has it become impossible to work remotely from russia?
You need to understand the scale. Just today Yandex (one of the largest IT companies in Russia, think “Russian Google”) has announced[0] they are at risk of default. That’s 10 000 people, and Yandex is not the only large IT company.
Companies like EPAM also have plans to evacuate people, that’s north of 30k people in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia and it is not clear how many layoffs there will be.
But you are right, people who stay will need help as well.
The ruble took another massive hit again last night. Any Russian financial company is probably already wiped out.
I wouldn't be shocked if the market doesn't open next week, it is not reopening and everything is going to have to be nationalized.
We have never seen this before with a modern economy. In the 1929 market crash 25% of the US population were still farmers. Russia is 5% farmers. Most people are directly exposed to the fragility of the modern economy.