Russian scientists were deprived of access to authoritative international journals – Ekho Moskvy radio station

This is due to the inability to pay for a subscription.

The domestic universities and research institutes as of today will be in the information blockade. The world’s largest publishing company Springer closes access to thousands of unique scientific journals. About this newspaper “Kommersant”. Because of the sharp devaluation of the ruble Russian Foundation for Basic Research was unable to fully pay last year’s subscription to the periodicals database. The last four months of subscription for the Russian scientists and so was free, but most can not continue, officials said Springer. Now the debt is almost 900 thousand euros. The head of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vladimir Fortov, meanwhile, says that scientific periodicals – is the main way to get information on the basic and applied sciences. According to him, if the subscription is not renewed, the Russian scientists will be isolated from the world of science. In this regard, Forts expressed hope that the government “will solve the problem in the near future».

The Ministry of Education about problems with subscriptions do not know, but the representatives of authorities have promised to investigate the situation.