The STP supports the AWMF's press release and strongly condemns the Russian Federation's war against Ukraine, which is contrary to international law.
17/03/2022
The AWMF condemns the war against Ukraine, which violates international law
The AWMF strongly condemns the Russian Federation's war against Ukraine, which violates international law. We call on the government of the Russian Federation to immediately cease its acts of aggression and to withdraw its military and paramilitary troops from Ukraine.
In particular, we call on the Russian Federation to immediately cease its targeted acts of aggression against the civilian population and supply structures in Ukraine. It is not only German history that has shown that researchers can become direct or indirect supporters of criminal governments. The AWMF therefore welcomes with great respect the initiative of Russian researchers and healthcare workers to end the war, despite the threat of penalties of up to 15 years in prison, and hopes that free and scientific cooperation will be possible again in the future.
We welcome and support the sanctions imposed by the German government and the European Union as a result of the war of aggression. In agreement with other national and international scientific organizations, we call on our professional societies and their members in Germany to review their existing scientific cooperation with institutions in the Russian Federation. However, scientific discourse with people from Ukraine and the Russian Federation should be maintained in order to keep the path to free scientific cooperation open for the future.
Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany
Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany
1 Open letter of Russian scientists and science journalists against the war with Ukraine, 26.02.2022.
https://trv-science.ru/en/2022/02/we-are-against-war-en/
2 Almost 7000 Russian scientists sign open letter against Putin's war. Spiegel Online 3.3.2022. https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/news-zum-ukraine-krieg-internationaler-strafgerichtshofermittelt-zu-kriegsverbrechen-in-ukraine-a-915557b7-0745-4b4b-b9ae-e7aa1a9a0508
3 Appeal by Russian scientists against the war in Ukraine. German medical journal 28.2.2022.
https://www.aerzteblatt.de/treffer?mode=s&wo=1041&typ=1&nid=132136&s=aufruf&s=russischer&s=wissenschaftler
4 Ukraine: Russian healthcare workers call on Putin to end aggression.
German medical journal 2.3.2022.
https://www.aerzteblatt.de/treffer?mode=s&wo=1041&typ=1&nid=132219&s=aufruf&s=russischer&s=wissenschaftler
5 https://madmed.media/open-letter/
6 Iacobucci G - Ukraine invasion: Russian doctors urge Putin to cease hostilities. BMJ 2022;376:o531.
https://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj.o531
7 German Aerospace Center.
https://www.dlr.de/content/de/artikel/news/2022/01/20220303_dlr-beendet-bilateralekooperationen-
with-russia.html
8 DFG draws conclusions from Russian attack on Ukraine. German Research Foundation
2.3.2022.
https://www.dfg.de/service/presse/pressemitteilungen/2022/pressemitteilung_nr_01/index.html
9 Alliance of Science Organizations: Solidarity with partners in Ukraine - consequences for science, February 25, 2022.
https://www.dfg.de/download/pdf/dfg_im_profil/allianz/220225_statement_allianz_ukraine.pdf
10 DAAD restricts scientific exchange with Russia.
https://www.daad.de/de/derdaad/kommunikation-publikationen/presse/pressemitteilungen/einschraenkung-austausch-russland/
11 Global research community condemns Russian invasion of Ukraine. Nature 1.3.2022.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00601-w
12 Russia's brutal attack on Ukraine is wrong and must stop. Nature 4.3.2022.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00647-w
The Board of Directors of the Society of Virology
Prof. Dr. Ralf Bartenschlager, Heidelberg University Hospital
Prof. Dr. Thomas Stamminger, University Hospital Ulm
Prof. Dr. Ulf Dittmer, University Hospital Essen
Prof. Dr. Sandra Ciesek, University Hospital Frankfurt
Prof. Dr. Klaus Überla, Erlangen University Hospital
and
Prof. Dr. Hartmut Hengel, University Hospital Freiburg
PD Dr Hanna-Mari Baldauf, LMU Munich