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Is Russian science recovering?

Nature volume 408, pages 19–20 (2000)Cite this article

A Nobel Prize raises morale, but research needs money and democracy.

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  1. Institute for the Economy in Transition, Gazetny per. 5, Moscow, 103918, Russia

    Irina Dezhina

  2. Room E51-163, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 02139 , Massachusetts, USA

    Loren Graham

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