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Politics plays an important role in those awards, for example this year's awards were due to be presented at the ICM in Saint Petersburg, Russia but the ceremon
by majid_k 4y ago
Politics plays an important role in those awards, for example this year's awards were due to be presented at the ICM in Saint Petersburg, Russia but the ceremony was moved to Helsinki. But for this particular case, Maryna was on everyone's list and she has done exceptional work.
- hanche 4y agoThe choice of venue and the choice of Fields medal recipients are unrelated decisions, taken by different groups of people. Of course the former is much more strongly influenced by world events. And indeed, it took only a few days after the invasion to realize that the planned ICM in Saint Petersburg was impossible.