The redistribution of property RAS under the guise of reform
The President of the RAS Academician Vladimir Fortov met Putin in his time and tried to explain to the President that the steps that, under the guise of reform, he wants to push Lebanons with his team, do not meet the interests of not only the scientific community, but also the interests of the whole country, but are aimed at achieving the goals a narrow group of people who want to take control of the property of the RAS in their own hands. Putin Fortova listened, nodded his head and even declared that the academic's opinion would be considered and used to create a unified concept of reform. However, in fact, as the representatives of the Russian Academy of Sciences themselves say, the general outline of the reform remained unchanged, and all the proposals of Fortov were either reformulated into language that was convenient for the Ministry of Education and Science, or were completely ignored. It turns out that either Forts did not convey his vision of the reform of the RAS to Putin, or Putin missed Fortov’s words past the ears, or Putin’s orders (if any, after the conversation between the President of Russia and the President of the RAS were altogether) were lowered on the brakes ...
The main incident of this whole situation with the reform of the Russian Academy of Sciences is not so much that the RAS are trying to reformat. There is probably nothing reprehensible in reformatting. Academicians themselves say this, realizing that today the effectiveness of scientific work in the country leaves much to be desired. There have not been truly impressive scientific breakthroughs in Russia for quite a long time. The main reformist incident is that the reform is actually not aimed either at stimulating scientific work itself, at attracting promising young people to science, or at developing scientific and technical potentials, or at increasing competitiveness in this strategically important industry for the state. The main idea of reformers is to take control of the property of the Russian Academy of Sciences, to gain access to budget financing, declaring that academicians themselves, in terms of financial and property management, excuse me, their hands are not growing from that place ...
In order to convince the public and deputies that it is urgent to create another state agency that will “effectively manage” the property and finances of the academy, several materials were demonstrated on various channels about how instead of academic budget housing objects of elite real estate grow, in which apartments sold at astronomical prices. In order for an ordinary RAS scientist to purchase housing in these houses, he, as an option, “will have to” receive Nobel Prizes with enviable regularity ... Only now with the Nobel Prizes for domestic scientists recently, quite, let's say, dull ...
The films, obviously, were supposed to show the public how violently the corruption spread in the Russian Academy of Sciences, and how exorbitant appetites the heads and deputy heads of various departments have access to certain types of property. The Prosecutor General's Office has identified multi-million embezzlement and multiple transactions for the misuse of objects of the RAS. Vladimir Fortov announced reprimands to several high-ranking members of the academy, who, evidently, were interested in selfish interest with much more scientific interest, and who in the near future, besides reprimands, could expect criminal cases.
The public was indignant from what they saw: yes, these academicians need to be driven back! This gave the initiators of the reform a reason to feel like winners and to promote reform through Parliament with a new acceleration: they wanted to launch the draft law on reform right into the third reading: they say everything is clear - the academy is not an academy, but a thieves' colleague who needs to be reorganized ( Russian: to disperse) and take the property of the Russian Academy of Sciences under vigilant state control, making a sort of scientists from the Academy that will be spared from the need to manage the property.
And everything seems to be right: they do not know how to manage, to mean, to deprive the management functions, to give the reins of control to the hands of those who know how to do this, and those who managed to positively recommend themselves in this regard. But ... Unless in order to get rid of corrupt officials and management, as it is now fashionable to say, losers, do you need to reform the entire system built over decades? Could it be possible to go more correct and, obviously, in an effective way: identify the names (“passwords, appearances”) of the caught-up academy employees (if they really exist), send them to the dock, and put in their places those who are ready to work for Academy and national science, rolling up their sleeves. Is there really no such thing among the academy employees? .. Somehow it is hard to believe ...
Let's approach the consideration of the situation, let's say, from the other side. If the Academy, according to the Ministry of Education and Science, does not have “effective managers,” then what are the chances that they will be in the agency that they are trying hard to create today? Who will work at this agency? Again "displaced persons"? - well, those who yesterday, for example, were listed in the government, then successfully transferred to the presidential office, then to some state corporation, then to another cushy place ... Maybe Anatoly Eduardovich or Anatoly Borisovich will be assigned to manage academic property? But the country lacks “effective managers” ...
Is it possible that the awl will be changed again for soap? .. Apparently, there is some kind of sacred meaning for the reform ideologues in these styling-soap operations. And if this sense is purely to once again launch a paw, having gotten out that it is “badly lying”, then we have seen quite a few of such reforms lately. Do we need another reform of this nature? Obviously, there is no scientific (really scientific) community, no ordinary citizens - no, no state. Then who needs? Significant: someone ... After all, if the stars are lit, it means ... - further on, too, according to the classics.
By the way, the State Duma deputies decided to slightly reduce the agility to promote the draft law on the reform of the RAS. It was decided to return the document to the second reading and, finally, to discuss the amendments. Why the idea of discussing proposals from the representatives of the RAS themselves had never occurred to the deputies - we can only guess. In general, the bill on the reform of the academy, which is more like a redistribution of property, was temporarily returned for revision. But for some reason there is a feeling that they will accept it anyway. The intensity of emotions will subside - and the “reform” will give someone the first fruits ...
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