How do Russian-speaking scientists work in America today during the war in Ukraine? Why is it important to maintain contact with colleagues from the countries of the former USSR? What awaits Russian science after Putin? We talked about these and other topics with Igor Efimov, professor of biomedical engineering and medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago, first president of RASA.

In Chicago, at Northwestern University, an annual conference was held, organized by the Russian-American Association of Scientists – Russian American Science Association (RASA). Mutual support, academic solidarity, political context and political division in the scientific community – in report by Denis Cheredov.