T-invariant continues its project in which Russian scientists and academics, speaking anonymously, share how their lives and work have changed amid the war and the ever-tightening grip of state control. In this installment, a Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences from the Volga Federal District discusses staffing issues, funding challenges in Russian science, and the widespread detachment from the war. 

T-invariant continues its series featuring anonymous accounts from Russian scientists and academics on how their lives and work have transformed under wartime conditions and increasing state repression. In this installment, a psychotherapist and candidate of psychological sciences explains why current events are reviving old traumas—and how the suppression of unprocessed history leaves society unprepared for present challenges. 

As part of an ongoing project, T-invariant continues to document the testimonies of Russian academics and educators who speak anonymously about how their lives and professions have transformed under wartime conditions and escalating authoritarian controls. In this installment, the head of an academic program at a Moscow university describes how her students were initially terrified by the war, how they learned to navigate ideological disagreements among themselves, and why they justify the conformism of their thirties.