My colleagues say:
1. Vladimir Putin is the world’s wealthiest man.
2. He seeks to consolidate power by destabilizing Western Democracies.
3. He is clever, achieves gains through multiple disinformation approaches, including the GOP
4. This requires targeting US scientists
1. Vladimir Putin is the world’s wealthiest man.
2. He seeks to consolidate power by destabilizing Western Democracies.
3. He is clever, achieves gains through multiple disinformation approaches, including the GOP
4. This requires targeting US scientists
And (for full transparency) I present zero evidence for this, but it sounds plausible. Certainly from the language and aggression against me, family. But I think there’s enough there we should investigate
My opinion, and nothing more than opinion, is that there is a sinister link between Putin, Russia, and the disinformation targeting me other scientists, from far right members of our US Congress, and conservative news outlets
Hoping I don’t wind up like my historical friend, valued colleague, the great Vavilov, but it’s clear I can no longer travel to continental Europe without protection. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar…
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