“The Brain drain from Russia: The Kremlinʼs double-edged sword”, Jussi Lassila (FIIA, Finland)

Jussi Lassila, The Brain drain from Russia: The Kremlinʼs double-edged sword, 05 2019

The accelerated brain drain from Russia concretizes the failures of the Kremlinʼs authoritarian modernization and deepens the country’s longer-term problems. At the same time, the brain drain is reducing the regimeʼs political pressures to make the country more attractive to educated and internationally oriented citizens.

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