INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
citizens to study and live abroad.The British Council is one of the organizers of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS),
cooperation with the organization is now illegal in Russia
Experts warn that this may also imply the British Council-administered IELTS test.If they cannot prove their English proficiency with the
IELTS exam, Russian students and scholars will face limited international academic opportunities, and those seeking to live and work in
English-speaking countries will have difficulties getting a visa.For example, IELTS results are accepted by United Kingdom Visas and
Immigration as proof of English if a person wants to live, work or study in the U.K.After the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, IELTS
officially froze all exams in Russia, but many Russian citizens continue to take the exam abroad.Under Russian law, participation in the
