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Chronicles of the Persecution of Scientists No. 24

T-invariant and the CISRUS center are releasing another press release “Chronicles of the Persecution of Scientists” No. 24 dated August 31, 2025. On September 1, amendments to the “foreign agents” law come into force. These amendments directly affect many scientists who are in our database: their books have disappeared from Russian bookstores, and their lectures and podcasts are disappearing from portals.

From Global Citizens to the Russian World: Deputy Speaker Celebrates Her Victory over the International Baccalaureate

The push to have the International Baccalaureate (IB) designated as an “undesirable organization” was orchestrated by Anna Kuznetsova, Deputy Speaker of the State Duma (Russia’s lower house of parliament), and, likely, the family of Konstantin Malofeev and Maria Lvova-Belova. It was Kuznetsova who requested for inspections of IB schools by prosecutors and the education oversight authority Rosobrnadzor, leading to administrative cases against teachers and administrators. The “monarchist-patriotic faction” convinced the enforcement agencies that IB schools foster “global citizens” and “emphasize the protection of LGBTQ+ rights.” Within a day, most schools erased any mention of IB and submitted statements to withdraw from the organization.

Incident Date: August 26, 2025
Incident Type: Detention
Institution: Pitirim Sorokin Syktyvkar State University (SSU)

“Baccalaureate Leaders Promote Non-Traditional Values,” Claims Russia’s Prosecutor General. Elite Schools’ IB Programs Coveted by Putin’s Elite Abruptly Banned

International Baccalaureate

Incident Date: August 25, 2025
Incident Type: Undesirable Organization

“This is a gauntlet thrown at the feet of the judiciary.” Lawyer Ekaterina Mishina on why the US President believes his words trump court rulings

Trump’s clash with the US judicial system is taking on alarming forms. On June 27, the Supreme Court (in a 6-3 decision along conservative lines) issued a ruling that drastically limits the ability of lower federal judges to block presidential executive orders nationwide. From now on, judges can only block the president’s actions in relation to specific plaintiffs. This ruling marked Trump’s first major court victory of the year. What comes next for America? T-invariant asked lawyer Ekaterina Mishina for clarification.

The Rectors’ Hot Seat. Since 2012, about one hundred university heads have faced criminal prosecution

The year 2025 isn’t over yet, but we already know of 12 instances of criminal prosecutions against rectors of Russian universities, as well as 10 sentences handed down to them. And this isn’t a record: in the last pre-war year of 2021, law enforcement took interest in 17 university leaders. This is how the process of elite turnover is unfolding in higher education, which Vladimir Putin initiated after returning to the presidential seat in 2012. T-invariant examined the stories of criminal prosecutions of rectors from 2012 to 2025 and found that leading a university is no less dangerous than serving as a deputy to a governor or minister.

Vladimir Gelman

Incident Date: August 9, 2025
Incident Type: Fine
Institution: University of Helsinki

Date of incident: August 8, 2025
Incident type: fine
Institution: ExtremeScan

Zimin Foundation

Incident date: August 5, 2025
Type incident: unwanted organization

Fly Me to the Moon: Why Russia’s Space Ambitions Are Stuck in Low Earth Orbit

After Donald Trump’s inauguration as president, there was talk of rebooting U.S.–Russian cooperation across many fields — space included. In Moscow, hopes were pinned on the “Luna” program, anticipating that it could be pursued jointly with the US program, ideally as a joint venture with the United States. Is there any real future for U.S.–Russian cooperation in space? And could Russia’s lunar program plausibly be its centerpiece? Vadim Lukashevich, an aerospace expert, takes stock.