Russian Academy of Science (RAS)

The Russian Academy of Sciences (Росси́йская Акаде́мия Нау́к, abbreviation: RAS) is one of the world's leading research institutes, the highest academic institution of the Russian state, and a public, non-profit organization founded in 1724 in St. Petersburg and now headquartered in Moscow. It is a public non-profit organization founded in St. Petersburg in 1724 and is now headquartered in Moscow.