Donetsk, Feb 21 — DAN. Federal bodies will run 18 research organizations and universities of the Donetsk People’s Republics, the press service of the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education told the Donetsk News Agency.

“Of the 21 research organizations in the DPR territory, eight will be handed over to the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education, and another three to other Russian federal executive bodies such as the Healthcare Ministry, the Emergency Situations Ministry and the Rospatent Federal Service for Intellectual Property, ” the press service said adding that other research organizations would be administered at the regional level. 

The Ministry of Science and Higher Education will manage seven of the 16 DPR universities: the Donetsk National Technical University, the Donetsk National Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture, the Donetsk National University, the Donetsk Academy of Management and Civil Service under the Head of the DPR, the Tugan-Baranovsky Donetsk National University of Economics and Trade, the Mariupol State University and the Azov State Technical University.

Earlier reports said that the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education had earmarked considerable funds for DPR science.*jk