Victor Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/victor/ An international non-profit organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars dedicated to protecting the human rights and scientific freedom of our colleagues around the world. Thu, 11 Feb 2021 20:30:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Victor Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/victor/ 32 32 59910430 Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics Issued Statement On the Arrest and Charges Against Russian Rocket Scientist, Victor Kudryavtsev https://concernedscientists.org/2019/11/von-karman-institute-for-fluid-dynamics-issued-statement-on-the-arrest-and-charges-against-russian-rocket-scientist-victor-kudryavtsev/ Mon, 11 Nov 2019 21:45:10 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7664 The Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics issued a statement on the arrest and charges against Russian rocket scientist, Victor Kudryavtsev which provides a detailed account of the TRANSHYBERIAN project with Russia. The recently released statement notes that they “could not find any trace of disclosing secret information by the team of Dr. Kudryavtsev in […]

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]]> 7664 Renowned Russian Scientist Released from Prison With Advanced Stage Cancer https://concernedscientists.org/2019/10/renowned-russian-scientist-released-from-prison-with-advanced-stage-cancer/ Fri, 04 Oct 2019 19:17:18 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7574 CCS suggests possible violation of Magnitsky Act in regard to the case of Victor Kudryavtsev, a renowned rocket scientist in Russia’s aerospace program. He was arrested and held in pre-trial detention as a spy but was recently released from prison in Russia when it was found that he had advanced stage lung cancer. Although the […]

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]]> 7574 Russia Jails Prominent Rocket Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/2019/07/lead-russian-scientist-researching-airflow-on-rocket-re-entries-into-earths-atmosphere-in-2013-arrested-for-spying/ Mon, 01 Jul 2019 21:59:33 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7444 https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/russia-imprisons-leading-rocket-scientists-over-leak-paranoia (Washington Examiner, June 17, 2019 by Dr. Eugene Chudnovsky, Co-Chair, Committee of Concerned Scientists, Inc. and distinguished professor at the City University of New York )

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]]> 7444 Russia Has Jailed Leading Researcher and Rocket Scientist for Treason https://concernedscientists.org/2018/09/russia-has-jailed-leading-researcher-and-rocket-scientist-for-treason/ Thu, 06 Sep 2018 21:27:41 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7135 Victor Kudryavtsev has worked for the Russian space industry for the past 48 years. He was the leading scientist at the Central Research Institute of Machine Building, known as TsNIIMash – Russia’s main rocket development center, near Moscow. On July 20, 2018 the Russian Federal Security Services (“FSB,” – formerly the KGB) raided his apartment […]

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