On October 10, 2017, the second meeting of the new composition of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences was held at the Academy of Sciences. The head of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Sergeyev presented the distribution of duties between members of the academic areopaga (*.pdf). Then the head of Fano Mikhail Kotyukov presented to members of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences of his colleagues at the agency and spoke about their duties.

In connection with the discussion in the media that arose around the conclusion of the Expert Council of the Higher Attestation Commission on History regarding the dissertation of V.R. Medinsky, members of the Expert Council would like to draw attention to the following circumstances: 1) A frequently heard statement about the supposedly existing two positive conclusions (from the dissertation councils at M.V.