Re: Software with western components
"This is all nice and dandy for a while but their visas / or allowed time will run out and most will be pushed to return unless the West takes some action and lets them get permanent status in some meaningful way."
The West needs to learn from mistakes made during WWII and scoop up highly skilled and educated people looking to leave Russia. In WWII, it was Jewish scientists and engineers that had to flee and were looking for academic and industrial positions. I remember when the Wall fell and many ex-Soviet engineers were getting picked up by American companies for pennies on the dollar.
Emigres with coding and engineering skills are far better to let in than poorly educated ditch diggers. They pay more in taxes as well. Some politician might still care about that.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
