The Double-Edged Impact of the Putin Brain Drain

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine predictably triggered a massive exodus of Ukrainian refugees from the warzone. But beyond the battlefields and far from the civilian areas that came under assault in the military onslaught launched by Russian President Vladimir Putin, another mass migration began almost immediately after the start of the war. As Putin cracked down on dissent at home, Russians opposed to the war—and to their president—started leaving the country in large numbers.

 

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