Russia

Celebrated science donor re-emerges on the international scene in a new form with plans to open labs in Israel, Europe and the US

Parliament backs a new five-year research agreement with Russia, in a display of science diplomacy described as ‘an island of positivity in an ocean of negative relations’

With its teaching licence revoked and the forced removal from its premises, the European University in St Petersburg is on life support. “We have lost virtually everything,” says one of its professors