Putin Faces Growing Exodus as Russia's Banking, Tech Pros Flee
- Political crackdown, rising tensions with West drive flow
- Tech entrepreneur flees "Orthodox Taliban" for Silicon Valley
Pedestrians cross a street near the Moscow City business district, center, in Moscow, Russia.
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For most of the last decade, Igor Gladkoborodov worked his way up in Moscow’s vibrant high-tech scene, going from web developer to co-founder of an online-video startup that drew $3.5 million in local funding.
Last month, he abandoned Moscow for Menlo Park, California, joining a growing flow of professionals leaving Russia amid recession, deepening international isolation and tightening regulation of the Internet.