Posted Oct 4, 2022, 7:15 AMUpdated on Oct 4, 2022 at 7:18 am
Crowds of Russians are fleeing their country. The invasion of Ukraine triggered a wave of departures in February, the announcement of conscription in September another. Almost a million men, women and children have already left the country. They take away not only their memories and their hopes, but also bits of their country’s future.
Because those who leave often have well-made heads. Engineers, programmers, researchers have, more than others, the financial means to leave, the chances of succeeding – and the desire to escape a repression which risks targeting them in particular.
