A Russian Research Renaissance?

How Russian neuroscience research is getting a collosal injection of cash from the government.

07 June 2013

Interview with

Dr Marat Minlebaev, Marseille, France and Kazan, Russia

Part of the show From Russia with Love

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Russia has a history of strong science, but diminishing funding for the sciences over the last few decades has caused many researchers to move to other parts of the world. What can the Russian government do to try to tempt the scientists back and reverse the brain drain? I sat in the Siberian sunshine with one young Russian scientist to discuss this issue.