Sofya Rosenfeld returned to Russia to pursue her dream of becoming a scientist and grew into a world-renowned biologist

Sofya Rosenfeld returned to Russia to pursue her dream of becoming a scientist and grew into a world-renowned biologist. She was sentenced to three and a half years over donations to the FBK

Sofya Rosenfeld spent her whole life studying Arctic birds: she went on expeditions to the Far North, followed flocks of geese by seaplane, and fought to preserve rare species. Now one of Russia’s leading ornithologists, a doctor of biological sciences, has been sentenced to three and a half years in a penal colony over two donations of 1,000 rubles each to the FBK. The outlet T-invariant explained why the scientist refused to leave Russia, how the trial unfolded, and whom Russian science is losing. Meduza publishes the piece with minor edits.

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Sofya Rosenfeld is a world-renowned biologist with unique expertise in Arctic birds. For transferring two thousand rubles to the FBK, she was sentenced…

Sofya Rosenfeld spent her whole life studying Arctic birds: she went on expeditions to the Far North, followed flocks of geese by seaplane, and fought to preserve rare species. Now one of Russia’s leading ornithologists, a doctor of biological sciences…