Russia is floating an idea to build a village for hundreds of American and Canadian families who wan

[Eugene]

Source: Insider

Russia is floating a plan to build a village for conservative Americans who want to move to a 'Christian country' and are tired of liberal ideology in the US

Matthew Loh May 12, 2023, 3:16 AM EDT

• Russia is building a village for US expats who are tired of liberal ideology, a lawyer told state media.
• The project is approved, and slated to house some 200 American and Canadian families, he said.
• Russia has in recent years sought to position itself as a bastion for "traditional" moral values.

Russia is floating an idea to build a village for hundreds of American and Canadian families who want to run away from the cultural climate in North America.

The village, slated for construction in Moscow's suburbs in 2024, is meant for conservative families who want to "emigrate for ideological reasons," said immigration lawyer Timur Beslangurov on Thursday, according to RIA Novosti.

Around 200 families have expressed interest in the project, Beslangurov said in a speech at a legal forum in St. Petersburg, the state outlet reported.

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Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-build-village-catholic-christian-americans-tired-liberals-claim-lawyer-2023-5

Non-paywalled link: https://news.yahoo.com/russia-floating-plan-build-village-071609704.html

[Irish_Dem]

1. Fabulous idea. Build enough houses for all the MAGAs.

[sinkingfeeling]

53. They'll never go. They think they're the only ones who should be in America.

[Warpy]

59. The problem is that a certain percentage of their kids are going to be gay

Gay kids born to phobe families in the middle of nowhere in the US can stick their thumbs out and head for a city where they can be accepted. Put them in the middle of nowhere in Russia, that's really not the case, although the two big cities tend to be more tolerant.

Plus, they're still going to bring some troublesome and unpopular ideas to Russia and I think the limits on basic human freedoms in Russia are going to cause most of them to turn around and come back here. Plus, they're not going to enjoy the weather. Oh, they're also not going to like the flavor of "Christianity" they find there, although they'll love despising their gay children.

Still, I think they will find a few takers. Neither side is going to be pleased with the result.

[Irish_Dem]

74. Yep. I want to see the MAGAs storm the Kremlin demanding their rights.

The whole idea of the MAGAs moving to Russia is priceless on so many levels.

[Warpy]

78. There wouldn't be enough of them and they'd be far from Moscow

Remember, they're building a town in which they're supposed to live, meaning Siberia or even the far east. Except for the weather, it would be heaven for the parents, hell for the kids. The parents would be told how to think and they love that. The kids, not so much.

[Irish_Dem]

79. Most MAGAs have no idea what it is like to live in a repressive regime.

They would be shocked.

I spent some time years ago visiting an impoverished autocratic very repressive regime
and it was truly terrifying every day I was there.

[Warpy]

81. I couldn't even stand Dixie

and ran like hell for Boston when I'd accumulated enough age and money to do so and make it stick.

People who live in those places are used to that level of background terror. Right wingers want that for us, but certainly not for themselves, They're the righteous ones, after all, washed in the blood of the lamb (ick). They are in no way prepared to experience it, themselves, and any with the means to do so will come back at the soonest opportunity.

[Irish_Dem]

82. I visited China 25 years ago when it was full blown repressive and impoverished.

It was unbelievable. Red Hat police everywhere terrorizing the populace.
Chinese people very thin, hungry, not making eye contact.
Heads down.

In the hotel, all American emails in and out were read by authorities.
Red hats confiscated our cameras. I once sat down outside on a ledge around
a small fountain. A red hat police came over and made me move.
In China at the time, people were not allowed to sit around anywhere.
Hardly any seats in the airport, etc.

Once in an airport I saw the red hats approach two men and the men
looked truly terrified and they were literately dragged away by the red hats.
Once a group of Chinese police including one red hat came towards me
and my life passed before my eyes in fear.

When I left China, most of the people in the plane were Americans and we
all literally cheered in joy as we left Chinese airspace.

Of course now much has changed in China. The Chinese have a better lifestyle
and the red hat police are gone, now they are all undercover and give the
Chinese a lot of space.

But yes the Magas are in for a very rude awakening.

[TheBlackAdder]

73. Perhaps we can get the Russian sanctions lifted for this project and set up a GoFundMe page. 😛

[Irish_Dem]

77. Great idea. I would throw some money in that pot for sure.

How can the MAGAs resist an all expenses paid trip to the promised land. Russia.

