Hanna, sad but true... Maybe except church, but I know nothing about religion so I'll not argue.

Here some quotes by Andre Geim (Russian-born scientist, Nobel prize winner)
Quote Originally Posted by Andre Geim
graphene could have been developed in Russia too, but the chances of its creation were 1 out of 1000 compared to what could have been done abroad
Quote Originally Posted by Andre Geim
In England I understood that in six months you could what in Russia would take 10 or 20 years in the 90s. And for a researcher who needs equipment, money for research, the working conditions here and there were so different, that there was not even a question of staying or not. Staying in Russia would have been like spending my life tilting at windmills.
All Russian news agencies had positioned Geim as a Russian scientist when he won the Nobel prize. That made him anger:
Quote Originally Posted by Andre Geim
Are people over there completely insane? I do not hold Russian citizenship, I am a Dutch national.
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