Russia on their minds
Meet some western academic elites who just love russia!
By Leonid Schneider, on research integrity, biomedical ethics and academic publishing
Meet some western academic elites who just love russia!
“Russia can be defeated; Russia has been defeated before. The question is not one of possibility, but of political will.” – Franziska Davies
Schneider Shorts 20.02.2026 – One Max Planck Institute director victimised, another enjoyed russian hospitality, a papermill meltdown in Poland, Canadian biotech founder criticised, Frontiers research integrity AI in action, and finally, the many opportunities in Romanian academia.
Schneider Shorts 6.02.2026 – men of science who loved Epstein, an Italian bust, how to deal with a sleuth, cancer cured in Spain and old age cured in Germany, and why do academics rally to support the worst people…
Once again, two dictators prepare to divide Europe.
Schneider Shorts 8.11.2024 – German scholars save children from cancer, a German professor separates fraud from mistakes, Pakistani scholar saves millions in England, with a Belgian research fraud investigator, American senolytics, academic kakistokracy in Poland, silly drawings passed off as spectra, and finally, on Trump and fascist America.
This is my review of the new book by the historian Timothy Snyder, “On Freedom”.
This war should have ended long ago, if only Ukraine received enough support. But the fascists in our midst are winning. We must fight fascism at home.
Schneider Shorts of 23.02.2024 – MDPI’s war on Ukraine, naughty Italian editor at Elsevier, Frontiers shocked by cartoon penis, with an attention-seeking Nobelist, a half-investigation in Bochum, Finnish thief and abuser in Denmark, and a fake lizard finally exposed.
Schneider Shorts 19.01.2024 – a guest Short by Robert Cockburn, Belgian research ethics, Joe gives Joe a million, a million and a quarter to find the leak, papermillers big and small, and finally, with COPE retractions guidelines biting back.





