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Chemistry World
September 19, 2013
Eugene Gerden |
Duma to review Russian Academy of Sciences reform On Tuesday and Wednesday, scientists and students met outside the Duma to protest the proposed reforms of the Russian Academy of Sciences, which have been undergoing further readings this week.   |
Chemistry World
December 18, 2013
Eugene Gerden |
Controversial academy reforms suspended Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, has suspended controversial reforms of the country's science academy for at least a year after an outcry by scientists. |
Chemistry World
May 20, 2013
Eugene Gerden |
Petition calls for science minister to go A group of Russian scientists and members of the Russian Parliament has called on President Vladimir Putin to fire Dmitry Livanov, Minister of Education and Science, and to evaluate the rate of efficiency of reforms that are currently being conducted in the domestic science and higher education. |
Chemistry World
September 20, 2013
Laura Howes |
Reform of Russian Academy of Sciences passed Despite protests, the Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, has approved controversial reforms to the Russian Academy of Sciences. |
Chemistry World
June 20, 2012
Eugene Gerden |
Shake-up for Russian universities and research Russian university students could lose much of the financial support they currently enjoy under planned reforms |
Chemistry World
August 13, 2015
Eugene Gerden |
Russia faces international scientific blockade Russian science's isolation is deepening, reflected by dwindling international research cooperation, as well as restrictions on the country's scientists' access to equipment and western journals. |
Chemistry World
May 11, 2015
Emma Stoye |
Scientists protest over political firing of Russian chemist The Russian chemistry community is on the verge of a serious conflict with the national government, over the sacking of a high-profile chemist who has criticized state policies related to science funding. |
Chemistry World
July 10, 2015
Eugene Gerden |
Funding changes worry Russian scientists Despite massive cuts to state spending this year, the government will keep funding national science at the same level as 2014. But changes in the way that the funding will be distributed has caused alarm. |
Chemistry World
April 26, 2013
Eugene Gerden |
PricewaterhouseCoopers to audit Russian science The Russian government has appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers to conduct an audit of the country's scientific organizations and scientists. |
Chemistry World
November 7, 2011
Eugene Gerden |
Russia Books Place at Science Top Table The Innovative Russia 2020 scheme should see science funding rise to at least 2.5 per cent of GDP. However, some critics think the scheme is overambitious and predict that implementation will run into bureacratic problems. |
Chemistry World
February 24, 2015
Eugene Gerden |
Economic crisis to erode Russia's science base Russian government funding for scientific research will be cut by at least 10% this year, as part of a crisis plan recently unveiled. |
Chemistry World
September 13, 2011
Ned Stafford |
Turkish academics fight government interference The Turkish government wants the authority to appoint members to the country's science academy |
Chemistry World
February 15, 2013
Eugene Gerden |
Head of Russian degree-awarding regulator arrested Felix Shamkhalov, Chairman of the Russian Higher Attestation Commission, a national government agency that oversees awarding of advanced academic degrees, has been arrested on charges of money laundering and issuing false dissertations. |
Chemistry World
June 29, 2015
Eugene Gerden |
Ban proposed on recruitment of Russian talent to reverse brain drain The Russian parliament is planning to ban overseas non-profit organisations from luring away the country's top students and skilled workers. |
Chemistry World
February 2, 2010
Ned Stafford |
Russian science losing its edge Research in Russia, considered a scientific powerhouse during the cold war years, has faded in global importance since the break-up of the former Soviet Union in the early 1990s and now is lagging behind China and India. |
Chemistry World
November 21, 2012
Eugene Gerden |
Russian universities face bleak future Russian universities are on the verge of massive cuts and restructuring after the publication of an audit of the country's state run universities branded 25% as 'inefficient'. |
Chemistry World
May 7, 2014
Eugene Gerden |
Russia pays high scientific price over Ukraine The annexation of the Crimean peninsula by Russia and the subsequent tensions over Ukraine has seen the US Department of Energy impose a ban on scientists from Russia working in its physics and chemistry laboratories. |
Chemistry World
August 21, 2014
Eugene Gerden |
Scientists claim Russia's science plan lacks ambition Scientists at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, have called the education ministry's science and technology program for 2013 -- 2020 irrelevant. |
Chemistry World
April 22, 2015
Eugene Gerden |
Ukraine to slash science budget Rapid growth in defense spending has led Ukraine's president, Petr Poroshenko, to announce plans to cut science funding to the bone. |
Chemistry World
November 6, 2012
Eugene Gerden |
Russia targets top spots in university league tables The Russian government has earmarked RUB9 billion to enable its leading national universities to break into the top 100 in the global league tables. |
Chemistry World
September 2, 2015
Eugene Gerden |
Russia to ramp up spending on military science The Russian government plans to invest up to RUB 100 billion ( 977 million pounds) on the development of military science and defense R&D from 2016-2018. |
Chemistry World
April 23, 2013
Emma Stoye |
Invest in research or be left behind, UK academies warn The UK's four national academies have called on the government to increase investment in research over the next decade or risk being overtaken by international competitors. |
Chemistry World
March 6, 2012
Simon Perks |
Special Treatment for Scientists Under Immigration Rules Scientists traveling to work in the UK will be exempt from rules on settling in the country. |
