2nd Letter from IBSS
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 09:24:13 +0300
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Dr. Churilova Tanya
Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas
Sevastopol, P.O. 335011, box 13,
Crimea, Ukraine
Fax: (380-692) 444477
e-mail: [email protected]
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Please disseminate, To all hands !
News on the Dr.Piontkovski and his colleagues repressed by SBU (Ukrainian KGB).
1. Yesterday (Oct. 17) SBU has arested and confiscated computers in the Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas (IBSS) that were in use by Dr. Piontkovski and his colleagues.
2. Dr. Piontkovski and his colleagues are still under regime of frequent long-term interrogations. They are questioned about mechanism of criminal transfer of the Ukraine scientific information to the west and criminal actions with a hard currency on the scientific projects.
3. Director of IBSS Prof. Viktor Zaika faxed to the president of Ukraine National Academy of Sciences (Academician Boris Paton) concerning actions undertaken by SBU in the past 2 days.
4. Scientists of IBSS and Marine Hydrophysical Institute decided to appeal to the president of Ukraine (Leonid Kuchma). The letter will be arranged in the next two days and handed over to the representative of president in Sevastopol.
Brief information on Dr. Sergey Piontkovski
Senior Scientist of IBSS. Born in May 24, 1953. Married, has two children. For 25 years, he was working in IBSS (Sevastopol, Ukraine). He is author and coauthor over 60 scientific publications, including 3 monographs. He gave ove 15 talks at various International Conferences abroad. Member of International Scientific Steering Committee of the GLOBEC /IGBP program. Marine biologist. In the past 7 years he has been invited to lecture and carry out research at: MSRC State University of New York, Woods Hole
Institution, Washington University, Plymouth Marine Lab (UK), Amsterdam University, Free University of Brussels, Marseille Oceanographic Center.
His research were funded by NSF, ONR, NASA (USA), Royal Society, British Council, DETR (UK), INTAS (EU), etc.
For Dr Piontkovski's CV and papers, see IBSS home page: http://www.ibss.iuf.net
Dr. Piontkovski's address:
Pr. October Revolution 22/5, kv. 158
Sevastopol 99038
Tel (380) 692-410513
His wife speaks English a little.
IBSS: Tel (380)692-544110 (director secretary)
Fax (380) 692-592813
IBSS emails:
email: [email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected] net (but this PC is confiscated by SBU)
[email protected]
you may also reply to [email protected]