Andrey Medvedev, Director of the Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics SB RAS and Corresponding Member of RAS clarified the Institute’s stance concerning the construction of a Data Collection and Processing Center as part of the megaproject «National Heliogeophysical Complex of RAS» (NHC RAS) located within Institute's territory. This explanation followed a protest from Akademgorodok residents demanding relocation of the planned construction site be relocated and preservation of existing green areas.