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‘We realized that there’s no way we can return’: Russia’s best and brightest are leaving the country in record numbers. 6 young Russians explain why they left
Yahoo ^ | 20-AUG-2022 | Yvonne Lau

Posted on 08/21/2022 11:21:56 AM PDT by SpeedyInTexas

Three months ago, Sonya, a 25-year-old who works at a major mobile gaming company and moonlights as a tutor, made one of the toughest decisions of her life: She left Russia.

She had an old but cozy communal apartment with her boyfriend and two other roommates in Moscow’s city center, a tight-knit group of friends, and spent several days a week taking classes at a local dance academy—her lifelong passion.

“It’s my home. My family, friends are there. My whole life. How can you possibly abandon all these things?" she told Fortune.

But like countless other young educated Russians, Sonya, who asked that only her first name be used, packed her bags and fled the country after Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24.

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"Over 3.8 million Russians left from January to March this year, according to the Federal Security Services’ own estimates. Some left for work or travel reasons, but many also left because of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Other estimates put the number of people who left because of the war at 300,000 to 3.8 million. The exact number is still unknown. A recent survey from non-governmental organization OK Russians says that the average age of Russians who left the country after Feb. 24 is 32 years old, while 80% of them have a higher education degree."
1 posted on 08/21/2022 11:21:56 AM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
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Over 3.8 million Russians left from January to March

Each one of them a card carrying Eurasianist missionary, looking to spread the gospel.

2 posted on 08/21/2022 11:29:59 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: SpeedyInTexas
We are sooooo WINNING.….

9-BB9-D7-AB-1-ABD-4878-9-BAF-D16-C8-EA39931

3 posted on 08/21/2022 11:31:00 AM PDT by Antioch (Against stupidity even the Gods struggle in vain….)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

Don’t come here, we are already being invaded by 156 other countries.


4 posted on 08/21/2022 11:31:19 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

That is not unique to Russia. Immigrants from India in United States consist of doctors, business people, engineers, scientists, lawyers, accountants etc. Those are brightest people from India and that ethnic group has the highest income in US compared to any other group, including all other Asian immigrants, all European immigrants, and US born whites. The bright people are confident in their abilities and venture out to lands where better opportunities exist.


5 posted on 08/21/2022 11:32:40 AM PDT by entropy12 (Trump & MAGA are the only road to keep USA viable.s)
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Those are brightest people from India and that ethnic group has the highest income in US compared to any other group, including all other Asian immigrants,

I can attest to that, most of the folks in my upscale community here are from India.

6 posted on 08/21/2022 11:35:25 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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“Russia’s best and brightest are leaving the country in record numbers.”

I thought the government PREVENTED them from leaving?


7 posted on 08/21/2022 11:36:58 AM PDT by BobL (The Globalists/Neocons desperately want Ukraine to win...makes it easy for me to choose a side)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

Russian soldiers are still barbarians. Have not changed a bit since WWII.


8 posted on 08/21/2022 11:37:35 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Remember August 8!)
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3.8 million people emigrating is a pretty big number, to my way of thinking. Obviously, not all of them are high-tech creative geniuses, but certainly a tremendous amount of talent is being lost.

For a historical parallel, consider the number of Jewish and other scientists who fled Nazi Germany in the mid 30s and emigrated to the US, most notably to work on the Manhattan project. Now there is no way on Earth that Nazi Germany could have produced an atomic bomb, but the US, lacking that brain power could have lost a year and a half to two years producing the bomb.


9 posted on 08/21/2022 11:39:48 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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I support the immigration of 25 year old Russian female dancers.


10 posted on 08/21/2022 11:40:59 AM PDT by jdsteel (Do I really need a /sarc?)
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“I can attest to that, most of the folks in my upscale community here are from India.”

Their mostly from the upper castes - Brahmans - high average IQ.


11 posted on 08/21/2022 11:41:21 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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I love the story of the brave Russian journalista who denounced the Special Military Operation on air, got a job with a German news station - then got chased out by the "tolerant" Germans because she was a Russian.

This, from a people who tolerate Asian rape gangs roaming the streets of Deutschland...

12 posted on 08/21/2022 11:41:26 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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“average age 32 years old; 80% of them have a higher education degree”

That is a serious brain-drain on Russia.


13 posted on 08/21/2022 11:41:39 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“May your neighbors respect you, trouble neglect you, angels protect you and heaven accept you”)
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“I support the immigration of 25 year old Russian female dancers.”

Who are pretty and thin.


14 posted on 08/21/2022 11:43:06 AM PDT by SpeedyInTexas (The Only Good RuZZian is a Dead RuZZian)
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To: JonPreston

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marina-ovsyannikova-russian-journalist-protested-ukraine-war-hired-german-news-channel/


15 posted on 08/21/2022 11:43:07 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: kiryandil
journalista

A nomadic patronymic. Good!

16 posted on 08/21/2022 11:45:02 AM PDT by JonPreston
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“Educated people who understand the real situation are leaving the country; selling their houses, making different documents, and learning foreign languages,”

I wonder what "making different documents" means.

17 posted on 08/21/2022 11:45:23 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“May your neighbors respect you, trouble neglect you, angels protect you and heaven accept you”)
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To: BobL

I see we have yet another article from a “trusted source” being posted to support the GloboHomo war against Russia.


18 posted on 08/21/2022 11:45:25 AM PDT by achilles2000 ("I'll agree to save the whales as long as we can deport the liberals")
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Yahoo ^ | 20-AUG-2022 | Yvonne Lau

America-first Patriots are at war with the Deep State, and their various outlets that spew the Deep State line (i.e., Yahoo).

19 posted on 08/21/2022 11:45:37 AM PDT by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: aquila48

One thing I’ve learned from working in IT, if you want to get on an Indian co-worker’s good side, talk to them about Cricket.

It works!


20 posted on 08/21/2022 11:45:52 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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