RKN sent a demand to "Wikipedia" to remove the fake about the place of death of Academician Velikhov

Roskomnadzor has sent a request to the Internet encyclopedia "Wikipedia" to remove inaccurate information regarding the place of death of academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Evgeny Velikhov. This was reported in the press service of the agency on December 7.

"Wikipedia" once again deliberately disseminates inaccurate information, misleading users of the Web. This time about the place of death of Russian academician E.P. Velikhov, who died the day before in Moscow. We draw the attention of the American resource to the need to strictly comply with the norms of Russian legislation in the field of information circulation, relating primarily to the publication of reliable, socially significant information," - stated in the message.

The agency recalled that for failure to fail to publish illegal information foreign company Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. has already been brought to administrative responsibility under Article 13.41 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation with the imposition of penalties in the form of fines totaling 41.4 million rubles.

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On the eve of the President of the National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute" Mikhail Kovalchuk said that "Wikipedia" published false data about the place of Velikhov's death and does not allow to make corrections to the article about the Russian scientist. He reminded that in "Wikipedia" anyone can write what he wants. So, in the article on Velikhov appeared information that the scientist died allegedly in the Turkish city of Mersin, not in Moscow.

Velikhov's death became known in the evening of December 5. He passed away at the 90th year of life. Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vice-President of SIC "Kurchatov Institute", Academician Vladislav Panchenko called Velikhov was a great man who could think broadly and was passionate about his work. Kovalchuk said on December 6 that the academician's scientific activity had a civilizational scale.

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed condolences to Velikhov's family and friends, calling him an innovator and a man of inexhaustible creative energy.

Velikhov was the scientific director of research on controlled thermonuclear fusion in the USSR, as well as one of the leaders of the international project to develop thermonuclear energy ITER.

From 1977 to 1996, Velikhov was vice-president of the USSR Academy of Sciences, then of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

In addition, Velikhov is a participant in the liquidation of the consequences of the Chernobyl accident, Hero of Socialist Labor, Hero of Labor of the Russian Federation and the holder of many other state awards.