Academic Dianov is the director of this world-famous center of fiber optics and he is particularly active in the area of specially-doped optical fibers for fiber lasers and amplifiers. He mentioned difficult current situation of RAS, not unlike the ours in the summer of 2009. Hastily prepared reform will take over the RAS and the asset management, especially lucrative real estates in Moscow. This kind of reforms can bury in a short time one of the most efficient and prestigious scientific institutions.