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The great Russian brain drain: At least 270 scientists and top university professors left Russia following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine (novayagazeta.eu)
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Half of the Russian scientists who left the country publicly opposed the invasion of Ukraine: they posted online and signed an open letter against the war. In the past 18 months, at least 21 Russian economists, 27 computer scientists, 34 physicists and mathematicians, 15 biologists, and 17 philologists left the country.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Calling it the “great” brain drain seems click baity because it doesn’t compare it to brain drain after other previous events or even to brain drain in a normal year.

The number 270 doesn’t mean much by itself, unless compared to historical data, which the article fails to do.