The international intellectual migration: features and modern role

The article considers theoretical and practical approaches to processes of the international intellectual migration and investigates modern processes of this phenomenon, their feature, the precondition and the reason at the present. The special attention is given consideration of a place of Russia in the international market of intellectual work, to the basic forms of « brain drain», to problems of adaptation to rules of functioning of this market in the conditions of the globalized economic, in a context of gradual elimination of the reasons causing departure of domestic qualified experts. Conclusions prove objectivity of process of the international intellectual migration, growth of demand for qualified professionals, competition strengthening on the given segment of the international labour market, positive and negative sides of this phenomenon in the conditions of transition to postindustrial economy; necessity of creation of conditions for attraction of qualified professionals and working out of a concrete state policy in this direction as a major factor of economic growth and social progress of Russia is underlined