Motivation

Scientists in all countries carry a particular responsibility for their society and for the international understanding and collaboration. We, therefore, should stand together to end the war. We should maintain the contacts and open dialogue with our Russian colleagues.

Who we are

Michael Bonitz is a theoretical physicist, a director at the institute for Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics at Kiel University, Germany, you can contact me by e-mail at bonitz@physik.uni-kiel.de. web page: http://www.theo-physik.uni-kiel.de/bonitz/

Dieter H.H. Hoffmann, is an experimental plasma physicist, formerly at TU Darmstadt, Germany, now at Xi’An Jiaotong University, China.

Wolf-Dietrich Kraeft, is a theoretical plasma physicist, professor emeritus at Greifswald University, Germany.

Gregor Morfill is a theoretical physicist, a former director of the Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany.

Ronald Redmer is a theoretical physicist, at the Institute of Physics of Rostock University, Germany.

Roland Sauerbrey is an experimental physicist, a former director of the Helmholtz Center Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany.

What we want

● We condemn the Russian aggression against the Ukraine and give our full support to the Ukrainian people.

● We express our solidarity to all Russians who protest the war.

● We are convinced that Russian people don’t want a war, and we call on the Russian scientists to spread the truth about the war to the people and stand up for an immediate end of the fightings.

Please express your support of the demand of an immediate and permanent end of the war by signing the petition. https://scientists-against-war.org/sign-petition/, distribute the link to others.

Please, inform us about other similar activities so we can connect and cross-link: https://scientists-against-war.org/links/

Statements

Video message to the Ukrainian and Russian scientists by Michael Bonitz (March 15 2022) https://vimeo.com/688515028/39f5e73563

Letter to the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences by Ronald Redmer and Michael Bonitz (March 7 2022): http://www.theo-physik.uni-kiel.de/~bonitz/russia_22/RR_MB_RAS_2022.pdf