Author: Дмитрий Герчиков
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They climbed into the nozzle itself. The FSB took on the co-authors of Novosibirsk scientists accused of treason
New detainees in the case of Siberian scientists from the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ITPM) named after. Christianovich of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, accused of treason, was scientist Vladislav Galkin from Tomsk. The human rights organization First Department is confident that the repressive campaign is growing and the…
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Black Shaheds will be assembled in Togliatti instead of cars
In Togliatti, in the local special economic zone (SEZ), they can build another plant for the assembly of Iranian combat drones. There is no official information about this and in words the plans are purely peaceful. The EFKO group of companies, the founder of enterprises producing drones in Tolyatti, pretends that it has nothing to…
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The supercomputer is captured by the FSB
The Russian Federation’s leading specialist in supercomputer systems was first checked by the FSB “for treason”, then kept under house arrest for six months on suspicion of “financing an extremist organization”. After fruitless attempts to plant according to the proven Soviet tradition, the “fool” is used. Sergei Abramov, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of…
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Igor Efimov: “It will take decades to restore Russian science after Putin…”
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…
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“The state is the parent who beats”, “mobilized and isolated security forces” and “Russia is like a blossoming lotus”
In Chicago, at the annual conference of the Russian-speaking American Scientific Association (RASA), sociologists who have recently been living in the United States chose for their presentations topics that can now hardly be discussed publicly while in Russia. Sergey Erofeev (Rutgers University)presented a brief overview of the most interesting presentations for T-invariant.
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Joan of Arc from Ivanovo
In Ivanovo, under strange circumstances, Olga Nazarenko, associate professor of the department of pharmacology of the Ivanovo State Medical Academy and political activist, died from numerous injuries. The lawyer was unable to get an investigation into the causes of her death and gain access to a medical report on the causes of death, so she…
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“We will have to live and work in a world where there are two wars”
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.
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And Jupiter is ours, and Europe is ours
The Special Economic Zone (SEZ) “Alabuga”, which has already hit the pages of all the world’s media this year with a series of high-profile scandals, this time swung at the solar system and acted as a collective Ostap Bender for all the money – namely 491 trillion rubles . Leading Russian astrophysicists responded by recalling…
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How does a private college operate, whose director was deprived of accreditation for his civic position?
Behind the names in the “Chronicle of the Persecution of Scientists”, which is jointly conducted by T-invariant and CISRUS, there are specific people forced to fight for their civil and academic freedoms. We decided to tell in detail who and why decides to go against government pressure in science and education. The first material focuses…
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Death in avocado orchards. How volunteers searched for terrorist attack victims in Israel
The number of Israelis abducted during the terrorist attack on October 7, whose identities have been identified, has reached 210 people. However, it is not yet known how many people remain alive and how many are killed. In southern Israel, where fighting is still ongoing, small volunteer groups were searching for missing people. Zoologist Alexandra…
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Andrei Yakovlev: “Through the FSB, HSE was transferred from the economic security service to the service for the protection of the constitutional order and the fight against terrorism”
Why did the Higher School of Economics find itself in the worst position among all the new famous universities that emerged in post-Soviet Russia? At what point did the era of solidarity with state ideology begin at the university? Was the pressure on Yaroslav Kuzminov pressure on the university itself or on the head of…
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Andrei Zorin and Victor Chernozhukov are the new George Gamow award laureates
G.A. Gamow award, established by the Russian-American Association of Scientists (RASA-America, Russian-American Science Association) in memory of the outstanding Russian-American physicist, Professor Georgy Antonovich Gamow (1904-1968) for 2023 is awarded to Andrei Zorin, professor at the Oxford University (The United Kingdom) and Victor Chernozhukov, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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How Israel itself “brought” war to itself
How do the events of October, 7 differ from the previous Israeli-Palestinian conflicts? Why was Israel unprepared for the invasion? What could happen to the hostages? A new configuration of the relations between Palestine and Israel emerges, says Dmitry Mariasis, candidate of economic sciences, specialist on the Middle East, former head of the department of…
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Svetlana Drugoveyko-Dolzhanskaya
