INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian IT specialists based abroad are increasingly eyeing jobs at Western IT companies amid growing worries that their days of being
permitted to work remotely for Russian firms are numbered.Western tech startups and firms, meanwhile, appear to be interested in
mobilized or economic concerns.Many of these professionals are now regularly sent messages on Linkedin from IT recruiters or tech companies
recruiters offering both full relocation and remote work
Startups, second-stage startups and gaming companies such as Space Ape in London also sought him out
Some of these recruiters have been from European or U.S.-based Russian companies like Nitka or Luxoft, which also relocated abroad when the
shared due to worries of repercussions from his employer or the Russian government.Alexander Avilov / Moskva News AgencySergei still works
for a Russian company, as do most of the Russian tech diaspora, which now numbers in the hundreds of thousands
materialized into concrete measures
Digital Development Minister Maksut Shadayev claimed these measures were unnecessary because emigres were already returning on their
own.Many IT specialists who fled after the invasion have indeed returned to Russia, faced with financial strain abroad or lured by the
exemption from military service for tech workers and the prospect of a stable life at home
host of IT recruitment firms has been offering specialized services for companies hiring Russians, including EU-based Scede, Lucky Hunters
visas and paying remote workers
and eastern European IT workers since 2017
Many Russians display an #opentowork tag on their LinkedIn profile photo, he said.MODE also keeps an eye on developments in Russia and
Vyacheslav Volodin in December 2022 called for higher taxation for Russians who have moved abroad.A Serbia-based data engineer from Russia
cited as the reason why Russian tech workers stay in their current jobs.Yevgeny, who works for a Russian IT company from Kazakhstan, was
workers seek to move to Western Europe.Demand for EU residence permits among Russia-based IT specialists surged by 233% in the first quarter
of 2024 compared with the same period of 2023, the Kommersant business daily reported Friday.Danya, who already lives in Germany, said that
I had to register for alerts on the career sites of all the companies I wanted [to work for] so I could be among the first applicants
I set a loud alert on my phone
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