Ya les había comentado la absurda postura de Rusia frente al «escudo de defensa anti-misiles» que propone el Gobierno Bush. Sobre la connivencia y «gestos de amistad» rusos frente a países tan demócratas como Irán o Palestina, no voy a perder el tiempo. Los conocen. Lo que tal vez no sepan es que el involucionismo ruso – eufemismo de regreso a la dictadura – cada vez en más arraigado en la sociedad ex-soviética. Ahora son los científicos a los que hay que controlar:
Russia’s ageing but revered scientific geniuses are on a collision course with Vladimir Putin after the 1,200-member Academy of Sciences rejected Kremlin proposals to end its unique independence from state control.
Since it was founded by Tsar Peter I in 1724, the Academy has enjoyed immunity from government interference. Freedom to think and work unfettered has enabled 17 of its alumni since 1904 to win science’s highest plaudit, the Nobel prize. Of those, 14 have been within the past 50 years and the most recent, Vitaly Ginzburg and Alexei Abrikosov, shared the prize for physics in 2003.
Now, however, its autonomy is threatened by a proposed new charter which would give the government control of its management, funding and multi-billion pound property holdings.
Kremlin officials claim the institution needs dragging into the modern world to harness its members’ brainpower for lucrative scientific patents and commerce. But critics fear it will fall victim to Mr Putin’s appetite for control and his distrust of free-thinking institutions. Fuente
Viejas ideas.
