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Russian academics who signed an anti-war open letter in 2022 are again facing scrutiny from the FSB, with university and research institute administrators questioning them and, in some cases, declining to renew their contracts, according to the outlet T-invariant. Those targeted also include individuals whose names appeared in a leaked database of users of the Smart Voting tactical-voting platform. The renewed pressure reflects the Russian security services' ongoing effort to root out anti-war and opposition-linked sentiment within academic and research institutions years after the invasion began, as authorities continue to police dissent tied to the war.