As Russia sees tech brain drain, other nations hope to gain

Photo: FILE – People walk through Red Square after sunset in Moscow, Russia… AP Photo / Alexander Zemlianichenko, File. Article by Liudas Dapkus. AP News – March 31, 2022.

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Russia’s tech workers are looking for safer and more secure professional pastures. By one estimate, up to 70,000 computer specialists, spooked by a sudden frost in the business and political climate, have bolted the country since Russia invaded Ukraine five weeks ago. Many more are expected to follow. For some countries, Russia’s loss is being seen as their potential gain and an opportunity to bring fresh expertise to their own high-tech industries. […]

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