On 15 November, the UNESCO House in Paris will host an awarding ceremony of the UNESCO-Russia Mendeleev International Prize in the Basic Sciences. Scientific Leader of the Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions JINR Academician Yuri Tsolakovich Oganessian has become the first laureate of the Prize and will take an in-person part in the ceremony.

The broadcast of the event will start at 9:30 PM (Moscow time) and will be available via the link.

Please, find below an interview with Yuri Oganessian before the presentation of the prestigious prize.