[sakabatou]

2. If any go there, they will find out how much of a hellhole Russia is

[LenaBaby61]

67. Do doctors still earn about $700.00-$1,000 per month there?

We have issues over here with poverty, but their standard of living outside of Russia and St. Petersberg is HIDEOUS, and where most live are really SHIT HOLES.

The only folks making big bucks there are tugboat captains. Teachers, doctor and the like

Their global universities for clinical medicine are excellent though.

I wish those racist asses from the south would take their asses over to Russia.

[Iggo]

3. Where can I donate?

[emulatorloo]

6. We could volunteer to help them pack.

[Iggo]

9. Excellent idea!

[Maru Kitteh]

11. I'll donate my most comfortable underwear even. Russia doesn't strike me

as a place where one goes to find comfy underwear. A thing I value more each year.

[SomedayKindaLove]

35. Free rides to the airport

If they surrender their citizenship

[momta]

56. I'm in!

As long as I can wear ear plugs while I drive

[BootinUp]

4. Good riddance to bad rubbish, I'd say. nt

[sellitman]

5. Maybe tRump can be the Mayor.

I volunteer him.

[keithbvadu2]

7. Trump can build a hotel.

[reACTIONary]

21. Hey, maybe even a Christian Casino! nt

[VGNonly]

8. Sign them up!

Putin needs more cannon fodder.

[Srkdqltr]

10. Like that will happen.

[Scrivener7]

12. A match made in heaven!

[mahina]

13. Brilliant! May I suggest targeting Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, Nevada and Pennsylvania?

Fabulous idea. So so so many white people in Russia.

Do I feel a little bit sorry for anyone who would bite? Yes, but they are already there in their minds.

[area51]

14. "liberal ideology"

Pretty much, the US govt. is rightwing libertarian.

[Hortensis]

27. Hey, you're forgetting who we Democrats have elected and they've appointed.

As for libertarians (effectively RW in action -- they are NOT liberal socially), they always do their best to destroy the institutions of our government, as do regular RWers, but are only able to in those times when Republicans have control of government.

When Democrats do, like now, we clean out, rebuild our institutions, repair the economy they've gutted for wealth transfers to those they serve.

And, yes, liberal ideology dominates the western world, and the Democratic Party is America's liberal party.

[moondust]

15. "traditional" moral values?

Like war crimes and criminalization of free speech? More description of modern Russia below.

Two days ago Sky News interviewed the former Russian state TV journalist now in exile who held up this sign:



covering:

🔵 How Putin could be toppled
🔵 The risk of a civil war
🔵 The Kremlin’s propaganda machine
🔵 Alexei Navalny
🔵 Evan Gershkovich
➕ her decision to protest on-air

~30 minutes, speaking Russian with subtitles:

[Mike Nelson]

16. Yay!

... what a great idea! I know Donald and Melania will be first in line. Only sorry that it's limited to 200...

[fierywoman]

17. Will their sons be eligible to be drafted into the military?

[ColinC]

18. This reminds of the idea Bradley Witford's character proposed in the Handmaid's Tale.

[Quixote1818]

19. They want them because they are easy to manipulate and are authoritarian. Putin isn't a Christian

so it seems likely they just want a bunch of idiot sheep to keep the country growing in population since they have been declining. It's a win, win for those in power.

[BadgerMom]

20. 200 isn't enough. Can they take more, please?

[Walleye]

22. Will they be taking their ar15s?

You know, in case they need to overthrow a tyrannical government.

[Baitball Blogger]

23. I think they want to assemble a base for traitor Americans that

want to fight to take over this country. I hope we're smart enough to revoke their citizenship.

[SouthernDem4ever]

26. +1

No dual citizenship for the traitors.

[Jarqui]

24. Russians are running out of soldiers and ammo

MAGAts armed with AR-15s would be perfect for them

[SouthernDem4ever]

25. Good riddance to them

Don't let the sickle hit you on the ass on the way in.

[Beachnutt]

28. Great idea, can we help them move ?

[LiberalFighter]

29. Make sure they lose their citizenship and can't vote.

[LiberalFighter]

30. Christian country?

I doubt they would move there for that reason.

