(«Round table» of representatives of branch Russian science and manufacture in RBC News agency) Destiny of a branch science in modern Russia name tragic, and it is not casual. For last 20 years the state of branch science has essentially worsened. Why isn’t the perspective technologies demanded? How to return to life a branch science? What will happen to Russia if not to keep and effectively not to integrate branch institutes and other profile scientific institutions in economy? Is it possible the technological break of the country under poor state financing? These and other questions were discussed in RBC News agency by general director FGUP «Institute" Ginzvetmet" Sidorin G. N., assistant of general director of JSC "RT-Metallurgy", honored worker of a science of Russia, twice the winner of award of the Government of the Russian Federation, professor, doctor of technical sciences Tarasov A. V.; chief scientific officer of Ltd «Institute Hypronickel »(St.-Petersburg) Tsymbulov L. B.; head of scientific and technical development GMK« Norilsk nickel »Dyachenko V.T.