MOSCOW, October 2 (RIA Novosti) - A group...
They also offered their expertise and knowledge in tackling the above objectives.Many Russian scientists have emigrated abroad or abandoned scientific work in favor of higher incomes in commerce or other spheres since the Soviet collapse in the early 1990s.
Official statistics said 25,000 scientists emigrated from the country between 1989 and 2004, and another 30,000 went abroad under temporary contracts. Independent reports, however, estimate at least 80,000 emigrated in the early 1990s alone, causing the budget loss at $60 billion, the figure that did not include losses from the "export" of know-how.
The brain drain is believed to have increased considerably in recent years. Experts point to low incomes, a poor technological base, low prestige and excessive red tape behind reasons prompting members of Russia"s research community to leave the country.
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