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  • Putin has signed a decree that Russia will welcome foreigners who want to escape Western liberal ideals.
  • Applicants may include those from countries unaligned with "Russian spiritual and moral values."
  • The application process has been simplified, and visas will be issued as soon as next month.
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[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 14 points 3 months ago (3 children)

russia is not conservative at all, but it is a fascist police state without 1st, 2nd, in fact all amendments I've checked up to the 10th, so they're going to love it, I guess.

[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Shhh, They THINK Putin's Russia is a conservative utopia so don't crush their dreams.

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

But they have bread...and shopping carts!

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Not just bread, fresh bread! In many varieties! Something you would never see in one of those filthy American supermarkets with their shelves stocked with nothing but stale loaves of Wonder Bread.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 7 points 3 months ago

Their Facebook feeds will be absolutely hilarious.

"They aren't respecting my second amendment rights!!" As they live in a completely different country...

[–] r00ty@kbin.life 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Well, most countries aren't going to have the same constitutional rights as the USA has. In the same way, the US doesn't give their citizens the same rights as those in other countries receive. As such, I'm not sure if there's too much point comparing the two.

Otherwise. Yes, it's not going to be a nice place to live, and anyone that chooses this option has only themselves to blame when they realise they made a deal with the leopard that has a history of biting faces off.

[–] kevindqc@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (5 children)
[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Sometimes clickbait is so bad that it's good again

[–] cacheson@piefed.social 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Arend also highlighted the former Soviet Union's perceived "strength" to "stand up against Western pressures" and its ability to shield their family from ideologies they found objectionable.

"Other countries are under the Western influence and wouldn't be able to stand up against it," he claimed.

"Western chauvinist" to "eastern chauvinist" speed run any%

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Ok those people are dumb. But is the Russian government really hard up enough to steal the value of a Canadian farm from some yokels? Or more likely it’s some lower level corrupt officials. Come for the conservative ideals, stay for the corruption and scams.

[–] 5too@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

...it didn't occur to them to even start learning Russian before they went?!

LOL

_Arend also defended their portrayal of Russia as a country with a free press, prompting challenges from viewers to critique Russian leadership and ongoing conflicts. _

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

My comment was about the irony them "escaping" to have freedom of speech, gun freedom and trial by jury of their peers to a country that has none of those, not being a bad place to live. It's not about "other countries". Other countries can do whatever they want.

(yea, I think I commented in the wrong thread, this was meant to go on the other one where magats ponder moving to russia)

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

the US doesn't give their citizens the same rights as those in other countries receive.

The U.S. doesn't give their citizens the same rights that the U.S. constitution has.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You mean the same rights guaranteed by the constitution? Or you mean the rights of the document itself? Like no flash photography or stored in a climate controlled box or something like that?

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah, I meant "guaranteed"