The Ministry of Education and Science does not plan to introduce a mandatory Unified State Exam in history for applicants majoring in the humanities this academic year.

There will be a smooth transition that will take about two years, TASS reports, citing the Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education. Dmitry Afanasyev.

A week earlier, Putin supported the proposal of the MGIMO rector at a meeting with authors of history textbooks. Anatoly Torkunov Make the Unified State Exam in history mandatory for admission to humanities universities. At the same meeting, Putin stated that some history textbooks previously contained "blatant Russophobia," and that new textbooks should preserve "national memory." 

On the same day, Rosobrnadzor announced that it was ready to make the Unified State Exam in history mandatory for admission to humanities universities.