Crosswire — October 01, 2026
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SCIENCE & RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE
Russia Moves to Formalize Its "Megascience" and Genetic-Data Architecture
What changed: The Kremlin approved a formal set of directives following an August science-and-education council meeting. The core of it: build a comprehensive regulatory framework for a national network of unique research infrastructure — including "megascience"-class facilities — plus domestic systems for storing unique data, specifically biological collections and genetic data. The work is assigned across the government, the Russian Academy of Sciences, the…
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