I am very sad to learn of the passing of our friend Viktor Fedorovich Sharkov on July 12, 2020. He was an exceptional inventor, doctor of technical sciences, professor, full member of the Prokhorov Academy of Engineering Sciences and the Tsiolkovsky Academy of Cosmonautics , former deputy director of the Kurchatov Institute at Dubna, winner of the Kurchatov 1 and 2 degree prizes, Viktor Fedorovich Sharkov was both a talented inventor and a great open personality, attracted to Eastern philosophies.
Inventor of the heavy ion laser, he always had a powerful little laser in his pocket to explain the properties of coherent light to his astonished listeners, and he alway make fruitful analogies from it.
He participated with his students in numerous seminars on cold nuclear fusion and in all-Russian conferences on the transmutation of the nuclei of chemical elements and ball lightning. He has also worked on the very controversial subject of "water memory" and filed several patents on the subject.
In his memory address, Professor Klimov, another big name in plasmoid and LENR research in Russia concluded:
"The living memory of our colleague, friend, comrade and great man
will remain in our hearts forever! "
