[ChuckNorris89]

>There is a huge undercurrent of Russophobia

Where? The highly skilled Russians part of the brain drain will most likely go to big cities, full of high earning and/or well educated people, not in hick towns full of xenofobic loonies.

Russians brain drain to the US is not something new, but has been going on for several decades and it seems to have worked fine for them.

[newfriend]

You don't seem to be up to date on current events. The Russiaphobes are the well educated (but not necessarily high earning) people in big cities. It's the hip new thing to proudly broadcast your support for heroic Ukrainians and your disdain for evil nazi Russians.

[para_parolu]

This is totally opposite to my experience. I’m Russian living in bay area and people often ask how my family back at home. I never had even a slight negativity towards me based on nationality.

[ChuckNorris89]

Yeah, some people just like to spread FUD.

[johnny22]

Would be nice to see the source on this one.

Make sure that source shows that this hatred/dislike is against regular russian citizens and not the russian government.

I'm sure there are plenty of folks who are against regular russians, but I want evidence that it's some sort of major concern.

[newfriend]

Meanwhile, no source required for "hick towns full of xenofobic [sic] loonies".

Anyway, take a look at reddit, which is full of highly-educated baristas from large American cities. A common sentiment is that the "average Russian citizen" should be out protesting, and that if they aren't, then they support the evil nazi leadership.