Young Brains Leaving Russia

... by 492,800 or 15.3 percent. The only way to alleviate the consequences of the receding educational stock seems to lie in attracting foreigners to study in Russian institutions of higher learning, because Russia both generates and receives educational migrants, who come from Tajikistan, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, India, Ukraine and Vietnam. Of course, the largest provider is China, followed by Kazakhstan, India, Ukraine and Vietnam. Most of the students enter institutions specializing in economics,...