
The UK limits funding for joint scientific projects with RUSSIA, according to the website of the Ministry of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
"The government has decided to suspend publicly funded research and innovation collaborations with Russian universities and companies of strategic importance to the Russian state," the statement said.
The intergovernmental dialogue on joint research is also suspended. As part of multilateral scientific cooperation, London will "as necessary" discuss with its partners the next steps, the ministry said.
The purpose of the new restrictions, the British authorities called "producing a negative impact" on the Russian authorities and citizens and organizations that are associated with the Russian government. The department stressed that they do not impose individual sanctions against Russian researchers with "harmless" scientific interests.
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