Reason
April 2008
Cathy Young |
After Putin As Vladimir Putin prepares to step down and orchestrate his succession, Russia continues to roll back freedom -- but not all the way back. |
Chemistry World
May 3, 2012
Eugene Gerden |
Russia to ease qualification vetting bureaucracy The Russian ministry of education has put forward plans to simplify the process for recognising the qualifications of foreign specialists, who want to work in the country. |
Chemistry World
February 13, 2012 |
Building a nation of scientists Goverdhan Mehta talks to Sheena Elliott and Elinor Richards about the progress of science in India and the challenges scientists face |
Chemistry World
September 27, 2012
Eugene Gerden |
Russian chemist released after drug charge The release from prison of Olga Zelenina, a chemist who was arrested on charges of aiding drug trafficking, on 25 September comes after an outcry by Russian scientists and human rights activists. |
BusinessWeek
April 7, 2011
Henry Meyer |
Medvedev Shakes Up the Kremlin Russian President Medvedev may be starting a new push for shareholder rights by removing state officials from top corporate boards. |
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US, Russia Resume Joint Ops The United States and Russia say they are resuming military cooperation suspended after Russia invaded its smaller neighbor Georgia last year. |
Chemistry World
April 23, 2012
Eugene Gerden |
Russia mulls plan for overseas study scheme The Russian government is considering funding the study of domestic students at leading foreign universities - provided they return to Russia once they have graduated. |
BusinessWeek
September 27, 2004
Jason Bush |
Putin's Russia: Is the Economy Next? There's no doubt the Russian President is trying to centralize all political power inside the Kremlin. Experts fear that he also may clamp down on free-market reforms. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
February 1, 2014
William Looney |
Russian Innovation: A Higher Mark For the first time, the spotlight shines on Russia's potential in biotechnology and pharma products |
Chemistry World
December 9, 2013
Eugen Gerden |
Russian universities benefit from private funding bonanza Russian big business has significantly ramped up the amount of money it is putting into national universities in recent years, according to the presidents of Russia's top universities. |
Chemistry World
November 2011
Jack Stilgoe |
The Science we Want, the Science we Need The UK government has lost the ability to ensure that the research that it really needs gets done. |
Reason
April 2009
Cathy Young |
Unclenching the Fist U.S.-Russian relations in the age of Obama. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2000
Oleh Havrylyshyn & John Odling-Smee |
Political Economy of Stalled Reforms Powerful vested interests in some of the transition countries oppose further reform. But, even in this difficult climate, reform can and should continue. |
Finance & Development
March 2011
Giuliano et al. |
Free Governments, Good Policies Economic reforms may scare politicians, but democracy and economic liberalization generally go hand in hand. |
Chemistry World
February 10, 2015
Emma Stoye |
Science societies urge next UK government to invest more in research The next UK government should invest twice as much in research, according to a joint statement released by the National Academies. |
BusinessWeek
November 28, 2005
Jason Bush |
After Putin, Who? Medvedev's promotion makes him front-runner for Russia's President, for now. |
The Motley Fool
October 19, 2011
Rebecca Lipman |
Russian Stocks: Now That Putin's Back, Should You Buy? Can Putin could rally the Russian economy again? |
BusinessWeek
June 16, 2011
Arkhipov & Meyer |
Khodorkovsky's Jailhouse Interview The imprisoned oligarch says that 10 percent GDP growth for Russia is impossible unless oil sells at $200 a barrel. |
BusinessWeek
August 9, 2004
Jason Bush |
A Renaissance For Russian Science Student enrollments are up, and multinationals are chasing grads. However, without an influx of qualified teachers, Russian science may be living on borrowed time. |
BusinessWeek
September 22, 2003
Jason Bush in Moscow |
Russia's Stock Market Is Full of Gas With prices up and fear of Kremlin meddling in business fading, investors are pouring into Russian stocks. Will it last? |
Chemistry World
July 3, 2013
Eugene Gerden |
Russia looks to attract EU students The Russian government is planning to up its quota for foreign students studying on state funded places at its universities by 50%. The new quota will be set at 15,000 overseas students. |
The Motley Fool
August 18, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Is Russia Becoming an Investment Gulag? With all that's occurring in Russia these days, how long will it be before Western investment in that nation grinds to a halt? |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2000 |
Book reviews Without a Map: Political Tactics and Economic Reform in Russia by Andrei Shleifer and Daniel Treisman evaluates the reforms of the 1990s... Money and Markets: A Wall Street Memoir by Henry Kaufman both inspirational and educational... |
Chemistry World
September 5, 2008
Fred Campbell |
Rushed Reforms Failing UK School Science UK government reforms of school education have done little to increase the number of children with maths or science (STEM) qualifications, according to the UK's national academy of sciences. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2000
Andrei Nesterenko |
The Modernization Challenge Facing President Putin Having established and strengthened basic market and democratic institutions during the 1990s, Russia became an emerging market country that badly needs a modernization breakthrough. How can the government of President Vladimir Putin attain this goal? |
BusinessWeek
December 13, 2004
Bush & Olearchyk |
Putin's Biggest Blunder Is the Russian president losing his touch? Once admired for his steely efficiency, Putin suddenly doesn't seem to be able to get anything right. |
The Motley Fool
March 5, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Will Russian Investments Take a New Path? Will Medvedev's move into the Russian presidency alter the country's investment profile? |
