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Russian Physicist Sentenced to 12 Years for Treason over scientific cooperation with Dutch colleagues (www.themoscowtimes.com)
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According to the Perviy Otdel human rights project, project reports passed by Gubanov and Golubkin to their Dutch colleagues had been examined by three specialized commissions prior to submission. None of these commissions found state secrets in the reports, Perviy Otdel said.

Several Russian scientists have been jailed in recent years in what critics say is a reflection of the state’s increasing paranoia toward scientific cooperation with foreign countries.

The scientific community has warned that treason cases against scientists will have a chilling effect on young researchers.

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[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 58 points 2 years ago (14 children)

The scientific community has warned that treason cases against scientists will have a chilling effect on young researchers.

Yeah, they're all going to leave Russia and never come back.

[–] S410@kbin.social 15 points 2 years ago (12 children)

Sons and daughters of Russian oligarchs will.

It was always hard and expensive to leave Russia for a first world country, and right now most of those countries are making it even harder and even more expensive than before.

For example Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland, (most of which share a border with Russia) banned Russians from entering the countries outright, regardless of purpose, greatly limiting options for leaving Russia via land.

Other countries introduces other restrictions, like directing anyone wishing to get a visa to their embassies in Moscow exclusively. Which is a bit of a problem, considering the size of the country.

Oh, an of course there are inherent restrictions due to the visa facilitation agreement being suspended.

The article above makes it pretty clear Russia is interested in preventing international cooperation. So I wouldn't expect things like joined research endeavors or exchange programs to be common, if allowed to happen at all.

So, how does any of that facilitate brain drain, exactly?

[–] monk@lemmy.unboiled.info 5 points 2 years ago

It doesn't. They still leave.

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