re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

I failed to mention about my convo is the guy spend significant time in the USSR near the end and vetted lots of scientists and engineers for major companies, banks and government as to their roles in the Soviet space program when it collapsed. He is involved with a company using tech developed by former USSR space design bureau lead physicist. They wouldn't accept investors with connections to Russia due KGB/Russian mafia

A huge problem in Russia and to some extent in Ukraine is the DGAF attitude of the skilled labor. Though still practiced in Russia they were used to being on the payroll with a job but weren't paid for sometimes a month at a time. That is why decent skilled labor today comes from outside of Russia or from the "stans" formerly part of the USSR where there aren't many decent jobs.