I can agree with this being extremely problematic in a political sense - it&#x27;s horribly wrong to rip someone off, even more so by robbing them during wartime. Quoting such stolen material is a kind of passive support and should not be tolerated.<p>BUT - how does that affect it from a purely scientific perspective? Is the quoted stolen material also incorrect? Because it would be equally bad, IMHO, to ignore an important and correct scientific finding just because it was produced in an unacceptable way.<p>If I exaggerate a bit, it&#x27;s similar to someone experimenting on babies to discover a cure for AIDS - sure, they&#x27;re a terrible person and should not receive praise&#x2F;compensation for their discovery, their actions should be condemned. But should we also throw away the discovered cure?