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| After Putin announced “partial mobilization,” flights from Russia sold out |
| 2022-09-22 |
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 If its like Africa and the stans,western departures mean more locals, and more locals almost inevitably mean more corruption and lowered production and quality (in these sorts of societies> Corruption is endemic to the type of government and current society in Russia, so the economic situation is only going to get worse, at least on the civilian side. The North Koreanization of Russia is starting to roll. |
| Posted by: Chealing Chomotle4158 2022-09-22 17:09 |
| #2 ^ SP, another good comment by you, but I'd wonder whether more Western nationals leaving is worse for Russia than some potential draftees leaving. |
| Posted by: Matt 2022-09-22 12:30 |
| #1 Implication is that this is draft evaders. It’d provide more insight if the number of Western nationals skipping town was broken out. Having worked in a number of countries under challenging circumstances it makes sense that there are certain benchmarks that companies use as a tell to repatriate personnel. Prudent companies turn over day to day ops to local managers and exfil high value management until a reasonable equilibrium point is reached. Fellow Rantburgers who have worked in Africa or the Stan’s may be familiar this pattern |
| Posted by: Slenter Panda4300 2022-09-22 06:41 |