Searches conducted at the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Philosophy. One staff member may be detained ...

Searches conducted at the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Philosophy. One staff member may be detained due to suspicions of fraud in translations of Aristotle

Searches were also carried out at the homes of Institute of Philosophy staff, outlet T-invariant reports. According to its information, about 10 philosophers were taken in for questioning, after which most were released under travel restrictions. One staff member, Svetlana Mesyats, was likely detained.

Telegram channels write that she is under house arrest. Mediazona found a case file for Mesyats on the court website, which lists the article on fraud.

The Telegram channel Philosophy Today writes that "the case concerns an error in reporting on a state assignment under which they were supposed to translate poor Aristotle, and for some reason Svetlana Mesyats was placed under house arrest over it." Other details of the case are unknown.

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