The Guardian kirjutas 4. märtsil:

Almost 4,000* academics, students and graduates of the prestigious Moscow State University, Russia’s oldest university, have signed a letter saying they “categorically condemn the war that our country unleashed in Ukraine”.

The letter says: “There is no room for euphemisms or excuses. War is violence, cruelty, death, loss of loved ones, powerlessness and fear that cannot be justified by any goal.”

Another condemnatory open letter on Thursday had been signed by more than 15,000 Russian academics and students.

A senior Russian scientist, who asked not to be named for fear of reprisals, said some science leaders had been accused of “betraying the motherland” by speaking out against the war. Many were afraid to sign the letters because of a “culture of fear”.

* nüüdseks 7500 allkirja (5. märts) 

Loodame, et meie (akadeemiliste ametiühingute, tudengite ja õpetajate) pöördumine Vene akadeemikute ja laiemalt ka kogu rahva poole (2. märtsil) on olnud toeks ja julgustuseks.