Caution mode

Caution mode

Public dissent has all but disappeared from Russian universities. Why?
DMITRY RUDENKIN

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When Was Teaching More Free?

When Was Teaching More Free?

When academic freedom is reduced to funding and accountability to funders, the Soviet period seems much more advantageous than the modern one in the eyes of Russian teachers.
At the author’s request, the name is not published.

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The “Skolkovo Method”

The “Skolkovo Method”

How a little-known organization from Tolyatti became the “system-thinking-activity” forge for personnel at Russian universities.
At the author’s request, the name is not published

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“Scientific Anti-Americanism”

“Scientific Anti-Americanism”

Repressive measures are affecting American educational and scientific organizations operating in Russia, as well as those who collaborate with them.
DMITRY DUBROVSKY

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The Re-Sovietization of Human Rights

The Re-Sovietization of Human Rights

Russian human rights education has been forced to revert to the patterns of the 70s, where Soviet conceptions are combined with pro-war propaganda and a complete inversion of international law.
DMITRY DUBROVSKY

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War Trauma

War Trauma

Psychology recognizes several defensive responses to trauma: adaptation, denial, and resistance. How has the reality of the war set in for Russian scientists?
OLEG MIRONOV

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Zinoviev Club vs. Academics

Zinoviev Club vs. Academics

The issue of power at the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Philosophy is resolved through staffing scandals and propaganda campaigns.
ANDREI RODIN

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