All of them turned out to be necessary for him “for the development of nature-like technologies,” genetics, agriculture and nuclear energy
The President of the National Research Center «Kurchatov Institute» Mikhail Kovalchuk asked the President of the country Vladimir Putin to take ownership of the Research Center for seven more institutes, most of which currently belong to the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. The President instructed Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and his assistant Andrei Fursenko to develop proposals in accordance with this letter (a copy of it is available to the editors).
In a letter to the president of the country, Mikhail Kovalchuk presented a list of seven institutes that he sees as part of the Research Center. This is the Troitsk Institute of Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Federal Scientific Center for Food Systems named after. Gorbatov RAS, Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS, Crimean All-Russian Research Institute of Viticulture and Winemaking «Magarach» RAS, North Caucasus Federal Scientific Center for Horticulture, Viticulture and Winemaking, Federal Rostov Agrarian National Center and Institute for Problems of Microelectronics Technology and Highly Pure Materials RAS.
The President of the Kurchatov Institute reminds Vladimir Vladimirovich that, in accordance with his (Putin's) decisions, «the Kurchatov Institute Research Center has been designated the leading scientific organization providing scientific leadership in key areas of Russia's scientific and technical development: development of nature-like technologies, development of synchrotron and neutron research, development of technology, technologies, and scientific research in the field of using nuclear energy, development of genetic and agricultural technologies.»
With 30 specialized research institutes in its composition, Kovalchuk asks to add seven more of the above-mentioned ones to them in order to «close the technological chains created in the Research Center.»
Vladimir Putin has not yet given a clear answer. His resolution, addressed to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and assistant Andrei Fursenko, looks like this: «I ask you to develop and submit proposals.» Mishustin and Fursenko gave the corresponding order to the Deputy Prime Minister in charge of science, Dmitry Chernyshenko. He sent a request to the Russian Ministry of Education and Science and the Russian Academy of Sciences «together with interested federal executive bodies and organizations to ensure the implementation of the instruction (of Putin) of June 12, 2024.» The results of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science and the Russian Academy of Sciences must be provided by July 12.