Lev Gershenzon* - about working in Russia

Media manager Lev Gershenzon (included by the Ministry of Justice in the register of foreign agents) on the Sapere Aude youtube channel. Ideas, thoughts, opinions" says :

“It still hurts me when I think: what if all these people who left because they didn’t want to live in Russia, at different moments - in 1915, like me, or people before me, a huge the number of people before the age of 22, some after the beginning <...>(SVO - Polit.ru), the second part after mobilization - what if they just stupidly worked and lived in Russia, for Russian companies, simply paid taxes, consumed services? “This, of course, would be a big plus for the country and for society.” Even just that, regardless of what they could do. But now this is gone, this is also a loss.

On the other hand, compared to other losses, perhaps it is not so significant. But to talk about a catastrophe, that everything will collapse... - I don’t see that.

I have quite a few work friends who are in Russia, and they say that there are so many offers... and any money. And for people who don’t smell very good, who for various reasons can’t or don’t want to leave, it’s okay for them. There are plenty of opportunities to earn money and realize yourself professionally as an IT engineer in Russia. Another thing is that we must keep in mind that perhaps this will have certain consequences in the future.”

* included by the Ministry of Justice in the register of foreign agents