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Siberia Faces Severe Fire Pollution, Russia Among Top 5 Affected Countries
Siberia is getting hit hard by fire pollution. It’s one of the most polluted regions in the world when it comes to harmful smoke from fires. Using…
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Elia Kabanov
The Trans-Siberian Railway: the Unsung Hero of a Historic Car Race
In 1907, the Le Matin newspaper issued a daring challenge: “Who would be brave enough to drive a car from Beijing to Paris?” Several adventurers took…
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Elia Kabanov
How War in Ukraine Reaches Antarctica’s Shores
Russia’s war in Ukraine echoes across the world. Even Antarctica’s icy expanses are not immune to the war’s repercussions. Ukraine’s Antarctic research…
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Elia Kabanov
August 2023
May 2023
Senior Russian computer scientist put under house arrest for giving money to Navalny
The Russian court placed Sergey Abramov, computer scientist and corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, under house arrest for…
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Elia Kabanov
March 2023
“Overtake foreign scientists without catching up with them”. Who opposes the fight against pseudoscience in Russia
The Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences transferred the functions of the Commission for Combating Pseudoscience functions to an expert council…
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Elia Kabanov
December 2022
Tens of thousands of bees die every year in Russia. Lawmakers, farmers and climate change are to blame
Bees are dying en masse in almost all regions of Russia. According to the Beekeepers Union, in 2022, the losses exceeded 20,000 bee colonies. The main…
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Elia Kabanov
November 2022
Siberian scientists don't want to feed people with insect protein. For now
Russian scientists are developing a method for processing insects into feed proteins. According to Kirill Golokhvast, head of the Siberian Scientific…
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Elia Kabanov
Senior Russian scientist accuses the UK of sabotaging the Nord Stream
Valentin Parmon, head of the Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, accused the “Englishmen” of sabotage on the Nord Stream gas pipeline…
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Elia Kabanov
What is happening with Russian science
In 2022, any accurate piece about the state of Russian science comes down to one sentence: everything is terrible and will get worse. Today, several…
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Elia Kabanov
September 2022
How the Russian Academy of Sciences became a Kremlin department
The Kremlin continues to destroy domestic science. After mass arrests of scientists and international isolation, the Putin administration chose a…
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Elia Kabanov
August 2022
Mikhail Gorbachev was the first and last true republican in Russia
The last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev died on August 30 at 91. I wrote a piece about him last year on his 90th birthday. Depending on individual…
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Elia Kabanov
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