INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
At least 2,500 scholars have left Russia since its forces invaded Ukraine nearly two years ago, the independent news outlet Novaya Gazeta
employment status to a foreign institution, while 900 others either quit or deleted their affiliation with Russia and listed a different
country as their residence, according to data from Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID), which indexes academic researchers.Novaya
Gazeta said 30% of scholars registered with ORCID had moved out of Russia in 2022, noting also that between 2012 and 2021 that share stood
at 10% per year.At the same time, the outlet said the share of foreign scholars working in Russia dropped from 7% in 2021 to 2% in
2023.Novaya Gazeta listed the United States, Germany, Israel, the United Kingdom and France, as well as Uzbekistan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and
the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as the top destinations for scholars who left Russia.Scholars typically change affiliations to not only
escape possible repression in Russia but to ease their access to essential equipment, international projects and publishing opportunities, a
contact with foreigners amid an alarming rise in wartime treason and espionage arrests, which have led to the jailing of several Russian
