The president of the Russian Academy of Sciences has called for clarification of its role in relation to Fano, the Federal Agency for Scientific Organisations.
During a meeting with the Federation Council, Russia’s upper house of parliament, Vladimir Fortov said that scientific organisations were severely hampered by a lack of clarity, according to an article by the Russian news agency TASS.
This follows the first year of far-reaching reforms to the Russian science system. On 20 November, a public hearing will be held in Moscow to discuss the first year of the reforms.