Two correspondents of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)-professor of the Linguist of the Ural State University Elena Berezovich and director of the Russian Language and Literature Institute named after Vinogradov Fedor Uspensky-were not approved as academics in the RAS elections. This was reported by T-INVARiant. According to the publication, this is due to the fact that Berezovich and Uspensky signed a letter against Russian invasion of Ukraine three years ago. The election voted a little less than half of the composition of the Academicians of the Russian Academy of Sciences (about 780 people in total). For the election, the candidate must receive more than half of the votes of all academicians. Uspensky was supported by 352 academician, Berezovich – 351. Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, general designer of the “Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering” Valery Kashin opposed their election. He recalled that Berezovich and Uspensky in 2022 signed an “open letter in support of Ukraine and against”. “Three years have passed. What is happening in Ukraine with Russian language and literature, we all see. Berezovich – Head of the Department of the Russian Language, Uspensky – Director of the Institute. They must somehow react, they changed their position or remained in the same position. At least in the open press I did not observe anything like that, ”the publication quotes Kashina. Two sources of T-Invariant among members of the Russian Academy of Sciences argued that Mikhail Kovalchuk, the head of the Kurchatov Institute and brother Yuri Kovalchuk, the owner of the Russian Bank and friend Vladimir Putin, could stand behind Kashin’s statement. “Kovalchuk’s proteges were not nominated for their separation and he decided to run into Kashin’s historians and philologists with his hands. Also, this call is that Berezovich and Uspensky should comment on his position was supported by the head of the medical department of the Russian Academy of Sciences, ”said one of the interlocutors of the publication. At the same time, the interlocutors of the publication noted that many expected much less support Berezovich and Uspensky on the vote. “The signal was clear, we all thought that they would be bought completely, and they did not have enough of about 40 votes. At present, this can be considered a protest of the members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, against the authorities, against pressure from above, against Mikhail Kovalchuk, who is behind this. Today, many of us are stunned by this, ”the interlocutor of T-Invariant said. Office the voting results are planned to be announced on May 30. In February 2022, an open letter of Russian scientists and scientific journalists against the war with Ukraine was published on the T-Invariant website. It, in particular, said that for this war “there are no reasonable excuses.” The authors of the letter demanded an “immediate stop of all hostilities directed against Ukraine” and “respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Ukrainian state”. The letter was signed by more than eight thousand people. Russia has been working with Cern for 70 years – one of the main scientific centers in the world (remember the Big Adrone Collider?). The war in Ukraine destroyed these ties and what about Putin’s friend Mikhail Kovalchuk? Russia collaborated 70 years with Cern – one of the main scientific centers in the world (remember the Big Adrone Collider?). The war in Ukraine destroyed these ties and what does Putin’s friend Mikhail Kovalchuk have to do with it? (Tagstotranslate) News
