We refuse to join the “new Academy”

Letter of members of Russian Academy of Sciences

Dear Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences!

Many colleagues have already expressed their categorical opposition to the draft federal law “On the Russian Academy of Sciences”, introduced at the State Duma. The draft bill proposes the elimination of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the creation of a new “RAS” in the form of a “club of academicians”, separated from the institutes.
The situation is critical. Mere rhetoric is not enough. Real practical actions are urgently needed on our part to oppose these plans to eliminate the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The following letter is prepared and open for signature.
The signing procedure: sending a message of acceptance to the address: volovich@mi.ras.ru

V.E.Zaharov, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
A.V.Kryazhimsky, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
D.V.Shirkov, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Yu.I.Manin, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
I.V.Volovich, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

07/01/2013

To
Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation
Valentina Matviyenko, Chairman of the Federation Council
Sergey Naryshkin, Speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation
Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister of Russian Federation

We hereby express our categorical rejection of the draft federal law “Concerning the Russian Academy of Sciences, the reorganization of the state academies of sciences, and amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation” submitted o the State Duma. Since we cannot regard the proposed “new Academy” as a legitimate or worthy successor and replacement for the existing Russian Academy of
Sciences as founded by Peter I, we want to make it clear that should
the law be passed, we will refuse to join this “new Academy”.

academician Zakharov V.E.
academician Kryazhimskii A.V.
academician Rubakov V.A.
academician Shirkov D.V.
academician Ershov Yu.L.
academician Kotlyakov V.M.
academician Dikansky N.S.
academician Vassiliev V.A.
academician Keldysh L.V.
academician Stishov S.M.
academician Starobinsky A.A.
academician Yanin V.L.
academician Abrikosov A.A.
academician Betelin V.B.
academician Nigmatulin R.I.
academician Dmitriev V.V.
academician Sadovsky M.V.
academician Grachev M.A.
academician Kuleshov A.P.
academician Timofeev V.B.
academician Dybo V.A.
academician Eliashberg G.M.
academician Chaplik A.V.
academician Gershtein S.S.
academician Sagdeev Roald Z
academician Gaponov-Grekhov A.V.
academician Kardashev N.S.
academician Parijskij Yu.N.
academician Suris R.A.
academician Okun L.B.
corresponding member of RAS Manin Yu.I.
corresponding member of RAS Volovich I.V.
corresponding member of RAS Morozov A.Yu.
corresponding member of RAS Arseev P.I.
corresponding member of RAS Vysotsky M.I.
corresponding member of RAS Zybin K.P.
corresponding member of RAS Gavrin V.N.
corresponding member of RAS Khriplovich I.B.
corresponding member of RAS Danilov-Danilyan V.I.
corresponding member of RAS Balakin V.E..
corresponding member of RAS Solomina O.N.
corresponding member of RAS Smirnov N.G.
corresponding member of RAS Soloviev A.A.
corresponding member of RAS Nemirovskii S.Yu.
corresponding member of RAS Belavin A.A.
corresponding member of RAS Tkachev I.I.
corresponding member of RAS Yalandin M.I.
corresponding member of RAS Ivchenko E.L.
corresponding member of RAS Ivanov S.V.
corresponding member of RAS Ioffe B.L.
corresponding member of RAS Sibeldin N.N.
corresponding member of RAS Sobolev A.V.
corresponding member of RAS Shchepin E.V.
corresponding member of RAS Gulev S.K.
corresponding member of RAS Makhlin Yu.U.
corresponding member of RAS Khazanov E.A.
corresponding member of RAS Tolstonogov A.A.
corresponding member of RAS Panin I.A.
corresponding member of RAS Ivanchik A.I.
corresponding member of RAS Trubetskov D.I.
corresponding member of RAS Treshchev D.V.
corresponding member of RAS Smelyansky R.L.
corresponding member of RAS Dybo A.V.
corresponding member of RAS Razborov A.A.
corresponding member of RAS Beklemishev L.D.
corresponding member of RAS Brazhkin V.V.
corresponding member of RAS Degtyarov K.E.
corresponding member of RAS Sergeev A.M.
corresponding member of RAS Borisov A.B.
corresponding member of RAS Rozanov N.N.
corresponding member of RAS Rabinovich M.I.
corresponding member of RAS Murtazaev A.K.