A new statue of Sakharov was unveiled on the 21st of May 2021 in Sarov. Sakharov worked in the nuclear town of Sarov, known as Arzamas-16, from 1950 till 1969.
Guests of the opening ceremony included President of RAN Alexander Sergeev, a colleague and friend of Sakharov, academician Yuri Trutnev, academician Radii Ilkayev, governor of Nizhny Novgorod Gleb Nikitin, and CEO of Rosatom Alexey Likhachev