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You also fail to mention that not everybody is driven by money. Russian engineer and scientist knew pretty well that they could get better life conditions in th

You also fail to mention that not everybody is driven by money. Russian engineer and scientist knew pretty well that they could get better life conditions in the US for example, yet they decided to live their life in Russia. These are personal choice beyond what me or you think about, need to be respected. So said, many researcher today are paid very little and they could get a better pay in private sector yet they don't bother to.

sandworm101 5y ago
>> yet they decided to live their life in Russia. These are personal choice Really? Anyone who thinks that America, or anyone else, has any sort of open-door policy towards immigration is kidding themselves. Setting aside whether a Russian engineer would be allowed to leave Russia, the process of immigrating to another country is never easy. It costs money. Lots of it.
- ausudhz 5y ago
  It was (and still is) lot easier if you're a scientist or a skilled worker. > whether a Russian engineer would be allowed to leave Russia Why not? I live in a country that is not US nor Russia and I know few very good Russian engineers. They worked in US too, some of them returned to Russia eventually. So I don't understand where you get your basis. People are allowed to leave Russia they're not trapped (not to mention the many I've met when traveling was allowed)
  - newsclues 5y ago
    Russia and the Soviet Union were different.
    - sudosysgen 5y ago
      Sure. It was still not that hard as long as you didn't work in a classified field and worked enough to "pay off" your studies.
- sudosysgen 5y ago
  It's quite easy when you're an engineer with experience in a field in demand. Comparatively speaking. Leaving Russia was not so hard as long as you did the required amount of years and didn't work on anything sensitive, which if you wanted to leave you wouldn't go into anyways.
- fomine3 5y ago
  Even without regulation, language is a huge barrier.
908B64B197 5y ago
> yet they decided to live their life in Russia. Convenient decision when the KGB has the location of all your extended family in it's database!

sandworm101 5y ago

>> yet they decided to live their life in Russia. These are personal choice Really? Anyone who thinks that America, or anyone else, has any sort of open-door policy towards immigration is kidding themselves. Setting aside whether a Russian engineer would be allowed to leave Russia, the process of immigrating to another country is never easy. It costs money. Lots of it.

ausudhz 5y ago
It was (and still is) lot easier if you're a scientist or a skilled worker. > whether a Russian engineer would be allowed to leave Russia Why not? I live in a country that is not US nor Russia and I know few very good Russian engineers. They worked in US too, some of them returned to Russia eventually. So I don't understand where you get your basis. People are allowed to leave Russia they're not trapped (not to mention the many I've met when traveling was allowed)
- newsclues 5y ago
  Russia and the Soviet Union were different.
  - sudosysgen 5y ago
    Sure. It was still not that hard as long as you didn't work in a classified field and worked enough to "pay off" your studies.
sudosysgen 5y ago
It's quite easy when you're an engineer with experience in a field in demand. Comparatively speaking. Leaving Russia was not so hard as long as you did the required amount of years and didn't work on anything sensitive, which if you wanted to leave you wouldn't go into anyways.
fomine3 5y ago
Even without regulation, language is a huge barrier.

908B64B197 5y ago

> yet they decided to live their life in Russia. Convenient decision when the KGB has the location of all your extended family in it's database!