Date of incident: September 29, 2023 Type of violation: the ethics commission of St. Petersburg State University demanded dismissal Institution: St. Petersburg State University Summary: On September 29, 2023, a meeting of the St. Petersburg State University Ethics Commission was held. The Commission received an appeal from Vice-Rector for Legal Affairs Yu. V. Penov with…
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Desnitsky-gate. Working on mistakes of the past and present
Is it possible to say that the USSR annexed Lithuania? Why was the contract with the emigrant professor officially terminated? What do other teachers and students of Vilnius University, as well as Andrey Desnitsky himself, think about this? T-invariant tried to understand how such issues should be resolved from the point of view of the…
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Viktor Yampolsky: “The postal address does not matter”
On October 14-15, the annual RASA conference will be held in Chicago. This year it is dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sergei Rachmaninov. We discussed what Rachmaninov’s creative experience of emigration teaches, why his works were banned and allowed to be performed again in the USSR, and whether classical music will stand…
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Spiderman from Yale. Essay on the biography and scientific activities of Alexander Petrunkevitch
Within the project “Creators” T-invariant together with RASA (Russian-American Science Association) continues to publish a series of biographical essays about people from Russian Empire, who made a significant contribution to world science and technology. Alexander Petrunkevitch was born in the Chernigov Governorate, but most of his life he worked at Yale University. He became especially…
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War and everyday life: how we learn to live in the extraordinary
What can sociology tell us about war? For residents of Eastern Europe, war has ceased to be a word from textbooks and news. It invaded their homes and their destiny, it became part of their everyday life. Ariel University researcher Victor Vakhshtain gave an open lecture at the Free University about how war mixes with…
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The raven who saw the dwarfs. Essay on the biography and scientific activity of Alexander Vysotsky
Within the project “Creators” T-invariant together with RASA (Russian-American Science Association) continues to publish a series of biographical essays about people from Russian Empire, who made a significant contribution to world science and technology. The essay is dedicated to astronomer Alexander Vysotsky. He had worked at the observatory of the University of Virginia. There he…
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Boris Kagarlitsky
Date of incident: July 26, 2023 Type of violation: arrest, charge of justifying terrorism, fine Institution: Moscow Higher School of Social and Economic Sciences (Shaninka) Summary: July 26, 2023 The Syktyvkar City Court arrested sociologist and political scientist Boris Kagarlitsky (recognized as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation in 2018) for two months on…
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Alexandra Arkhipova
Date of incident: May 26, 2023 Type of violation: declared as a foreign agent Institution: independent researcher Summary: The message from the Ministry of Justice says: “A.S. Arkhipova in cooperation with foreign agents took part in the production of some certain materials and participated in the distribution of these materials to an unlimited number of people. She…
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Oleg Orlov
Date of incident: March 21, 2023 Type of violation: accusation of repeated discrediting of the Russian Army Institution: Memorial. Human Rights Center Summary: As Interfax reported on March 21: “A criminal case has been opened against former board member of the liquidated International Memorial Society (convicted as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation) Oleg…
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Dmitry Ivanov
June 2, 2022 Type of violation:arrest, sentence to 8 and a half years in prison Institution:M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University Summary:On June 2, 2022, Dmitry Ivanov was accused of “dissemination of defamatory information about the Russian military based on political hatred”, says “Protest Moscow State University” telegram channel. On March 7, 2023, Dmitry Ivanov was…
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Valery Golubkin
April 12, 2021 Type of violation:Sentence to 12 years in a maximum security prison on charges of treason Institution:The Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Summary:The case against Valery Golubkin was opened on April 12, 2021, on the same day he was arrested and sent to the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center. Physicist,…
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Alexander Lukanin
Date of incident: September 30, 2020 Type of violationя: arrest, sentence to 7.5 years in a maximum security prison Institution: Tomsk State University Summary: On September 30, 2020, 64-year-old scientist Alexander Lukanin was detained on suspicion of transferring certain technologies to China. On October 20, 2022, the Tomsk Regional Court found physicist Alexander Lukanin guilty…
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Alexey Vorobyov
February 15, 2019 Type of violation:arrest, sentence to 20 years in a maximum security prison Institution:Moscow Aviation Institute Summary:On February 15, 2019, Alexey Vorobyov was arrested by the Meshchansky Court of Moscow at the request of the FSB. On April 23, 2021, he was sentenced to 20 years in a maximum security prison for treason.…