An Assessment of the International Science and Technology Center Redirecting Expertise in Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Former Soviet Union (1996) / Chapter Skim
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Emigration of Scientists and Engineers
Emigration of Scientists and Engineers
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In a separate estimate, the Russian Centre for Science Research and Statistics reported that total employment in R&D institutes in the FSU fell by 40 percent between 1989 and 1993; the employment of R&D specialists alone fell by 44 percent during the same periods According to the centre, of the total downsizing, emigration from Russia of workers in the science and scientific services sector was slightly over 2,000 per year from 1990 through 1993.3 This total includes employees with all levels of education. The number with advanced degrees was much smaller.
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In May 1996 the Russian press reported that a Russian scientist was arrested on charges of producing and smug gling abroad radioactive materials that could be used for nuclear weapons production.9 The suspect, who had worked at Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, produced 1 kilogram of a radioactive substance in his laboratory and shipped it abroad. This case, and several others in which people have been arrested, are stark reminders of the ongoing threat of proliferation.
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