Serhii NazarovetsMay 28

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A russian scientometrician fled to #Germany @DZHW 🇩🇪 - but from there, he continues to promote narratives aligned with putin’s propaganda.

đź“„ https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/k8fbc_v1

His paper was accepted at #ISSI2025, and I’m deeply disappointed the conference organizers didn’t recognize the red flags. ⛔ Here's why. 👇

#Scientometrics #RussiaUkraineWar #UkraineDefends

OSF

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❗The paper repeatedly uses the euphemism “Russia-Ukraine conflict” — a narrative tool used to avoid stating the truth: Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Avoiding the word "war" or "aggression" whitewashes responsibility.
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📉 Focuses solely on the “brain drain” from Russia — with zero mention of the destruction of Ukrainian academia: shelled campuses, murdered scholars, displaced institutions. This creates an artificial picture where Russia appears as the primary academic victim.

#RussiaIsATerroristState

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🤥 Russia is portrayed as a passive victim of geopolitical turmoil. No mention of how Russian state policy and the complicity of many academic (!!!) institutions in supporting the war directly caused the isolation and sanctions. There is no accountability in the narrative.
May 28 at 7:15amWeb
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⚛️ #CERN’s suspension of Russian scientists is described as a technical policy shift, not an ethical stance against a belligerent regime. This framing conveniently omits the fact that such sanctions were implemented in response to Russia’s illegal invasion.
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🇺🇦 And most revealing: no word about Ukrainian researchers.

Not even in passing. As if we do not exist.

The erasure is not neutral — it is structural!

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🕵️ This is how soft-power propaganda operates: through "objective" scientometric data, strategically framed to normalize the aggressor and obscure the voices of the oppressed. It is subtle — but no less dangerous. Shame on #ISSI2025 for platforming this.

#RussiaUkraineWar #Ukraine #ScienceIntegrity #StopRussianPropaganda #RussiaIsATerroristState