Pivovarovym

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Yuri Pivovarov, a former academic and head of the Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences at RAS, was sentenced to seven years in prison and fined 750,000 rubles for misappropriation of funds. He was accused of fictitiously employing two staff members who did not perform work duties but received salaries. Pivovarov is considered an foreign agent by the Russian government and was included in the official registry in May 2025 due to his alleged dissemination of false information about Russia's military and government. He fled Russia in 2022, reportedly after being charged with a…

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