Yeah, this is BS! When Igor Kurchatov was building the USSR's first atomic bomb (JOE-1), he was living under an open ended death threat. And I'm sure that Andrei Sakharov would also have a thing or two to say about this preposterous claim as well...
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“Since it was founded by Tsar Peter I in 1724, the Academy has enjoyed immunity from government interference.”
What a load. Does anybody - anybody - truly believe that anything in Russia was immune from government interference between 1917 and 1991?
Yeah, this is BS! When Igor Kurchatov was building the USSR's first atomic bomb (JOE-1), he was living under an open ended death threat. And I'm sure that Andrei Sakharov would also have a thing or two to say about this preposterous claim as well...