I would like to invite you to the Atlantic Council at 4 p.m. on 7 March to an event devoted to problems in Russia. I (Evgeniya Chirikova Russian environmentalist) will be one of the speakers with a speech about environmental and social grass roots movements in Russia.
The Putin Exodus: The New Russian Brain DrainTuesday, March 7, 2017
4:00 p.m.
Atlantic Council
12th Floor (West Tower)
1030 15th Street NW
Washington, DC
| A conversation with:
Ms. Evgenia Chirikova
Environmentalist
Russia
Dr. Sergey Erofeev
Consultant
Rutgers University
Mr. Mikhail Kokorich
Founder and President
Dauria Aerospace
Dr. Alina Polyakova
Deputy Director, Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center;
Senior Fellow, Future Europe Initiative
Atlantic Council
Moderated by:
Ambassador John Herbst
Director, Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center
Atlantic Council
Since Vladimir Putin assumed his third term in office in May 2012, Russian emigration has surged to its highest levels since the 1990s. Unlike the 1990s where emigration was driven mostly by economic instability, the emigrants today are fleeing the economic and political system that President Putin has put in place. In addition, those leaving Russia also make up a key segment of Russian society- they are among the best educated, most entrepreneurial, and highly skilled from the middle and upper middle classes. The “Putin exodus,” or the new wave of Russian brain drain, will have profound consequences for Russia’s short and long-term economic development, political environment, and policy.
The Atlantic Council and the Free Russia Foundation will bring together a panel of experts to discuss the key causes driving this new emigration and its implications.
We hope you can join us for this timely discussion.
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