The head of Russian Academy of Sciences Forts: Vigorous intervention has improved the situation with the reform - TVNZ

President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vladimir Forts said that to improve the situation with the reform of the Russian Academy of Sciences will actively work on the project.

– As a result of vigorous intervention in the situation Russian President Vladimir Putin , Chairman of the State Duma Sergei Naryshkin , could dramatically change the situation for the better, and please keep this in mind – Forts said during the opening ceremony of the annual Congress of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies.

Chapter RAS thanked assembled the scientific community for its support of the Academy in the “hard time” and urged scientists not to force the issue, and “allow” the government, the presidential administration, together with representatives of Sciences continue to reform and find the best options for her, “Interfax ».

Recall, on Friday, July 5, the Russian State Duma passed the bill on the reform of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) in the second reading. “We must continue to work on the document and prepare it for third reading,” – said after the vote, the first vice-speaker of the State Duma Alexander Zhukov.

Meanwhile, in the scientific community forthcoming reform provoked heated debate, but most scholars agree that reform is needed.

third reading to be in the autumn session.

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