{"id":2199104,"date":"2022-10-06T11:13:44","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T11:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nknews.org\/koreapro\/?p=2199104"},"modified":"2023-04-05T16:11:29","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T07:11:29","slug":"how-russias-brain-drain-could-be-south-koreas-gain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2022\/10\/how-russias-brain-drain-could-be-south-koreas-gain\/","title":{"rendered":"How Russia\u2019s brain drain could be South Korea\u2019s gain"},"content":{"rendered":"
Hundreds of thousands of Russians have <\/span>fled<\/span><\/a> the country to escape sanctions pressures, a deteriorating economy and the risk they might be <\/span>drafted<\/span><\/a> to the front lines of Vladimir Putin\u2019s war against Ukraine. As with the rest of the world, South Korea faces the question of whether or not to accept them.<\/span><\/p>\n Most of these escapees have gone to nearby countries like <\/span>Georgia, Kazakhstan<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Kyrgyzstan<\/span><\/a>. <\/span>France and Germany<\/span><\/a> have also indicated that they will accept Russians fleeing the draft, and there\u2019s an <\/span>argument<\/span><\/a> that international law requires states to offer protection to those who oppose conscription.<\/span><\/p>\n Of course, every Russian taken in as a refugee could be seen as one less soldier in Putin\u2019s invasion force. But another argument is that draft dodgers might actually be <\/span>\u201clittle green men\u201d<\/span><\/a> \u2014 referring to Russian soldiers that annexed Crimea in 2014 while wearing greenish camouflage but no official army insignia \u2014 sent by Putin to spark havoc in the outside world.<\/span><\/p>\n