Million dollars for reclusive Russian genius

A reclusive Russian mathematician has been awarded a million dollars for proving a theory which has baffled some of the finest brains for a century. Grigory Perelman came up with the Poincare conjecture which helps in the understanding of three-dimensional shapes. It is one of seven so-called Millennium Problems set out by the Massachusetts-based Clay Mathematics Institute which offered a prize for the solution of any of them. But Perelman who lives in St. Petersburg has little contact with the outside world and is known for ignoring plaudits for his work. He actually first put forward his theory eight years ago, and in 2006 he received mathematics' most prestigious prize, The Fields medal, which he refused to collect. We are now joined live by Sir John Ball. He's the former president of the International Mathematical Union and knows the genius personally.

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[giorgi meskhi]

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[akchicago55]

Yes, there are many Jewish people in Russia.

They contributed a lot of good things to our country.

Writers, engineers, scientists, athletes, even primer-ministers and even the head of Russian intelligence service were Jewish.

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[akchicago55]

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He grew up in Russia, thinks Russian, speaks Russian natively, is a person of Russian culture.

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[Boniface Chang]

If no one could solve the problem, then how is it proven? Sounds like delusion to me.

[AntiZionistCIAShill]

G-d bless Perelman he made all Joo-haters look like the BIGGEST SHIT-EATING DICKHEADS IN THE HISTORY OF HUMANITY...

MEANWHILE, MAVRODI A FUCKING RUSSIAN CUNT WHO SWINDLED MILLIONS OUT OF MILLIONS IS STILL WALKING FREE IN MOSCOW....

AND NAVALNIY, A RACIST, WHO WAS OPPOSED TO PUTIN IS A RUSSIAN RACIST, WHO VISITED THE US EMBASSY TO SUCK DICK FOR BIG DOLLARS...

ALL NAZIS ARE C.I.A. CONTROLLED CUNTS WHO ALL HAVE ANAL SEX WITH THEIR HANDLERS...