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Some aspects of the radical change of value orientations in modern western science are considered. Influenced by leftist ideology and under the slogans of abstract justice, the leadership of European and North American institutions is trying to expand the presence of new members in the scientific and educational spheres on the quota basis, taking into account racial and gender rather than meritocratic characteristics (high-quality basic and university education level, persistence to obtain new knowledge, developed mental abilities in this area). It has been shown that the rapid legislative or illegal introduction of quotas for minorities instead of increasing their scientific level and well-being can only limit the recruiting of talented people of any gender or race into science and will result in the decline of the world science as a whole.

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The current state of size and weight parameters and age structure of silver bream in the upper part of the Volga stretch of the Kuibyshev water reservoir show persistence of a negative trend at the beginning of the current century: a decrease in the size and weight parameters of the silver bream and an increase in the number of younger fish. The current situation can be considered as an indicator of the general negative state of fish resources in the study area.