[Fis] The Sports, Music and Information Worlds

[Xueshan Yan]

Dear Joseph and friends,

I firmly support the position of Russian scientists.

“We, the undersigned Russian scientists and science journalists, declare our strong opposition to the Russian hostilities launched against the Ukrainian people. These hostilities are incurring huge human losses and undermines the foundations of the established system of international security. The responsibility for unleashing a new war in Europe lies entirely with Russia.”

“There is no rational justification for this war. Obviously, Ukraine poses no threat to the security of Russia. The attempts to use the situation in Donbass as a pretext for launching a military operation are totally contrived. The war against Ukraine is unjust and frankly nonsense.”

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God bless the Ukrainian people!

Xueshan

https://trv-science.ru/en/2022/02/we-are-against-war-en/

 

From: fis-bounces at listas.unizar.es <fis-bounces at listas.unizar.es> On Behalf Of joe.brenner at bluewin.ch
Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 3:52 AM
To: Mark Burgin <mburgin at math.ucla.edu>; "fis" <fis at listas.unizar.es>; marcin schroeder <mjs at aiu.ac.jp>
Subject: [Fis] The Sports, Music and Information Worlds

 

Dear Mark, Dear Marcin, Dear Friends and Colleagues,

 

Today Switzerland gave up its otherwise precious neutrality, and two major sports organizations, FIFA and the International Olympic Committee, excluded Russian members and athletes. The Russian Director and Conductor of the prestigious Verbier Music Festival in Switzerland was fired.

 

Many of us have positions in and relations to Russian scientific bodies and publications as authors, editors, reviewers and publishers. The question is whether individually or collectively, these relations should be terminated. The argument can be made that this would tend to be a hardship for and isolate our friends in Russia even further. For me, the counterargument is that any pressure that makes the Russian regime less viable internationally and, temporarily, isolated should be exerted.

 

We are fortunate in having Mark Burgin and Marcin Schroeder at the head of our initiatives. Before making any moves, given their direct knowledge of that part of the world, I ask them for their guidance.

 

Thank you and best wishes to all,

 

Joseph 

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