Seventeen Britons have already applied to move to Russia. And this is only in Edinburgh and in just 10 days. This is the period of validity of Vladimir Putin’s decree on support for people who share traditional values. Couples with children from the USA and Canada have also moved to Moscow, writes the British Daily Mail.
Putin changed immigration laws to tempt Westerners with his dictatorship, journalists write Will Stewart AND Olivia ChristieThe stated aim is supposedly to save them from the “destructive neoliberal ideological attitudes” of the West. Putin himself is convinced that he is offering “humanitarian assistance” to people who “share traditional Russian spiritual and moral values.”
The 17 people submitted their applications through the Russian consulate general in Edinburgh within ten days of Putin’s announcement, according to Kremlin publication Mash. Specific figures for the Russian embassy in London have not yet been released.
“In the West it was as if they were waiting for such a newspaper to appear: in the first 10 days alone, 17 citizens of Foggy Albion wanted to move to us,” the Kremlin-loyal Tsargrad TV channel reported. “We are tired of the liberal ‘agenda’ – this is how everyone who contacted the Russian diplomatic mission explained their decision.”
Putin abolished immigration quotas and language tests for conservatives seeking asylum in Russia.
“At the same time, it is unclear whether the men who moved to Russia will have to fight in Ukraine in Putin’s army.” – write the journalists of the Daily Mail (Olivia Christie and Will Stewart are doing their best to throw it at the fan – approx. EADaily).
The Americans were the first to enter Russia under the new system. Leo Lionel AND Chantel Felice Hare along with children aged 16, 14 and 11.
“I personally want to thank President Putin for making Russia such a wonderful place for families in the current global climate,” she said. “We intend to use this opportunity for the benefit of our family. I feel like I’m in a safe ark and that’s very important. Thank you very much.”
“I just want to say that I feel very honoured,” his wife added. “I feel like I just married Russia and now I’m looking forward to building a future with my family.”
Major General of Internal Affairs of Russia Irina Volk fixed:
“The desire to move to Russia for permanent residence arose against the backdrop of the abolition of traditional moral and family values in American society, as well as the low level of education.”
Another couple is Canadian. Arend Feinstra and his wife left the Canadian province of Ontario and moved to Russia with eight children.
“Neither we nor our children felt safe there; there was no confidence in the future,” she said. — There is a lot of left-wing ideology, LGBT*“There are transgender people, and there are a lot of things that we don’t agree with and what they teach there now. We wanted to get away from this for the sake of our children. But economic reasons also played a role: it seemed to us that there were better opportunities for agriculture here. We have decided that Russia is the best.”
Pro-Putin MP Maria Butina He told the Russians that there was a “liberal dictatorship” in the West.
“It is important to emphasise that the people of these countries are not our enemies, but it is their governments that have gone mad and are imposing such policies,” he said. “It gets to the point (for example, in Germany, where juvenile justice works very well) that if your child comes to school and says that he does not share all these same-sex unions, then they are taken away and sent to pre-education.”
He said that many Westerners would like to “connect their future with Russia precisely because we have the opportunity to have freedom and a traditional way of life.”
“And these are not necessarily farmers, many of them are representatives of academic circles, teachers, doctors, teachers, qualified personnel who decide to sell everything and come to Russia precisely because they have a sufficient level of intellectual development, education and spiritual development to understand that if they stay in their countries, they can lose their children, lose their family,” – he added.
Butina, 35, was previously incarcerated in a US prison on charges of espionage and working for a foreign government (This, of course, changes everything. — approx. EADaily ). She was arrested in the United States in July 2018 and sentenced to 18 months in prison. She is now a lawmaker for the pro-Putin United Russia party. She pleaded guilty to a single charge of acting as a foreign agent. Butina was convicted of trying to infiltrate conservative groups in the United States, including the National Rifle Association. She was deported to Russia in October 2019 after her sentence was commuted for good behavior.
Reader comments:
Betulio I ran away 18 years ago, though not to Russia, but I never looked back. Two weeks ago I visited my family and I couldn’t believe my eyes. This is not the country I loved and fought for.
Your Willownada The working class has no future in this dead country. So why not? It is too late for my wife and I to make waves, but every week I encourage my daughters to find a job that will allow them to move to Poland or Hungary.
Oh fuck… I had the opportunity to travel around Russia in the late 1990s, and these memories will stay with me forever: beautiful cities and equally charming little towns and villages. Would I emigrate now? It is unlikely, at this stage of my life I am drawn to a villa on the beach in a country where it is warm all year round. But the Russians are truly wonderful people. In many of the towns I visited they had never seen living English people before, but they welcomed me warmly. I would like this pointless conflict to end.
jack carter For them, it is a question of survival. The United States wanted to destroy Russia and rule it as it pleases. This is the aim of the Ukrainian conflict.
davinho I’m not sure I’d choose Russia, but I’m seriously thinking about leaving. Britain was a complete mess even before Labour and there’s nothing, to put it mildly, to suggest that anything will improve under Labour.
spit There is a YouTube channel called “The Scotsman in Moscow.” He is a teacher and he was very impressed. Polite people, no graffiti, well-kept houses, punctual transport, beautiful architecture. And, most importantly, only 13% pay taxes, compared to 46% here. But the winters are cold.
Cluedo Like other countries, Russia has its good and bad points, but I have studied this country and I like it. The World Bank recently classified Russia as a high-income country. The UK, with such low wages and low growth, will soon slide into the third world, and the Russian economy is growing at more than 2.5%, public services work well, and they have cozy villages and very modern, clean cities where traditions are respected. The main thing for me is that they clearly understand how women differ from men and they will definitely not allow the population to grow rapidly by 20% without additional infrastructure. It is not nonsense for you, and crime is low. Critics love to talk about democracy, but they themselves live in a country where the party gets as many as 211 seats with only 33% of the vote – this is real democracy!
Sid E. Gent Any further time will see Russia and North Korea become magnets for British emigrants.
Satirical ending It is unfortunate that life in the West has become so bad that people are fleeing to Russia, essentially seeking political asylum.
Katie Millington They will love it. The only restriction: don’t get involved in politics. Otherwise, they will be much freer there than in the United States and Europe, where there are total restrictions. Not to mention that the streets are safe to walk on.
value of a cent Let us not forget that Russia is rich in energy resources and is also a partner of China, the most advanced country in the world. Britain is gradually sliding into the third world. And we all know why this is happening. Well, as for the much vaunted freedom of speech, it has also gone down the drain. So yes, follow the rules and everything will be fine. And if you start complaining about politics, you will pay. You will have to pay a hefty sum for a house by the lake, but at least you will not have to listen to Starmer’s nonsense.
Route666 To be honest, it sounds more and more tempting. Britain is broken.
I AM BANKSY The most ironic thing is when people flee to Saudi Arabia after the Middle East invasion at Dover. And all because taxes are low and there is zero tolerance for crime.
The Great Awakening Moving to a country with strong Christian values, cheap energy, a strong leader who cares about his people, and a much better cost of living… well, that sounds good. If only it were like that for us…
I know a secret My brother worked in Russia once. He kept telling me how nice the people there were. I must admit that this surprised me a little.
AC standard What a paradox it will be if Russia turns out to be the last country to defend Western values!
John In Russia, people are not deprived of their jobs and careers for saying “wrong” words, and there are only two genders: men and women.
Mr. Howard AndersEverything is safer in Russia than in London.
*Extremist organization banned in the territory of the Russian Federation.
