[TYPES] R: ETAPS bars Russian researchers from attending

[Alex Potanin]

Hello,

One of the only remaining news outlets associated with Russia that is not pro Putin nonsense is Novaya Gazeta (the editor shared the Nobel Peace Prize earlier this year).

While I cannot comment on the Russian situation as I have not been there since I left after high school in 1998, I found the following interviews with scientists and IT workers who urgently left for Kyrgizia and Armenia (since you don’t need a Russian Foreign Travel passport to go there) quite insightful. Please use Google Translate:

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2022/03/09/ia-bolshe-ne-khochu-pomogat-stroit-eto-gosudarstvo__;!!IBzWLUs!BOlusPmY-hZcXmhj6z3dsUK_tAVGZfAc-8kQqP8HZZqaLN_mtGvezBXdycebT5PlgLy2Ga8GYto$ 

Ngā mihi nui,
Alex.

Dr Alex Potanin (he/him)
Ahonuku — Associate Professor
Australian National University