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The Gini coefficient figure is from 2020, I think it should be updated. CmsrNgubaneArise (talk 08:51, 6 June 2025 (UTC)( Blocked sockpuppet of CmsrNgubane, see investigation)[reply]

Good idea - go ahead if you have a reliable source Chidgk1 (talk) 18:29, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Swoonfed I think that it is not worth correcting the ranking because it is too much of a simplification. I think better to remove the ranking, because they are spending the forex they can access but another part of it is frozen (see https://www.brookings.edu/articles/what-is-the-status-of-russias-frozen-sovereign-assets/) This can be better explained in a more detailed article. Perhaps Nabiullina is more valuable than the forex so should be mentioned instead? Chidgk1 (talk) 15:32, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am going to implement a compromise version of our edits because although User: Ramsense made some valid criticism (too many footnotes in my version) which I am going to heed and incorporate in my new edit, my version had some merit as well which I am going to explain below. As far as the compromise version, I am going to pare down the number of citations I put in my version plus keep more of the original wording.

The reversion notes by User: Remsense at Reversion of my edit related to Russia's brain drain which stated "Restored revision 1298838364 by Citation bot (talk): There is really nothing added here! what else was meant to be communicated by "shrinking labor force", brain drain is also plainly noted in the atlantic council paper already cited. there's almost zero possible value heaping on a couple news articles for these claims".

In the reversion, one of the dead links was put back into the article that I replaced with a live link. This is the good link: https://web.archive.org/web/20241215195325/https://zenodo.org/records/8409563/files/RUJEC_article_113503.pdf This is the dead link that was put back into the article https://zenodo.org/records/8409563/files/RUJEC_article_113503.pdf

Also, if you look at one of my footnotes it indicates that Russia's brain drain is called the most severe problem that Russia faces. The citation is: Russia's brain drain has become its economy's biggest problem, London Business School, September 2, 2024. This makes perfect sense. There is a big difference between a general labor shortage and a brain drain in our technological age as society and the individuals themselves spend a lot on advanced training to produce workers such as engineers, scientists, software engineers, doctors, etc, and to have these people leave a country is very damaging to a country if they are in short supply. It more damaging than say losing a restaurant cook because "brain drain" positions require more training. For example, Russia is short 25,000 people in the gas/oil industry and it cannot fill engineers easily because these positions require expertise. Russia is very dependent on its oil sales so this is very harmful to its economy.

Also, there are over 700 footnotes to this article and its not realistic to expect people to read all of the footnotes. It's better to have it in the text. Knox490 (talk) 05:42, 6 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]