Laws of the Whole. An Essay about life and scientific activity of Eugenia Hanfmann
The sixteenth essay in the series “Creators” is dedicated to Evgenia Maksimovna Hanfmann, an outstanding psychologist, professor at Brandeis University. She was born in St. Petersburg, studied in Germany, worked in the USA, where she made a career in research and psychotherapy. Together with RASA (Russian-American Science Association) T-invariant continues publishing the series of biographical essays “Creators”.
“People are not afraid of reprisals, but of being fired”
In episode 16 of the podcast Invasion: Science in a Time of War, two scientists talk anonymously about how quickly one can become a “traitor to the motherland” for the leadership, how school principals are caught between the political hammer and the educational anvil, and how difficult it is to maintain relationships with colleagues who have left Russia. And also about how people who shared Ukraine’s couch just yesterday got at the helm of higher education.
Gleb Babich
Date of incident: January 20, 2025
Type of violation: detention
Institution: RUDN
Summary: “Left-wing activist Gleb Babich was detained in Moscow when he was filming an anti-migrant raid near the Teply Stan metro station. He reported this on his Telegram channel. It was later reported that he was released,” reports Current Time.
Sources: Current time, Kasparov.ru.
Type of violation: detention
Institution: RUDN
Summary: “Left-wing activist Gleb Babich was detained in Moscow when he was filming an anti-migrant raid near the Teply Stan metro station. He reported this on his Telegram channel. It was later reported that he was released,” reports Current Time.
Sources: Current time, Kasparov.ru.
“You don’t even represent us”. As a result of falsifications, the Academic Council of IPPI RAS was headed by Dissertnet figures
T-invariant has repeatedly described how the Ministry of Education and Science and the leadership of the Russian Academy of Sciences are destroying the Institute for Information Transmission Problems (IPPI RAS). The demonstrative cancellation of the contract with the head of the institute, Andrei Sobolevsky, ignoring the opinion of scientists, led to a conflict between the scientific staff and the new directorate, the departure of a number of employees to MIPT, and the appointment of Dmitry Repin, a scientist with a dubious reputation, as deputy director. The Academic Council of IPPI has recently been headed by Dissertnet members.
Ksenia Kiriya
Date of incident: January 17, 2025
Type of violation: recognized as a foreign agent
Institution: Voice of America
Summary: The Russian Ministry of Justice has included Ksenia Kiriya (Turkova) in the register of foreign agents. “Kiriya took part in the creation and dissemination of messages and materials of foreign agents, participated as a respondent on the information platform provided to foreign media,” TASS reports, citing the Ministry of Justice.
Sources: TASS, Interfax.
Type of violation: recognized as a foreign agent
Institution: Voice of America
Summary: The Russian Ministry of Justice has included Ksenia Kiriya (Turkova) in the register of foreign agents. “Kiriya took part in the creation and dissemination of messages and materials of foreign agents, participated as a respondent on the information platform provided to foreign media,” TASS reports, citing the Ministry of Justice.
Sources: TASS, Interfax.
Alexandra Prokopenko
Incident date: January 17, 2025
Violation type: designated as a foreign agent
Institution Carnegie Russia-Eurasian Center.
Summary: The Russian Ministry of Justice has included Alexandra Prokopenko in the register of foreign agents. “Prokopenko disseminated false information about decisions made by Russian public authorities and the policies they pursue,” TASS reports, citing the Justice Ministry.
Sources: TASS, Interfax.
Violation type: designated as a foreign agent
Institution Carnegie Russia-Eurasian Center.
Summary: The Russian Ministry of Justice has included Alexandra Prokopenko in the register of foreign agents. “Prokopenko disseminated false information about decisions made by Russian public authorities and the policies they pursue,” TASS reports, citing the Justice Ministry.
Sources: TASS, Interfax.
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