Russia

With the Russian army nearby, faculty at V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University in Ukraine are trying to return to normal.

Hector Cabrera Fuentes, a renowned cardiovascular researcher, collaborated with Russian intelligence agents for more than a year, prosecutors said.

The now month-long invasion of Ukraine has resulted in changes in policies and severances of international scientific collaborations with Russian universities and researchers. The war has also precipitated a moral reckoning for many scientists in Russia.

The Russian invasion into Ukraine that began a week ago has forced Ukrainian scientists to abandon their labs and is putting research in Russia in peril.

Trofim Lysenko’s attacks on geneticists had long-term effects on Russian science and scientists, despite a lack of evidence to support his beliefs about biological inheritance.

Almost 40 scientists have signed an open letter, citing odd patterns in the data and a lack of transparency after authors withheld the full data.

Some researchers express skepticism given the lack of data about the vaccine’s safety and efficacy, and the country plans to vaccinate healthcare workers, teachers, and others even before testing is complete.

Intelligence officials from the US, UK, and Canada point the finger at Cozy Bear, a group with links to the Russian government.

The possibly record-breaking temps follow the warmest winter on record in the region.

The research, led by Russian biologist Denis Rebrikov, has not led to the birth of gene-edited babies—yet.

RT and Sputnik publish stories about GMOs more often than US outlets, and typically portray them in a negative light.

Lawmakers in the country are moving to blacklist western scientists and foundations that support overseas scholarship.

On the impending changes to the Russian Academy of Sciences

The increasing push to commercialize research is destroying the scientific community.