This is also why the USA was funding biolabs in Ukraine. After the Soviet breakup they didn't want people with suddenly no income and dangerous skills offering

This is also why the USA was funding biolabs in Ukraine. After the Soviet breakup they didn't want people with suddenly no income and dangerous skills offering them to despotic governments, or the labs deteriorating and legitimate knowledge lost. Around 2022 it was briefly trotted out as an excuse for the Russian invasion.