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Noted Russian Scientist Placed Under House Arrest On Charge Of Financing An Extremist Group


Sergei Abramov in 2015
Sergei Abramov in 2015

A court in the city of Pereslavl-Zalessky, about 140 kilometers northwest of Moscow, on May 12 placed noted Russian physicist and mathematician Sergei Abramov under house arrest on a charge of financing an unspecified extremist group. The 66-year-old scientist is a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He is known among computer scientists around the world for his contributions to the development of supercomputers. In the past, Abramov's name was mentioned among individuals who support jailed opposition politician Aleksei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here.

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