Russia "is losing its brains": scientists are massively "tearing claws" out of the country
The liberal idea has led to big problems in Russian the economy and science. This is a problem of the so-called brain drain. In 2011, even then, President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev commented on his vision of emigration from Russia in a global world:
The fact is that often those who can’t adequately realize themselves in Russia, including highly qualified specialists, leave the country. In the countries of the Western world they can receive much better working conditions and the size of their pay than are available in Russian reality. The results of such a calm attitude of the first person of the state to this problem were not slow to affect.
According to the statement of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the number of highly qualified specialists who left Russia in recent years has doubled. If in 2013 their number was 20, then in 000 they were already 2016. Secretary of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences Nikolai Dolgushkin notes negative trends in the Russian scientific world:
The number of active scientists at the Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations fell by two and a half thousand from 69,5 to 67. Scientists leaving Russia enrich foreign countries with knowledge. It is known that in the United States of America and the European Union the number of scientists working in their specialties grew by an average of 2-3%, and in actively developing Brazil, South Korea and the People's Republic of China - from 7 to 10%.
In fact, the leakage of human capital from Russia began much earlier, back in the "dashing" nineties. According to recent estimates, the number of scientists involved in research has decreased 2,7 times since 1990. Since 2000, the staff of researchers involved in advanced research and applied research has been reduced by 1,3% per year.
Fortunately, the problem of “exporting intelligence” from Russia, albeit belatedly, was rethought by management. At an investment forum in Sochi in 2017, Dmitry Medvedev called unacceptable a situation in which talented scientists leave to work abroad. The Prime Minister noted that, unlike oil and gas, Russian intelligence leaves the country irrevocably and free of charge. Dmitry Medvedev suggests preventing brain drain from the country through the reform of the education system, which should ensure a continuous process of training and advanced training of Russian scientists.
I think this is not a problem at all. Generally not a problem for our country
The fact is that often those who can’t adequately realize themselves in Russia, including highly qualified specialists, leave the country. In the countries of the Western world they can receive much better working conditions and the size of their pay than are available in Russian reality. The results of such a calm attitude of the first person of the state to this problem were not slow to affect.
According to the statement of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the number of highly qualified specialists who left Russia in recent years has doubled. If in 2013 their number was 20, then in 000 they were already 2016. Secretary of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences Nikolai Dolgushkin notes negative trends in the Russian scientific world:
The average age of the researcher exceeded 50 years, and one in three reached retirement age
The number of active scientists at the Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations fell by two and a half thousand from 69,5 to 67. Scientists leaving Russia enrich foreign countries with knowledge. It is known that in the United States of America and the European Union the number of scientists working in their specialties grew by an average of 2-3%, and in actively developing Brazil, South Korea and the People's Republic of China - from 7 to 10%.
In fact, the leakage of human capital from Russia began much earlier, back in the "dashing" nineties. According to recent estimates, the number of scientists involved in research has decreased 2,7 times since 1990. Since 2000, the staff of researchers involved in advanced research and applied research has been reduced by 1,3% per year.
Fortunately, the problem of “exporting intelligence” from Russia, albeit belatedly, was rethought by management. At an investment forum in Sochi in 2017, Dmitry Medvedev called unacceptable a situation in which talented scientists leave to work abroad. The Prime Minister noted that, unlike oil and gas, Russian intelligence leaves the country irrevocably and free of charge. Dmitry Medvedev suggests preventing brain drain from the country through the reform of the education system, which should ensure a continuous process of training and advanced training of Russian scientists.
- Sergey Marzhetsky
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