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    If I'm correct that the field of study (quantum computing) is the real issue, not Germany, then this will help little. It is a potentially sensitive subject due to its relationship to encryption (a munition in most places, including the US).
    – Buffy
    Commented Oct 19, 2022 at 14:49
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    If my social circle is any indication at all, language is not high on the list of considerations for most people who left, be it before or after the war started. It is just a "nice to have", the priorities are generally 1) Not dying 2) Not ending up in prison 3) After 1 and 2 are fulfilled for the immediate closest circle, making ends meet 4) Not being thrown too far off the chosen life path (one could become a janitor in theory, sure) 5) Other nice-to-haves. Thank you for your sympathy and yes, there are still people who have it much, much worse...
    – Lodinn
    Commented Oct 19, 2022 at 15:57
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    @Buffy the subject itself also a problem. Some of top scientist in quantum computing are russians (Harvard,Caltech) and there more in Europe too. I don't think anyone will close this subject to them, right? I think I could only hope that different export organizations will be more selective, why throw away good brains if you could use them+they could support Ukraine with money or help to develop quantum technologies in Ukraine. I would like to do this (I am ethnic Ukrainian) instead of dying in russian prison.
    – Evgenii
    Commented Oct 19, 2022 at 16:16
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    They may well have more trouble getting their research funded. You don't have to be a fanatic Putinist to spy for Russia. If someone still has family members in Russia, and got a visit with the message that it would be a shame if something where to happen to them, then few could blame her/him if (s)he would than collaborate... Commented Oct 19, 2022 at 19:29
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    Quantum Computing is not practically related to any security considerations. The connection to Shor's algorithms and other "crypto breaking algorithms" is still a theoretical curiosity. And there is no real risk in the next decade or so for "stealing information", apart perhaps for people in Quantum experimental physics, if at all. I'd cast this treatment of the candidate as a slightly political motivated action, more than an objective cautionary measure. I would suggest the OP to search for other more welcoming country.
    – Dilworth
    Commented Oct 20, 2022 at 12:28