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[โ€“] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sadly, most of the skilled workers needed for this project were pressed into military service, and got blown up in Ukraine.

[โ€“] TWeaK@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or sent to prison for collaborating, like that scientist who worked on commercial hypersonic airplanes.

[โ€“] Aux@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Or just packed their shit and ran away as far as they could. A lot of great IT professionals I know started leaving Russia after 2014. After 2022 literally everyone I know left Russia. Putin has fucked Russia real hard...