by Umnov | Mar 24, 2024 | blog
Russian human rights education has been forced to revert to the patterns of the 70s, where Soviet conceptions are combined with pro-war propaganda and a complete inversion of international law. Dmitry Dubrovskiy Although the USSR participated in preparing the...
by Umnov | Mar 10, 2024 | blog
Psychology recognizes several defensive responses to trauma: adaptation, denial, and resistance. How has the reality of the war set in for Russian scientists? Oleg Mironov Photo: As a consequence of the war, some scientific associations were dissolved and...
by Umnov | Feb 25, 2024 | blog
Ukraine and Ukrainians in Russian higher education and science Dmitry Dubrovsky Photo: Denying the statehood of Ukraine—a stance that used to be part of the official discourse in Russia—is now being framed in university history courses as a “scientific approach to...
by Umnov | Feb 19, 2024 | blog
The issue of power at the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Philosophy is resolved through staffing scandals and propaganda campaigns. Andrei Rodin At the beginning of 2024, Olga Zinovieva, widow of the philosopher Alexander Zinoviev and founder of the...
by Umnov | Jan 29, 2024 | blog
Nationalist and conservative student societies are becoming more active in Russian universities. Dmitry Dubrovsky Photo: The network of “Russian societies” is distinguished by its particularly conservative-Orthodox inclinations. Photo by Elena Mozhvilo on...
by Umnov | Jan 14, 2024 | blog
In the last two years, Russian public opinion surveys about approval of the army’s actions in Ukraine and Russia’s political course have been heavily criticized. How fair is this criticism? Arseny Verkeev Photo: The gradual decline in the percentage of people...
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