The researchers will lose their access to CERN, which operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world, by December.
CERN, the European particle-physics collaboration that operates the Large Hadron Collider, will expel hundreds of Russian-affiliated scientists from its laboratories.
The Geneva-based organization decided to cut ties with Moscow after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, ending nearly 60 years of collaboration, and the agreements are now lapsing. Russia has never been a full member but worked closely on nuclear physics.
Scientists tied to Belarusian institutions already saw their contracts end in July, and any Russian-linked scientists will lose access, as well as residency permits, in December.
CERN will, however, maintain links with the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, an intergovernmental center near Moscow, a decision that is controversial for some researchers.
Only scientists working for Russian/Belarusian institutions are banned. Russian and Belarusian scientists working for other institutions aren't banned.
Fuck scientific institutions in fascist states, I'd support it if it applied to Israeli institutions too.