An expert at the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences was accused of embezzlement of 16 million in the case of translations of Aristotle. Some of the work completed was “drafts,” investigators say
Svetlana Mesyats, a senior researcher at the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, candidate of philosophical sciences, was charged with fraud on an especially large scale, RBC writes , citing sources familiar with the investigation. The case is related to the theft of 16 million rubles allocated from the budget for the scientific project “Aristotle’s Legacy”.