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Where Do Russians Go?

In some cases, the key to economic instability is an exodus of a country’s people, or an influx of foreigners. In this article, MSU student and Journalist writer Elena Kornilova explores the migration habits of Russia. - Elena Kornilova



A Financial Virus Infects the World

"The USA has sneezed and the world has taken ill. Almost 80 years ago the world economic system was damaged by the grave disease that came from Wall Street and history is now repeating itself exactly: falling indexes, downfall of financiers, job cuts. How do the leading powers survive? Will a new Great Depression start or will we just get off with nothing more than a fright?" - Artyom Galustyan



Mass Brain Drain

"During the 1990s, American scientists used to joke: “The American department of mathematics is a department where Russian professors teach Chinese students." Actually, they were not far from the truth. According to the National Institute of Statistics and Information, since the times of Perestroyka (1985-1991) about 350,000 Russian scientists have emigrated to the United States." - Helen Potapova