Author: Vladimir
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«I will not be able to return to Russia…»
Philologist Boris Gasparov, professor at Columbia University in New York spoke in an interview with T-invariant about his new book, the impossibility of doing Russian cultural history today, and why the current emigration of intellectuals is more like the German emigration of the 1930s than the «philosophical steamer.»
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Sergey Abramov
Date of incident: April 12, 2023 Type of violation: arrest Institution: A. K. Ailamazyan Program Systems Institute of RAS Summary: Corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Sergei Abramov was arrested under the article on financing extremism (Part 1 of Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). By a resolution of…
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Stubbornness of Fact VS Loyalty of Lies
Why is it important for global science to maintain ties with the scientific community in Russia? Arguments of Associate Professor at the University of Johannesburg Aleksei Oskolski.
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Valery Zvegintsev, Anatoly Maslov, Alexander Shiplyuk
Date of incident: April 7, 2023 Type of violation: arrest Institution: Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Summary: On April 7, Valery Zvegintsev, Doctor of Technical Sciences, founder of the laboratory “Aerogasdynamics of High Velocities” of the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Siberian Branch…
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Pavel Kolosnitsyn
Date of incident: April 6, 2023 Type of violation: fine Institution: Novgorod University Synopsis: In January, police drew up an administrative report against archaeologist Pavel Kolosnitsyn from Novgorod University for his comment on a post about mobilization, in which he assessed Russia’s losses in Ukraine. On February 21, the court fined Kolosnitsyn 30 thousand rubles.…
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Philosophical scooter: How does academic solidarity work in an age of catastrophe?
The war caused the largest and fastest «brain drain» from Russia since the early 1990s. What is the peculiarity of this wave? T-invariant launches a series of videos titled «Philosophical Scooter». Первый выпуск: «Brain Drain: How Scientists Go to Israel». We discuss with Yakov Krasik, Professor, Department of Physics, Professor, Department of Physics, The Technion…
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Letter from Billionaires: Stop Artificial Intelligence!
The head of Tesla and SpaceX Ilon Musk, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and more than a thousand experts signed an open letter calling for a halt in the development of a «giant artificial intelligence.» The text of the letter was published by Future of Life Institute. T-Invariant asked experts and AI to comment on this…
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Free university cannot be deemed «undesirable»
The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation announced that the Free University had been given the status of an undesirable organization. «Our censors and persecutors are a little too late,» believes Kirill Martynov, co-founder of the Free University. He even sees some pluses in the new status.
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RASA statement in support of Professor Konstantin Sonin
The Board of Directors of RASA (Russian American Science Association) expresses full and unconditional support to a valued member of our association Professor Konstantin Sonin of the University of Chicago, in connection with a recent reports that a criminal case has been opened against him in Russia on suspicion of publicly disseminating of allegedly «false…
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Free University
Date of incident: March 31, 2023 Type of violation: persecution, violation of autonomy Institution: Free University Summary: In 2021, the organizers registered the Free University NGO in Latvia. On March 31, 2023, the Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Federation recognized the activity of the educational project as “undesirable”. Russian laws make it possible to bring…
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Fear of the Stochastic Parrot
Why does it make no sense to stop training ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence models? Denis Tulinov, author of the telegram channel «Vagus nerve», discusses in his column for T-invariant.
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«Russian World» as a synonym for Russian military aggression
What are the ideological, historical, mythological, and psychological reasons for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We talk about this in a podcast interview with the author of the book The End of the Russian World? On the Ideological Foundations of Russian Aggression, Polish diplomat and publicist Piotr Skwieczynski.
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George Kistiakowsky — the Unknown Father of the American Bomb
His ideal was a quiet university job, but life made him a “merchant of death.” Georgy Kistyakowsky’s name does not appear in a history textbook. But it was his knowledge that helped turn the tide of World War II and influenced the policies of one of the two superpowers. Though it wasn’t even his homeland.
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«In Russia the measure of a scientist’s influence is the measure of his guilt»
What happens to Russian Studies in the general field of social sciences and humanities after the start of the war? What is the measure of responsibility of social scientists for what happened? T-invariant spoke with Victor Vakhshtayn, professor at the Department of Social Sciences at the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (Shaninka).
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The unreachable self-sufficiency
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What won’t allow to build in isolation a mathematics comparable in power and diversity with the Soviet one? The intellectual generation gap, giving rise to gerontocracy, marginalization, and the spread of pseudoscientific schools, suggests Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Ilya Shkredov.
