On 10 June 2019, Minister of Science and Higher Education of Russia, Plenipotentiary Representative of the government of Russia in JINR Mikhail Kotyukov took part in a meeting of Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev with Russian scientists working in the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). The meeting was attended by Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Government Tatyana Golikova, First Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of Russia Grigory Trubnikov, Co-Chairman of the “Skolkovo” Foundation Arkady Dvorkovich, Coordinator of participation of Russian institutes in the LHC project Victor Savrin. The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research was represented by JINR Director Academician Victor Matveev.

Before the meeting with Russian scientists, the delegation headed by Dmitry Medvedev visited the Large Hadron Collider of CERN and the experimental facility ATLAS a part of which was produced and set up by specialists from the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. During the excursion, CERN Director-General Fabiola Gianotti accompanied the delegation.

It should be reminded that due to topical scientific tasks, a project of a new agreement was prepared and signed on 16 April 2019. The implementation of the agreement covers the aims of the national project “Nauka” (lit. “Science”): cooperation of Russian scientific organizations with CERN will extend, new scientific results will be obtained in the fields of fundamental and applied sciences, Russian scientific positions in studied areas will be preserved and strengthened, the scientific potential of Russian scientists who have earlier left Russia and work in CERN will be used to a greater extent.

The signed agreement opens opportunities for mutually beneficial cooperation, in particular, with regard to a set of events dedicated to the development of synchrotron and neutron research planned to be implemented under the supervision of the NRC “Kurchatov Institute”.

More details about the meeting are available on the website government.ru

Victor Matveev comments for RIA Novosti the importance of Russian participation in CERN

Following the materials of Minobrnauki, photos by government.ru