Fedor Iskhakov

Лёша, спасибо тебе за 26 лет абсолютного счастья. Да, даже за три последних года счастья. За любовь, за то, что всегда поддерживал, за то, что смешил даже из тюрьмы, за то что ты обо мне всегда думал. Я не знаю, как жить без тебя, но я постараюсь так, чтобы ты там, наверху, радовался за меня и гордился мной. Я не знаю, справлюсь или нет, но я буду стараться. Мы обязательно встретимся однажды. У меня столько для тебя нерассказанных историй, и у меня столько для тебя сохраненных в телефоне песен, глупых и смешных, вообще, честно говоря, ужасных песен, но они про нас, и я так хотела дать тебе их послушать. И так хотела смотреть, как ты их слушаешь, смеешься, а потом обнимаешь меня. Люблю тебя вечно. Покойся с миром.

Для России смерть Навального означает утрату единственного кандидата в лидеры мирного транзита, и резко выросшую вероятность гражданской войны сразу после смерти Путина. Но это может оказаться гражданская война не такого сорта, которая дала бы передышку Украине и другим соседям

PwC and KPMG exit Russia. We call for E&Y and Deloitte to follow. Don’t be complicit.

A well-constructed argument against academic sanctions without the emotional load.

Прекрасный Петербург

Putin is fighting two wars, one very deadly in the short term, but I believe Ukraine will remain free in the longer term. Russia is losing in the long term.

@cosmicpinot @RabeeTourky I’m not often in agreement with Rabee but I’m worried this may be counterproductive. How are we going to support exchanges that can favor new oppositions? These people are likely to be our only real allies within Russia. We must fight for freedom, not fight Russians.

A Russian anti-war poster, March 6, 2022.

The government shut down the site that published the letter of >7000 Russian scientists pleading to stop the war. A new website was launched instead: t-invariant.org_))). .

The potential cost of anti-war protests in Russia is 15 years of imprisonment after Duma has passed the legislation in a special gathering on March 4. Nevertheless, thousands of people were protesting on Sunday across the country.

About 4400 peaceful anti-war protesters have been detained by Russian police over the weekend. The total number of detained and arrested since the start of the war is over 13200 according to OVD-info NGO (ovdinfo.org)

@HOnyshchenko Even so, cutting off everybody indiscriminately is a bad policy and just a wrong thing to do.

Cutting ties with the Russian scholars who are the remaining voices of reason in the country is a mistake smh.com.au/world/europe/a…

@cosmicpinot @sterndavidi @RabeeTourky Here is the story of Sergey Kokovin's (HSE) protest on Feb 25. My coauthor was not arrested that evening unlike many around him. I can find more specific examples of people who would be hurt by the blanket suspension of all ties. facebook.com/sergey.kokovin… 3/3

@sterndavidi @Fedor_Iskhakov @RabeeTourky encourage you to be specific of your concern with our statement. it says “We identify with those brave Russian academics and students who oppose President Putin's unprovoked aggression.”

Suspending academic collaboration with Russian universities will undermine the people who are the remaining voice of reason in the country! The world is going mad. uniavisen-dk.translate.goog/danske-univers…

@cosmicpinot @sterndavidi @RabeeTourky Academics in Russia are the people who are most equipped to oppose massively effective state propaganda. They are under pressure from Putin's regime, and instead of being alienated should be supported by their colleagues in other countries. 2/3

@cosmicpinot @sterndavidi @RabeeTourky More specifically, my concern with the statement is that the set of those academics in Russia who will suffer from the suspension of all ties and connections intersects with the set of those academics with who ANU identifies. 1/3

@alreded05560704 @sguriev @Yascha_Mounk The whole collection is here we-are-not-alone.ru

@Yascha_Mounk @sguriev There are also open letters from teachers ab 8k ppl, designers 9k, theatre ppl, artists, doctors, psychologists, students@uni prof., comics and more. Ab 100k total for now. Shakespeare researchers (32ppl) was the 1 i love best. Also rus lang petition vs war ab 1.3mln f now

7,000 Russian scientists signed a letter against Putin's war. "Our country made a decisive contribution to the victory over Nazism. Now it's instigating a new war. We demand an immediate halt to all military operations against Ukraine." Amazing courge. trv-science.ru/en/2022/02/we-…

ANU scholars are signing the open letter against suspending ties and activities with Russian research institutions letter.iskh.me

@RabeeTourky Here is an open letter from ANU academic community letter.iskh.me