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Konstantin Olmezov RIP

• app4soft 5y ago
  Konstantin Olmezov, Ukrainian mathematician who lived in Russia & was pressured for his pro-Ukraine views, committed suicide. Translated from Konstantin Olmezov's farewell note: > “I was born in Ukraine on 1995. I graduated from Donetsk national technical university 2016 by programming specialization. in 2014-2015 I studied one year in Yandex School of data analysis”[0] > “I’m an atheist. So, I depart into nowhere. But this nowhere’s better than the savagery of today’s #Russia”[1] Full farewell note translation to English:[2] [0] https://twitter.com/Gala_Shine/status/1505726465119330306 https://twitter.com/Gala_Shine/status/1505726465119330306 [1] https://twitter.com/olex_scherba/status/1505640759097278464 https://twitter.com/olex_scherba/status/1505640759097278464 [2] https://twitter.com/Bobserving/status/1505664707956514816 https://twitter.com/Bobserving/status/1505664707956514816
• aspenmayer 5y ago
  related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30751623 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30751623 which is link to: https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-society/3435402-ukrainian-mathematician-commits-suicide-in-russia-after-not-being-allowed-to-leave-country.html https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-society/3435402-ukrainian-m...
  • app4soft 5y ago
    > related: Yep, but it was posted on HN later than actual thread.
    • aspenmayer 5y ago
      I was posting to help users find relevant content. I don’t disagree with you. It’s hard to say if it’s a dupe, as it could really go either way. Different contexts and levels of detail.
• AIorNot 5y ago
  All wars are terrible, yet people ultimately love to celebrate them by framing them in terms of patriotism, defense and vengeance - the honest truth is that it is such an incredible waste that so many people are dying over such a needless war in one way or another.. RIP to this man