Kovalchuk won't get another seven institutes – at least for now
“The issue of reassigning a number of academic institutes was raised about a month ago, we quickly agreed on positions with the Kurchatov Institute, the Ministry, all interested parties, and At the moment, no changes in the status of the institutes are planned.», - reported Press service of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
"Older scientists who lived through the late Brezhnev era can use their ability to 'read between the lines' and translate the RAS press service's commentary as follows: widespread publicity and yesterday's Academic Councils at RAS institutes, which revealed unanimous opposition to the move to Kurchatov, have forced this plan to be temporarily shelved."- comments This message was sent by a Russian physicist and academician. Alexey Khokhlov.
According to the scientist, "the leadership of the Kurchatov Institute Research Center, as well as other individuals responsible for shaping Russia's scientific policy, should consider the reasons for such pronounced unanimity among representatives of the scientific community."
NeMoskva wrote that the president of the Kurchatov Institute Research Center Mikhail Kovalchuk sent A letter to Putin with a request to include seven institutes in the NRC to “close technological chains.”