About 70,000 IT workers left Russia
Tens of thousands of Russian IT workers since the beginning of the war and The entrepreneur left the country. Experts attribute this to long-term economic growth in Russia and They say it will have profound effects on cybersecurity
2020to a study published in September according to, There were 1.8 million technology workers in Russia. As a result of Russia’s war with Ukraine 10 It is reported that one of the IT workers left the country.
RFE / RL correspondent Todd Prince writes that, one of them – Sergey Krupnik tens of thousands of startups dollars and After two years of hard work, a light appeared at the end of the tunnel.
About 150 Travers skis and There is a snowboard trainer. Thousands of people approached them to improve their skiing skills. But Russia’s occupation of Ukraine on February 24 changed everything.
The attractiveness of the technology sector has decreased
Russia’s unjustified attack according to Heavy Western sanctions have reduced the attractiveness of investment in the technology sector. Krupnik froze his project three days later and left for Turkey on March 9.
“In Russia, in a developing country 10 Imagine years of honest, hard work… More of my life 10 I will not spend a year in Russia “ – he wrote in his post and weak investment climate in the country and free He stressed that emigration has long been on his mind due to the lack of words.
Tens of thousands of Russian IT workers since the beginning of the war and The entrepreneur left the country. Experts attribute this to long-term economic growth in Russia and They say it will have profound effects on cybersecurity.
Russia’s sanctions on the West bankscurvy and targeted high-tech industries. The export of microprocessors important for computerization has been banned. AppleSamsung, Microsoft, Oracle and Large technology companies such as Cisco have announced that they are leaving Russia or suspending operations.
Next month may be 100 thousand…
Between 50,000 and 70,000 technology workers have reportedly left Russia since late February. That’s it Russia President of the Electronic Communications Association Sergey Plugotarenko on March 22nd parliament said at the hearing.
He warned that up to 100,000 IT specialists could leave Russia next month.
From the International Finance Institute in Washington Elina Rubakova he said in a report released earlier this month that, The emigration of educated Russians, including IT professionals, will have a long-term impact on the country’s economic growth.
It seems that the government is also worried about this brain drain. President Vladimir Putin Trinity for IT companies tax signed economic measures such as strikes and soft loans. He approved a preferential mortgage for IT workers and delayed conscription for those of conscription age.
Restrict leaving the country?
Kremlin-affiliated businessman Yevgeni PrigoginConcord, which is controlled by the United States, has called for restrictions on the emigration of IT professionals in order to protect Russia’s “strategic interests.” Company social wrote in a media post that, It proposes legislation that requires IT workers to obtain permission from the Federal Security Service (FSB) to leave the country. Such a step is reminiscent of the days of the former USSR, when travel abroad and emigration were severely restricted. The post was later deleted.
“The influx of IT staff Russia is a disaster for the economy and It will hit Russia’s cyber defense capabilities. “Cyber defenders are in short supply everywhere, and the influx from Russia is making it worse.” – Strategy based in Washington and Expert of the Center for International Studies James Lewis he said.
They move to other countries
Lewis thinks those who leave will not reduce cybercrime from Russia. Because those involved in these activities cannot leave the country “without the risk of arrest.”
Gartner research firm Russia, Ukraine and In Belarus, some 250,000 IT professionals work for companies that serve customers outside the former Soviet Union.
For example, EPAM software company based in Pennsylvania before the war in Russia and Belarus and There were more than 30,000 IT workers in Ukraine.
The company’s manager, who did not want to be named, told the radio that, EPAM is asking its employees in Russia to relocate. Some go to Georgia or Armenia.