7,000 Russian scientists ‘strongly protest’ Ukraine war in open letter to Putin

[Guno צְבִי]

Signatories who call Russia ‘a rogue state’ risk a fine or jail time as Kremlin cracks down on any opposition

MOSCOW — Nearly 7,000 Russian scientists, mathematicians, and academics had as of Thursday signed an open letter addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin “strongly” protesting against his war in Ukraine.

The massive global backlash to Moscow’s invasion a week ago has already affected a range of scientific initiatives, including the International Space Station and a planned Russian-European mission to land a rover on Mars.

“We, Russian scientists and science journalists, strongly protest against the military invasion of Ukraine launched by Russian armed forces,” the open letter published Tuesday on the trv-science.ru news website said.

The more than 6,900 signatories could be risking a fine or jail time after Russian authorities adopted legislation in recent years allowing them to target citizens criticizing the government.

And the Russian parliament took up another bill this week that would toughen punishment for criticizing the war in Ukraine.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/7000-...ign=daily-edition-2022-03-04&utm_medium=email

 

[Phantasmal]

It seems those Russians who know the truth of his actions, don’t support him.

 

[evince]

This is why authoritarianism is such a FAILED idea



It’s kills innovation dead


Creative people NEVER can create at the level that they can in a free society


That’s why republicans hate creative and educated populations and call them their enemy

 

[Cypress]

The more than 6,900 signatories could be risking a fine or jail time after Russian authorities adopted legislation in recent years allowing them to target citizens criticizing the government.

And the Russian parliament took up another bill this week that would toughen punishment for criticizing the war in Ukraine.

It is riveting to read posts Russian social media from people who are there and experiencing this. It's the full range of human response: defiance and courage, to resignation and trepidation, and everything in-between.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

 

[saltydancin]

While Putin has Ukraine on some serve the Putin or die Mengele health care plan as that millenniums old "serve the Pope or die" Mengele Health Care plan just as SCOTUS thieving US Constitution - old glory - old testament arsonists have had this Christian Nation on a Mengele Health Care Plan which their Federal Lynching KKK churchstate of hate fiefdom protected & served for those burning Bush's Arab flying carpet 9/11 Islamidiotocracy health care plan to nuke Temple Mount just as West Nazi Germany Virginia's KKK churchstate of hate health care plan in that Mengele WW II concentration camp baptize thine eyes by urinations medical care after Kristallnacht "one nation under God with equal justice under law" lynching enforcement interpretation as law of the land in their suicidal super egos sociopsychopathilogical homicidal human farming crusade jihad of 21st century problems in politics following in that 600 + years later fabricated Islam medical human reproduction virgin Mary pseudoscience for an immaculate son of Allah Jesus the Christ conception crusade jihad of a Christiananality pedophilia medical health care national religion.