Pseudo Science appears markedly worse in Russia, and Ukraine for that matter. As is typical of Russian conspiratorial thinking, scientific inquiry often takes the form of overcoming nature which is maliciously and unfairly hiding its abundance.
A Statement by 32 Russian Scientists and Philosophers on the need to combat pseudo science:
http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/russian.html
Rampaging Pseudoscience Turning Russia into ‘Medieval State’
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/arts_n_ideas/article/rampaging-pseudoscience-turning-russia-into-medieval-state–qa/529301.html
Russia to Use Social Media in Fight Against Pseudoscience, Report Says
The Russian government allotted 30 million rubles ($750,000) for a social media campaign to combat rampant pseudoscience, Izvestia reported Tuesday. . . .
The Russian Academy of Sciences has long lambasted the reported rise of pseudoscience in Russia after the Soviet Union’s downfall, often blaming it on a degradation of the educational system.
Overview of ridiculous scientific research in the USSR and Russia:
http://arxiv.org/pdf/1312.1148.pdf
Science and Pseudoscience in Russia: The First Skeptics’ Congress Convenes in Russia
The Russian Academy of Sciences cosponsored a special conference with CSICOP on “Science, Anti-Science, and the Paranormal” last October in Moscow. Russian scientists complained about the growth of uncritical public acceptance of pseudoscience in Russia and participants passed a resolution warning of the increasing anti-science, charlatanism, and irrationalism.
