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Can Soviet science be rescued?

Soviet science is on the verge of collapse. That is the message from Moscow in the past few days. The gloomy news is plausible. The rest of the world must do what it can to help, but with discrimination.

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Can Soviet science be rescued?. Nature 354, 339–340 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1038/354339a0

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