Chairman of the High Certification Commission, President of the Russian People’s Friendship University Vladimir Filippov in an interview DEA News He stated that the High Certification Commission (HAC), affiliated to the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, deprives hundreds of people from academic degrees every year due to plagiarism in their theses.
He also drew attention to the innovations that have emerged in the certification system of science personnel in recent years. Filippov also mentioned the introduction of the obligation of organizations in which opposition councils operate on the basis of checking theses against illegal borrowing using the Anti-Plagiarism system.
“This has eliminated large-scale illegal borrowing (commonly referred to as plagiarism) in dissertations in previous years – we at the High Attestation Commission have been depriving hundreds of candidates and doctors of science every year for the past five years,” he said.
On December 14, 2019, it was learned that the Strategic Missile Forces General Alexei Konnov. loss scientific degree due to a thesis copied almost entirely from other authors. The military leader decided not to come to the “shameful” event at the Bauman Moscow State Technical University.