(Source: Higher School of Economics) A career in science and technology might sound appealing to the average Russian, but a recent survey showed that most Russians believe men are better suited for this line of work than women. The young women interviewed for this story, a mathematician and a programmer, are of a different opinion. Arina Arkhipova, a senior in the undergraduate Mathematics programme, was accepted into a master's programme at the University of Geneva 'Are you going to ask if one should cry or laugh at the idea of a female mathematician?' Arina Arkhipova asks ironically at the beginning of our conversation. Actually, this is what she herself asked the first dean of the HSE...
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