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Nature 402, 107 (11 November 1999) | doi:10.1038/45867

A cold wind from the East

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Charges faced by a Ukrainian scientist could have a chilling effect on the future of international collaboration.

Life has been difficult for scientists in states of the former Soviet Union since the fall of communism. Those who have not left to work elsewhere have often only been able to maintain active research through collaboration with Western researchers.