Russia’s war in Ukraine, which has dominated international perceptions of the country since 2022, does not appear to be a decisive factor for many of those making the move.
I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess that those Westerners moving to Russia aren’t terribly reflective, imaginative, or as plugged-in to world events as they might think they are.
An online ecosystem of relocation agencies and influencers promote Russia as a place where family values remain strong and everyday life feels safer … Within weeks of arriving, Leo says they were defrauded of 5 million roubles – about £52,000 ($66,000) – by a contact they trusted, leaving them homeless.
I was explaining to a young person today that totalitarian societies have always portrayed themselves as safe, orderly, and free of crime, supposedly because of the iron grip their law enforcement has on the public. That has never been true, though. Totalitarian societies have always been full of corruption and grift, and have used the image of draconian, ruthless, theatrical, arbitrarily-arrived-at punishments as a cover story to distract the people from that reality.
“But over time he has also become increasingly concerned about elements such as restrictions on access to information”
Well, that’s what living in a fascist dictatorship is like.
These people are such fucking morons.
Just another case of not caring about anything until it directly affects them.
Yeah, but he had to run to a fascist dictatorship so he didn’t get any of Teh Ghey on him!!!11
LOL.
LMAO, even.
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This is your reminder that there is nothing more important to a demographic’s success than education.
A-DOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
