Putin daughter's research papers still published in US, Switzerland – media

This was reported by the We Can Explain Telegram channel.

Vorontsova holds a PhD in medicine and specializes in endocrinology.

According to the media reports, her publications can be found on the website Istina, the Publishing House of Moscow State University, which collects scientific texts from all university staff.

"She writes articles on endocrinology and medicine for American and Swiss publishers: The Endocrine Society and MDPI Publishing. In 2022 and 2023, four of Vorontsova's texts were published," the article says.

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Three of the articles were reportedly published after Russia launched a full-scale war against Ukraine. Putin's daughter does not write articles alone, but together with colleagues from Moscow State University, especially from the Faculty of Fundamental Medicine, where she has been deputy dean since 2022.

At the same time, Vorontsova has been under sanctions imposed by the United States, the European Union, and the United Kingdom since April of last year.

According to the editor of a popular science magazine, who spoke on condition of anonymity, sanctions do not prohibit publication, and publishers may even pay royalties, but most often it is the authors who do so.

"The selection process is organized in such a way that the article is reviewed before publication by people who know, who check it for scientific merit. MDPI Publishing has only been around since the mid-1990s, and these are open access journals, which is not a very solid sign. Good scientific journals are big business, where the reader will pay USD 20-30 for each article. But The Endocrine Society is a cool, good organization," the editor commented and added that a publication authored by the daughter of the Russian dictator could affect the reputation of the publishing house.

• On November 21, New Zealand imposed sanctions on Putin's daughters and 20 other Russians and Belarusians.