From: Vitali Grigorenko <vigrigorenko@imkosmos.ru>
To: Autumn Belfontaine <ambelfontaine@nasa.gov>
Subj: Academician Voronsky
You are correct in being concerned about the reliability of the reports of Academician Voronsky having sequenced the genome of the diablovirus. Neither of the publications you cite are in any way considered reliable sources within the Russian Empire.
However, inquiries to the life sciences department here at Gagarinsk have resulted in rumint of some preliminary reports on such a project. While it appears there is evidence of some success, it would be very easy for non-experts to grossly over-estimate or under-estimate the significance of these successes in practical applications against the current crisis. As a result, it would be best at this point in time to avoid any public report of these results.
That being said, I would strongly advise you to keep open channels of communication with your own settlement’s life sciences people. They may be able to help you to form a clearer understanding of the significance of information as it comes in, or make available to you materials from the journals and other resources in their specialties.