We are glad to share this appeal from Russian scientists agansit the war in Ukraina sent by Professor Gelina Kopeina (Professor of Medicine, Lomonosov University, Moscow) for a wider diffusion.

My dear colleagues,

I am writing to you in this horrible time with only one request.

Most Russian scientists have been trying to stop this insanity.

We have been signing open letters from different scientific societies. We have been going to rallies. Some people were arrested. I understand that it is not enough but we really try.

It is one of the many open letters:

Открытое письмо российских ученых и научных журналистов против войны с Украиной (полный список подписей) — Троицкий вариант — Наука (trv-science.ru)

Please, if you can and want, send this link to your colleagues who came from Russia.

With kind regards,
Gelina S. Kopeina, PhD

Faculty of Medicine, MV Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

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An Appeal from Russian Scientists to stop the war in Ukraine

Center For Transdisciplinarity in Research

Vincenzo M. Giorgino

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