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Moscow Aviation Institute
Date of incident: March 20, 2023 Type of violation: coercion to sign a summons to the military enlistment office to receive a diploma Institution: Moscow Aviation Institute Brief: Students of the Moscow Aviation Institute who graduated from the specialist’s programs reported that they are being refused diplomas until they sign the summons to the military…
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Penza State University
Date of incident: March 16, 2023 Type of violation: coercion to sign a summons to the military enlistment office to receive a diploma Institution: Penza State University Summary: In March 2023, Andrey Surkov, military commissar of the Penza Region, announced that Penza State University graduates will receive subpoenas along with their diplomas to be registered…
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Viktor Novogorsky
Date of incident: March 15, 2023 Violation type: expulsion Institution: Mari State University Summary: Third-year student Viktor Novogorsky was expelled from the Mari State University. Failure was cited as the official reason. However, the Mari Ushem organization believes that the student was expelled due to his participation in the activities of this organization, aimed at…
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Konstantin Miroshnikov
Date of incident: March 15, 2023 Type of violation: dismissal Institution: Moscow International University Synopsis: Konstantin Miroshnikov, teacher of the Introduction to Journalism course and former employee of Echo of Moscow radio station, was dismissed by agreement of the parties from Moscow International University. The dismissal was the result of denunciations. According to the author…
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Nikita Menshov
Date of incident: March 11, 2023 Type of violation: arrest Institution: Ural State Law University Summary: Freshman Nikita Menshov has become a new defendant in a criminal case of high treason. On March 11, at 5:35 am, Menshov was detained in Vladikavkaz by a patrol of the police department No. 2 of the Zaterechny district…
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SOVA Center
Date of incident: March 10, 2023 Type of violation: violation of autonomy Institution: Information and Analytical SOVA Center Brief: On March 10, the Ministry of Justice filed a lawsuit to liquidate Information and Analysis SOVA Center. The lawsuit was filed as a result of an unscheduled inspection that took place in the organization from January…
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Elena Kabakova
Date of incident: March 7, 2023 Type of violation: fine Institution: Pyatigorsk State University Summary: The court fined Elena Kabakova, an associate professor at Pyatigorsk State University, 30,000 rubles under an article about discrediting the army because of her pacifist statements in a conversation with students. Source: Caucasian Knot
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Students of St. Petersburg State Agrarian University
Date of incident: January 26, 2023 Type of violation: threat of expulsion Institution: College of St. Petersburg State Agrarian University “Tourism” Summary: St. Petersburg State Agrarian University college students Ekaterina and Anastasia were summoned to the dean’s office because they subscribed to the Smart Voting project’s mailing list. They are threatened with expulsion, but the…
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Artem Izgagin
Date of incident: January 1, 2023 Type of violation: fine Institution: Pervouralsk Metallurgical College Summary: On January 11, Artem Izgagin, a mathematics teacher from the Pervouralsk Metallurgical College, was convicted of discrediting the Russian army. The court imposed a fine of 40 thousand rubles. After the start of the special operation, he posted several posts…
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Ilya Inishev
Date of incident: December 27, 2022 Type of violation: Dismissal Institution: Higher School of Economics (HSE), Moscow Summary: On December 27, 2022, the Higher School of Economics (HSE) in Moscow fired Ilya Inishev, who has been a professor at the Higher School of Economics since 2010, where he headed the master’s program in Cultural Studies.…
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Olesya Krivtsova
Date of incident: 2022 December Type of violation: house arrest, expulsion Institution: Northern (Arctic) University, Arkhangelsk Summary: In December 2022, Russian authorities placed Olesya Kryvtsova, a student at Northern (Arctic) University, under house arrest after she spoke out on social media against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Krivtsova was threatened with a term of up to…
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Denis Skopin
Date of incident: 10/26/2022 Type of violation: Dismissal Institution: Saint Petersburg State University Summary: On October 26, 2022, Denis Skopin, a professor at Saint Petersburg State University (SPbGU), was fired after protesting against the mobilization of men liable for military service in Russia. Sources: RFERL Bumaga
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Olga Lizunkova
Date of incident: October 5, 2022 Type of violation: dismissal Institution: branch of the Institute of Transport, Service and Tourism in the village of Vorotynets, Nizhny Novgorod Region Summary: Olga Lizunkova taught English and German in the Nizhny Novgorod region. On September 22, 2022, after a couple, one of the students wrote a denunciation of…
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Olga Nazarenko
Date of incident: September 21, 2022 Types of violation: dismissal, criminal case for “discrediting the Russian army”. Institution: Ivanovo Medical Academy. Summary: February 26, 2022 Olga Nazarenko, PhD in Medicine, was detained in Ivanovo along with other activists. On February 27, Olga held a solo picket, but 30 minutes later she was detained by the…
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Nail Fatkullin
Date of incident: May 27, 2022 Type of violation: dismissal, fine Institution: Kazan Federal University Summary: The Academic Council of Kazan Federal University (KFU) did not renew the contract with Professor Nail Fatkullin, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences. In early May 2022, he circulated among his colleagues an open letter demanding an end to…
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Andrey Boyarshinov
Date of incident: March 17, 2022. Type of violation: arrest. Institution: Kazan Federal University. Summary: Kazan activists have not received approval for a mass picket in support of Andrey Boyarshinov, who has been in jail for over a year. The Executive Committee of Kazan did not approve the purpose of the action, considering it ambiguous…