Andrei Dymov, associate professor of the Higher School of Economics was sentenced on May 25, 2026 to 3.5 years in prison by the Zyuzinsky District Court in Russia for allegedly “financing extremist activities” by making, ... Continue Reading>>
Associate Professor at the Higher School of Economics in Russia Sentenced to 3.5 Years in Prison
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Prof. Eugene Chudnovsky Speaks at ICOIA Panel on Academic Freedom in Iran
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Russian Hypersonic Physicists Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison
Valery Zvegintsev (Khristianovich Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics) and Vladislav Galkin (Tomsk Polytechnic University), hypersonic physicists, aged 81 and 72 respectively were recently sentenced to more ... Continue Reading>>
Iran Executes 29-Year-Old Erfan Shakourzadeh, Graduate of the Iran University of Science and Technology in Tehran
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