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美国《化学与工程新闻》杂志前不久发表了一篇题为“俄罗斯科学在受折磨”的长篇报道文章,它是以对俄罗斯的一些著名科学家的访谈为基础,透露出俄罗斯科学界当前面临的阴暗现实:投入极端不足,研究人员薪金过低,缺乏资料和现代设备,人员大量流失,“科学研究正在为存活而挣扎”。 据莫斯科的科学研究与统计中心的统计数字,俄罗斯的研发投入在国内生产总值(GDP)中所占的比例1991年为1.85%,而1995年已下降到0.73%,与之相比美国为2.45%。就人均研发费用来看,1995年俄罗斯仅为31美元,而美国为649.1美元。被认为更糟的是,“最高的政治领导层已不认为科学是重要的了”,一位科学家这样说。政府公然“扣押”科学预算就突出地说明了这点。1996年政府的实际研发拨款仅为其所承诺的三分之一。根据俄罗斯的一项有关法律,科学预算应占联邦预算的4%,但1998
Not long ago, Chemical and Engineering News magazine published a long essay entitled “The torture of Russian science”, based on interviews with some prominent Russian scientists and revealing the current problems confronting the Russian scientific community Dark reality: extremely inadequate investment, researchers salaries are too low, lack of information and modern equipment, a substantial loss of personnel, “scientific research is struggling to survive.” According to the Moscow Center for Scientific Research and Statistics, Russia's share of R & D investment in gross domestic product was 1.85% in 1991, down from 0.73% in 1995, compared to the United States 2.45%. In terms of R & D expenditure per capita, in 1995 Russia was only 31 U.S. dollars, while that of the United States was 649.1 U.S. dollars. To be considered worse, “the highest political leadership no longer considers science to be important,” said one scientist. The blatant “seizure” of the scientific budget by the government highlights this point. In 1996, the government's actual R & D funding was only one third of what it promised. According to a relevant Russian law, the scientific budget accounts for 4% of the federal budget, but in 1998