Famous academician Pustovoit passed away: heart could not stand the seizure of STC

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Until recently, he fought with the new leader, who put the center on the brink of disaster.

The world-famous academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, laureate of five State awards, author of the idea for detecting gravitational waves Vladislav Pustovoit died on Monday morning of a heart attack. He was 84 years old.

This was the third or fourth seizure in the past two years, which most likely arose on the basis of nerves. According to the former deputy Vladislav Ivanovich, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Andrei Morozov, the deterioration of Pustovoit’s health arose after an acute conflict that arose between the academician, ex-director of the Scientific and Technical Center for Unique Instrumentation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and its new head Marat Bulatov.

Vladislav Pustovoit tried to save the once successful center from collapse, tried to reach the Minister of Science, explaining that very dubious projects were being promoted under the new director. But the ministry initiated only a formal check of Bulatov’s activities, after which he continued to lead, and talented scientists were forced to leave their native scientific center. “MK” wrote about this egregious conflict, which was by no means a personal one (judging by the facts provided to us by Vladislav Ivanovich, the actions of the opponent dragged on more than one article of the Criminal Code), but after the article he filed a lawsuit against the academician, his deputy Andrei Morozov and the newspaper ” Moskovsky Komsomolets ”is exactly Bulatov. The best defense, as you know, is an attack.

We won the trial last November. Moreover, the academician and his deputy Bulatov had to pay a fine as compensation for moral damage.

And even after that, he remained in charge … How Vladislav Ivanovich tried to take his documents from the STC UP, including the work book, is another story. In general, the outstanding academician has suffered through the past two years!

The heart was working to the limit.

Despite his age, the academician was in demand among fellow scientists to the last. Shortly before the tragic event, Pustovoit was invited to head the theoretical department by the president of the Kurchatov Institute, Mikhail Kovalchuk, this Monday morning everyone was waiting for him at the opening of the conference on gravitational waves at the Moscow State Technical University. Bauman. He was supposed to connect to the audience by zoom, but at 9.00 Pustovoit, who has always been a model of responsibility and punctuality, did not get in touch. He felt bad right at the dacha. The ambulance drove to him for several hours …

Lately, many have been dying of covid. But Vladislav Ivanovich, in the opinion of his relatives and friends, was killed by another attack – the dominance in our commanding offices of people for whom “science” is an empty phrase, who only need the chair of chiefs to replenish their own wallet, and the prestige of the country, the work of real knights sciences that have forged this prestige for many years – you can easily flush it down the toilet. The heart of the academician could not stand it.

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