Russian Academy of Natural Sciences

Russian Academy of Natural Sciences
Established31 August 1990; 34 years ago (1990-08-31)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
PresidentOleg Leonidovich Kuznetsov
Location
Moscow
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Websitewww.raen.info

The Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (Russian: Российская академия естественных наук) is a Russian non-governmental organization founded on August 31 1990 in Moscow in the former Soviet Union, following a decree by the Supreme Soviet of Russia.[1] As of 2018, the Academy operates under the Federal Law of August 23, 1996 No. 127-FZ "On Science and State Scientific-Technical Politics".[2]

As of 2020, its president is Oleg Leonidovich Kuznetsov[3] and its Vice President and Chief Secretary is Lida Vladimirovna Ivanitskaya.[4]

The academy is not associated with the Russian Academy of Sciences. The Russian Academy of Natural Sciences has been criticised because many members lack scientific credentials and some espouse pseudoscientific theories such as Aušra Augustinavičiūtė's socionics and Anatoly Fomenko's "New Chronology".[5][6][7] Currently, the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences includes 24 central sections, more than 100 regional and thematic departments, research centers, united in eight blocks working in the relevant areas.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ RFE/RL. (1991). Report on the USSR. RFE/RL, Incorporated. p. 19. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  2. ^ Official website
  3. ^ Europe Publication (1999). The International Who's who 2000. International Who's Who Series. Europa Publications. p. 878. ISBN 978-1-85743-050-9. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Руководство". raen.info. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  5. ^ Yuri Efremov [ru], Опасность лженауки ("Danger of Pseudoscience")
  6. ^ «Существует большое количество невежд и жуликов». Интервью с академиком РАН В. Л. Гинзбургом
  7. ^ Проблемы борьбы с лженаукой (обсуждение в Президиуме РАН)
  8. ^ The Russian Academy of Natural Sciences on Google maps