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Dear Marcin, dear Joseph, dear Friends,</div>
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I fully support your proposal. I have stopped my collaboration with my Russian colleagues because they receive money for their research from the Russian grant (i.e. from the government). Several years ago, the major publishers like Elsevier banned the publications
from Iran, and this had certain effect. The current threat from Russia to entire world is worse, and we should do what we can to stop the war.</div>
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Best regards,</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> March 1, 2022 4:57 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Joseph Brenner <joe.brenner@bluewin.ch><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Mark Burgin <mburgin@math.ucla.edu>; fis <fis@listas.unizar.es>; Wolfgang Hofkirchner <wolfgang.hofkirchner@is4si.org>; Gordana Dodig Crnkovic <gordana.dodig-crnkovic@chalmers.se>; annette.grathoff <annette.grathoff@is4si.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Fis] The Sports, Music and Information Worlds</font>
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<div class="x_gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">Dear Joseph, Dear Friends,</div>
<div class="x_gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">I support your proposal with my heart and my reason.</div>
<div class="x_gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">This protest is not against any individual researcher, no matter what their nationality is. It is against unprovoked actions of the Russian government and military threatening peace in the
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<div class="x_gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">Regards,</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="x_gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 4:52 AM <a href="mailto:joe.brenner@bluewin.ch">
joe.brenner@bluewin.ch</a> <<a href="mailto:joe.brenner@bluewin.ch">joe.brenner@bluewin.ch</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div><font size="3">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
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<div><font size="3">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.</font></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:medium">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.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:medium">Thank you and best wishes to all,</span></div>
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