The Foreign Ministry will be offering three-month visas as early as next month, Russian state media said.
  • 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.
  • paddirn@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    As a western liberal, I would feel so owned if conservatives started heading over to Russia en masse. Just the thought of not being able to convert their children into Satanic, transgender bisexuals and forcing abortions on them makes me want to puke. Please stay, stop, don’t go.

    • ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 month ago

      I get your point, but if anyone goes over there, they’re bringing their underage children, and those children will likely suffer. So, I’d rather them stay and be safe than be right and have them suffer. I don’t wish ill on those hateful people, for the most part, I wish them a clear view of the social, political, and economic landscapes.

      Now, the people who intentionally hatemonger for profit, like Alex Jones, I would not be sad if they met an untimely fate.

      • JTskulk@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        30 days ago

        Conservatives grew up loving western liberalism and were later told to hate it. Kids brought over there will flip flop and rebel just like their parents did.

      • Buddahriffic@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0·
        30 days ago

        Spoon in underwear at the airport, kids, if you think your parents might be trafficking you to another country and you don’t want to go.

        • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          30 days ago

          Ok…I get the spoon would set off the scanner. I get you’d need a strip search…but I’m not getting how having a TSA agent finger your butthole to find a spoon would help.

          • spongebue@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            30 days ago

            Uh, that’s not exactly what happens when the metal detector goes off but it gives you an opportunity to talk with someone without your parents around. TSA isn’t police, but hopefully they can contact police.

            That said, parents do get a pretty strong say in where they take their minor children.

              • spongebue@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                29 days ago

                When did I say anything about a private room? You get a few feet of separation from your parents and a different adult to talk to for a moment. That may be enough of an opportunity.

      • Mirshe@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        30 days ago

        This is also just an attempt to shore up demographics after losing THOUSANDS of men against Ukraine, and a good chunk of Russian nationals simply fleeing the country to avoid conscription. So you don’t get a nice apartment in Moscow or St Petersburg, you get a little hovel out in Siberia and all the farmland you could want.