Russian Student Scales Birch Tree For Internet Access as Classes Move Online

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Alexei Dudoladov, student and popular blogger, is seen on a birch tree for better cellular network coverage in his remote Siberian village of Stankevichi, Russia November 13, 2020. Russian student Alexei Dudoladov has been forced to go to great lengths - or rather great heights - to attend classes online, having to climb a birch tree in his remote Siberian village every time he needs an internet connection. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko

17 November 2020 00:00 WIB

Alexei Dudoladov, student and popular blogger, is seen on a birch tree for better cellular network coverage in his remote Siberian village of Stankevichi, Russia November 13, 2020. The 21-year-old, a popular blogger and a student at the Omsk Institute of Water Transport, located 2,225 kilometres (1,383 miles) east of Moscow. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko

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Alexei Dudoladov, student and popular blogger, is seen on a birch tree for better cellular network coverage in his remote Siberian village of Stankevichi, Russia November 13, 2020. The Omsk region's education ministry told RBC business daily it was preparing an individualised study plan for Dudoladov so he could study in Stankevichi. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko

17 November 2020 00:00 WIB

Alexei Dudoladov, student and popular blogger, checks his phone as he walks in a remote Siberian village of Stankevichi, Russia November 13, 2020. Dudoladov said he wasn't pleased with the authorities' reaction and that he had been told by officials to try and catch an internet connection by the highway. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko

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Alexei Dudoladov, student and popular blogger, works on a farm in a remote Siberian village of Stankevichi, Russia November 13, 2020. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko

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