Academicians turned to Vladimir Putin with a proposal to head a new body of the Russian Academy of Sciences – the Board of Trustees. But not everyone was able to vote for this decision. FSO employees blacklisted more than twenty scientists and did not allow them to attend the General Meeting of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Censorship has actually returned to Russian book publishing, and the state’s special attention today is connected with LGBT issues. Some books are withdrawn from sale, others are removed from the school curriculum, and others are published with pages painted over. In an interview with T-invariant, cultural historian, candidate of philological sciences Mikhail Edelshtein explained what these measures are connected with, how the current situation differs from military censorship of the last century, and what role “offended graphomaniacs” play in all this.

The ninth essay in the “Creators” series is dedicated to Alexander Prokofiev-Seversky, pilot, aircraft designer, military analyst, one of the developers of modern military aviation doctrine. The “Creators” project was created jointly with RASA (Russian-American Science Association).

In Novosibirsk, they are considering the criminal case of corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Oleg Kabov, which was initiated by the FSB. This is the first case in Russia when a scientist is being tried for his allegedly unsatisfactory work, and scientific and technical expertise forms the basic part of the charge. The very fact that you can go to prison for poorly conducted research is a new page both in the history of Russian science and in the history of domestic jurisprudence. Kabov’s case is a challenge to the entire scientific community. It will show whether science in Russia can defend its right to exist.