The 1980s Soviet psychotronics and remote-viewing controversy

Record summary

Soviet and later Russian reports from the 1970s and 1980s described research under labels such as psychotronics, bioinformation, telepathy, and distant influence. Western accounts sometimes connected these programs to military or intelligence interest, while Soviet scientific treatment varied from enthusiastic advocacy to skepticism. The topic matters for comparing institutional secrecy, translation, ideological framing, and evidential standards in psi research. It is not a single confirmed program or result; researchers must identify named institutes, investigators, archives, and original-language publications.