The amendments concern educational organisations in the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol as well as branches of foreign educational organisations located in these Russian regions that, as of January 1, 2014, had a right to provide educational services in accordance with Ukrainian law and whose licenses to provide educational services under the corresponding educational programmes were recognised. These organisations must obtain licenses to provide educational services in the manner envisaged by Russian law by September 1, 2019.
The Federal Law similarly addresses the issue of state accreditation of educational organisations that, as of January 1, 2014, had the right to issue education documents to their graduates in accordance with Ukrainian law.