Putin's Ukraine Conflict Causes Mass Exodus of Young Russian Workers

Russia may have lost up to 1.3 million young workers since the start of the Ukraine conflict, according to a report by Finexpertiza consulting firm. The drop in young workers could have resulted from more young workers taking "grey economy" jobs or from last year’s mass exodus following the announcement of a "partial mobilization" to Ukraine. The decrease in young workers will likely have a profound negative impact on the Russian economy in the long term, jeopardizing Putin's ambitious agenda for Russia in the field of advanced technologies.