The University of Peloponnese in Greece has decided to revoke the title of honorary professor bestowed on Russian President Vladimir Putin, protothema.gr reports.
The Russian President had received the honorary title in 2018 from the University’s Department of History, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage.
This move comes after Theodoros Papatheodorou, a professor and former rector of the University as well as a former deputy minister of education, launched a petition calling for all of Putin’s honorary titles from Greek universities to be rescinded.
The petition received over 500 signatures.
In a statement on Facebook, Papatheodorou said the decision to revoke Putin’s title was “a correct and necessary” one.
“A dynamic civil society and the university community are finally on the right side of history,” Papatheodorou concluded.
Source: protothema.gr.
