IT specialists ran away from Russia without a backward glance

The IT sphere turned out to be the main casualty after the start of Putin's liberation campaign against the West. Moreover, the Russian part of it only repeats what already happened in Belarus after 2020. At that time, the Belarusian IT simply flocked en masse, almost all of it to the West, to Poland and Lithuania. It seems that after February 24, this also happened in Russia. It happened so fast, that the Russian authorities did not wait to understand it. Unlike the Belarusian one, by the way. "Concord, Yevgeny Prigozhin's company reported that they have already submitted a bill instructing the Federal Security Service to regulate the departure of IT professionals abroad. Simply because it begins to threaten the security of the country. So what about our beloved Sanya 3%? He is also getting nervous. There is an outflow of IT staff from Belarus, and this issue must be addressed. This was stated by Alexander Lukashenko at a meeting to discuss the draft decree on the state governing body in the field of digital development and informatization. Lukashenko demanded to be informed about what is going on in HTP (High-Tech Park - the Russian Skolkovo-type thing, but a bit more realistic) and how acute the issue of staff outflow is. - As I am informed, there is such an outflow that tomorrow Belarus will die without IT specialists," said Alexander Lukashenko. He voiced a plan to hold a meeting with representatives of the IT-industry, working in the HTP, and to take a number of decisions. - The process of departure of some IT-specialists is still observed, and it may not be small. We need to see from the security point of view, how dangerous it is for Belarus. From another point of view, we have to deal with IT technologies, IT parks and these IT people, so that we have equal conditions for everyone. The time has come to solve these issues," said Lukashenko. According to a survey, the results of which were published earlier by dev.by, 27% of the interviewed industry professionals have left Belarus. Another 28% of respondents admitted that they are planning to move. Only 15% answered that they are not going to relocate. It looks like the same thing is happening in Russia.