two institutions in the Russian Federation are being threatened with closure. Click here to sign a petition in support of the Russian State University of the Humanities in Moscow. Click here to sign a petition in support of the program at St. Petersburg State University. The latter link opens a page that appears to be completely in Russian, but the English version will appear if you click on an expansion link with a caret pointing down (V)after the first several lines of Russian text.