The petition addressed to Putin, signed by more than 150 scientists. The appeal is signed by such prominent figures of science, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nobel laureate Zhores Alferov, his colleagues Alexander Alexander Nekipelov, Victor Polterovich, Mikhail Sadovsky.
According to the authors of the letter, Russian fundamental science is experiencing a crisis from the beginning of the 1990s, “not only because of the dire financial situation, but due to the fact that for many years has been under unprecedented pressure from the state structures having new and new “reform” which has resulted in its gradual degradation.”
With regard to the reform of 2013, scientists call it “fatal blow.” The most ridiculous designs for the new “effective managers” from FANO scientists call the consolidation of institutions through their associations on a multidisciplinary basis. And “the complete destruction of the system of science management, a new wave of scientific emigration, especially among young people, a sharp intensification of bureaucrats and crooks of science.” Judging by the vigorous expressions have academics really become painful. What do they offer? Of course, to increase funding for science, but not only. For example, back ran all the rights of a founder of scientific institutions, selecting FANO guide scientific research and evaluation of the effectiveness of the institutions and their leadership to stop “the destructive campaign of senseless restructuring of existing institutions of RAS”.
The authors are not against FANO as such, but I believe that the Agency should become an integral part of the Academy, responsible only for commercial issues and property management. It is clear that the emasculation of the essence of the reforms, the Kremlin will not go.
President Vladimir Fortov, the appeal is not signed, explaining to reporters that he was on a business trip. However, its basic position of solidarity. According to the head wounds, FANO assumes functions which are not peculiar to him. “Today it became clear that in the reform there is a need to hold a clear legal separation, when science is in the RAS and the administrative function is given by FANO. Actually, this problem”, – said the “Interfax” Vladimir Fortov.
Remember, a classic: “the Trouble is, since cakes start oven cobbler, and boots stitch pieman. And it will not go smoothly”. After all everyone needs to do their job, although the fans to get into someone else’s garden from the times of Ivan Krylov, fable writer and academician of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences, probably, have not diminished.
