TODAY: Kremlin shuts down St Petersburg University for “fire safety violations”, sparking protests and accusations; draft proposals put forward for internet controls. Relations with Ukraine, Jordan and India are current priorities. Medvedev loves Deep Purple. Russia’s Federation Council have put forward draft proposals for “legal control over the internet”, which would classify all web-sites with a daily audience of 1,000 or more as mass media, make registration mandatory, and then amend mass media laws. Authorities have temporarily closed down The European University at St Petersburg (EUSP), one of the city’s leading independent universities, for “fire-safety violations”. A spokesman for the Yabloko party commented, “This is a political decision. “That is perfectly obvious.” One UK newspaper reports that the Kremlin is being accused of an “unprecedented attack on academic freedom” in light of the closure, and points out that last year, “Vladimir Putin launched a vitriolic attack on the EUSP – which has close links with universities in the UK and US – accusing it of being an agent of foreign meddling.”