Advances in Science Editing and Communication (part 4)

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Advances in Science Editing and Communication (part 4)
Ulyana Telishevska 1 , Oksana Telishevska 2 Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine Traditionally, 2 webinars and a meeting of the editorial board of the journal "Рroceedings of the Shevchenko Scientifi c Society. Medical Sciences" took place online with the initiative and support of Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, the Shevchenko Scientifi c Society and the Council of Scientifi c Editors of Ukraine.
The webinars took place in the fi rst half of 2022 as a continuation of a series of lectures and workshops for Ukrainian scientists aiming to get acquainted with the latest trends in writing and editing qualifi ed scientifi c publications.
The webinars took place in the fi rst half of 2022 as a continuation of a series of lectures and workshops for Ukrainian scientists aiming to get acquainted with the latest trends in writing and editing qualifi ed scientifi c publications.
Researchers, who registered for the event, had the opportunity to join to Zoom meeting or watch the broadcast and its recording on the Facebook journal's page "Рroceedings of the Shevchenko Scientifi c Society. Medical Sciences" or Youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/ UC40L7KlZ5UU4hrMj_--yqHw).
All of the registered participants received certifi cates indicating a certain number of points of continuous professional development. After each webinar, participants had the opportunity to ask questions and join the discussion. All these moments were corrected and moderated by Olena Zimba, Associate Professor of the Department of Internal Medicine No. 2 of Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University.
The aim of these lectures and master classes is to improve writing methods of modern scientifi c publications, to update methods of bibliographic references arrangement and the peer reviewing. The target audience is: scientifi c authors, graduate students, doctoral students, editors of journals etc.
All the lectures, workshops and individual consultations were held in English, which is a kind of emphasis on the need to speak English and write articles in English by modern scholars. The guest speaker was our foreign colleague and research mentor, Armen Gasparyan. What is ruscist-style "denazifi cation" like?

Yaroslav Shuba
Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology of the NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine It is well known that one of the demands for capitulation put forward to Ukraine by V. Putin and his clique and the one that they use to justify Russian aggression is denazifi cation. Most people associate this term with Hitler's Nazism and the desire of humankind after WWII to get rid of this misanthropic ideology, which enshrines the domination of one nation over others. In the late 20th century, no country in the world professed this ideology. Isolated marginalized groups that still keep following it are outlawed and have no infl uence on the public life of any country. This is equally applicable to Ukraine where Nazi ideology is offi cially banned.
So how did V. Putin and his messengers come up with this maniacal idea about Ukraine? One can assume that they just used the peculiarities of the Russian language where the words nazism (Rus. нацизм, /natsizm/) and nation (Rus. нация, /natsiya/) have the same root and sound similarly. In contrast, in English, these terms are not only spelt diff erently -nazism and nation but also have diff erent etymology.
The fi rst is an abbreviation of the German word nationalsozialismus (national socialism), whereas the second one is derived from the Latin word natus (birth). Moreover, in European languages, the terms nation, national, and nationality have no ethnic coloring, but refer to the association with a certain country.
However, the neo-fuhrer of the modern fascist-like Russian state, V. Putin, used this similar sounding for distorting the whole conceptualization: in his interpretation false pretense of denazifi cation and destroying Nazi ideology and practice, that just do not exist in Ukraine, is exploited to deprive Ukraine of its national identity and the desire to build a strong, independent, self-sustained state. After all, based on Putin's historically-ethnographic cliches, Ukrainians do not exist as a separate nation, but rather represent a mere ethnic group along with Belarusians in a single "Russian people".
Most modern European states are essentially national, as they were shaped around a certain more numerous nation. Therefore, communist ideology added to the word nationalism an adjective bourgeois to create a more negative connotation.
Our northeast neighbor headed by neo-Fuhrer Putler keeps organically refusing to perceive Ukraine, denying Ukraine its right to exist as an independent state, and its people as a statebuilding nation. This is why Putin's demand concerning denazifi cation means only one thing: admit that you do not and should not exist. In other words, say that you are not you, and you have no name. We cannot agree to that, and this leaves us little chance for a compromise. для негативної конотації і додала до слова «націоналізм» прикметник «буржуазний».
Instead of providing positive example of successful economical and social development Russia opted to use military force and even nuclear blackmail to take revenge for the defeat in the cold war, regain infl uence in the world and restore territorial boundaries of the former Soviet Union. And it is not only Putin to be blamed for these evil intentions. Unfortunately, most of Russian people poisoned by the decades-long frenzied propaganda and infected by the ideas of national superiority and historical resentment support his policies, as pols show. I know this from my own interactions even with Russian intellectuals and scientists who would be least expected to support such ideas, and even those who work abroad. Thus, it is Russians, not Ukrainians who need real "denazifi cation".
Ukraine is now in the forefront of the deadly fi ght with Russia's Nazism and desperately needs help. Russia has to pay high price for its criminal actions. With this my message I want to call for world governments not to be afraid of Putin's blackmail, and in addition to painful economic sanctions timely provide brave Ukrainians with all necessary modern weaponries and even consider opening of the second battle front. In 1940s not a single nation could resist that time predator, Nazi Germany, and only formation of an alliance fi ghting on two fronts helped defeating German Nazism.
For general world public I call to provide humanitarian aid to Ukrainians and keep pressuring their governments for decisive actions.
And for world's scientifi c community I call for to cut all relationships with offi cial Russian science and individual scientists supporting Russia's policies.
Together we will prevail! Glory to Ukraine and glory to all people of good will!