Russian authorities will launch construction of a village outside Moscow for conservative-minded Americans and Canadians next year, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported Thursday.
Russia has for years positioned itself as a bastion of "traditional" values in contrast with Western liberalism as its relations with the West have deteriorated over its 2014 annexation of Crimea and 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Timur Beslangurov, a migration lawyer at Moscow’s VISTA Foreign Business Support, claimed that “around 200 families” wish to emigrate to Russia for “ideological reasons.”
“The reason is propaganda of radical values: Today they have 70 genders, and who knows what will come next,” RIA Novosti quoted Beslangurov as saying, echoing President Vladimir Putin’s frequently deployed grievances against Western countries’ comparative gender freedom.
“Many normal people emigrate and are considering Russia, but they’re faced with huge bureaucratic problems with Russia’s migration law,” he said.
He said the Moscow region administration has greenlit the construction of the expat village and that it will be financed by the relocating families.
The lawyer further claimed without offering evidence that “tens of thousands” of foreigners without Russian roots would like to move to Russia for similar ideological reasons.
The construction of a migrant village for Americans and Canadians has not yet been publicly announced by officials.
Russia, which has ranked among the worst countries for expats in recent years, experienced a major downturn in tourism and other foreign arrivals after the invasion of Ukraine.
Still, Federal Security Service (FSB) data recorded an uptick in visits for tourism, work, study and business to Russia in early 2023.
lolwut.
I mean, if it works we should put all of our energy into making them self-deport
Wait till they find out that some people in Russia don't speak English or that they can't get their favorite treats there, after having paid to build a house there
Perfect place for some grifter government in exile shitheads to hang out.
An American government in exile movement a la Venezuela/Tibet would be incredibly funny, decent odds that :trump-moist: starts it up after losing to Brandon again
Oh cool, now when chuds tell me to move to a socialist country, I can tell them to move to Russia's Gender Exclusion Zone
BAHA
Some people from my home town have already started go fund me’s to move to Russia holy shit.
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The Villages doesn't translate well into Google translate
This is wild. Didn't think this would be in the hellworld bingo card. I mean in retrospect it makes sense but it's just baffling to witness it.