Estimates suggest at least 2500 scientists have left Russia since the beginning of the war and for other countries than usual

Hopefully, more scientists will be leaving Putin the Terrible!

"At least 2500 scientists have severed ties with Russia since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, according to an analysis carried out by the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta.

The data was sourced from Orcid, an international database bringing together information on more than 20 million scientists from around the world. According to Novaya Gazeta, Orcid registration is mandatory for academics publishing at large Russian universities, therefore the penetration of the database into the Russian academic environment was ‘quite high’. ...

The investigation also found that the general direction of migration had changed: before the war started, most scientists leaving Russia appeared to move to the US, Germany or the UK. However, after the war an increasing number made the move to Israel, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and the UAE. ..."

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