• 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.
    • cacheson
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      30 days 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%

    • r00ty
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      I’m not sure if that story is onionesque or real. Now, that uncertaintly is a problem with the modern world.

    • @jaybone@lemmy.world
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      230 days 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.