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Save Russian science

Despite 15 years of turbulent change, 'brain drain' and a shortage of research funds, Russian science has survived, although in a much diminished state. International investment and collaboration over the next ten years could bring it back from the brink.

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It is a pleasure to thank my friends and colleagues Vladimir Kravtsov and Valery Ryazanov for critical comments and especially Igor Mazin, without whom this essay may never have been written.

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Feigel'man, M. Save Russian science. Nature Phys 3, 138–139 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys525

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