[vlyons]

31. Yeah take them in

Good riddance to bad rubbish!

[Gore1FL]

32. Self Deportation at its finest. nt

[Bev54]

33. I am good with that.

[colorado_ufo]

34. BUH-bye!

[TomDaisy]

36. Am I wrong or am I getting the feeling he is making a zoo for Americans.

Who he will then exploit to the fullest.

And there will be no Constitution to protect them.

[VeryProgressive]

37. This is a joke, right?

Russian propaganda is such a joke now. A bastion for "traditional" moral values. Being in quotes is appropriate. Unbelievable. What a shithole country they have become.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

38. Have at it, I say...

These are the ideological descendants of the Calvinists and Puritans who turned their backs on the European enlightenment and fled to the dark wilds of New England to found their theocratic paradise. And burn a few "witches" while at it.

"America, love it or leave it", these people used to shout.

[Hortensis]

39. They're feeling "culturally erased" now and imagine Russian Orthodoxy

religion and culture will feel right at home to American Catholics. I'm getting warm fuzzies just thinking about it. Do they know, I wonder, that half of Russians are areligious, but otoh they're likely to be isolated

As for Putin's commitment to their futures, a "village" of 200 residential units is not a serious project. I'm guessing they'll be separate cottages around a town square that photograph decently, at least from the outside, but he may also have lost interest in this PR stunt.

[Crowman2009]

65. I believe there was a law passed in the Duma not that long ago which bans missionary activities.

They'll be in for a rude awakening when they can't spread their murica brand of evangelism in Russia.

[Hortensis]

70. Oh, I'd forgotten that. I was fascinated with this:

Most of the expats who want to move to the village are Catholics and "strongly believe in the prediction that Russia will remain the only Christian country in the world."

Last I heard, there are way over over a billion Catholics, in many nations.

A bunch of nut cases so far. Which is what one would expect, but such a select subset.

[Crowman2009]

83. Well they definitely went to the wrong country if their one of those Opus Dei pricks.

Usually their type goes to either South America, Italy or Spain.

[lees1975]

40. In exchange, perhaps we could build a village for Russians who are tired of autocratic dictatorship

and want to experience freedom and civil liberties.

But there would be millions of those lining up, the population of that village would exceed our largest city.

[ZonkerHarris]

43. We did. It's called Brighton Beach.

[Captain Zero]

51. Nope, Putin would send agents to populate that.

no way

[JHB]

41. I'm fine with turning "if you don't like it here, go live in Russia" back on them.

[ZonkerHarris]

42. Anyone remember the movie THE EXPERTS?

https://www.imdb.com/video/vi341360153/

[GenThePerservering]

44. Off you go, then.

Stay away from the windows and don't let anyone near your samovar.

[Johonny]

45. Russia states window deaths among ex-pats likely to be kept to a minimum

at first.

[GenThePerservering]

52. Lulling them into a sense of false security NT

[IndianaDave]

46. Please DO NOT inform these migrants in advance

that they will be living in an absolute, confirmed, historically verified socialist (should I capitalize that for emphasis?) country where -- if they are permitted to vote (doubtful) -- their votes will mean nothing. The regime has been predetermined and is immutable. Regardless of the ultimate circumstances in which they find themselves in "Mother Russia," they should never be permitted to return to the United States (or Canada, if applicable). They must agree to this before leaving. May they find comfort in the "news" they consume, in the level of surveillance they experience, and in the diminishing value of their rubles. Y'all stay there, now! And you'd damned well better learn to speak the language of your new country. As you have told many immigrants in this country, "Learn to speak English, or go back where you came from!" Now it's your turn. That Cyrillic alphabet can be a little confusing for some. But we're sure you'll do just fine. Right!

[PortTack]

47. Seriously hope they do their research!

Ppl with money that move there will find their funds confiscated. Happens all the time. To say nothing of the horrid living conditions.

[dobleremolque]

48. Don't let the Golden Gate hit you in the ass on the way out! n/t

[Cha]

49. Bye.

[Cha]

50. Sounds like a good way to get

rid of magats and their votes.

[GenThePerservering]

54. They need to just round them up

give them a bunch of fake brochures, then load them onto a plane. Dump them off in Moscow.

[IndianaDave]

55. And how completely IRONIC

that those who, literally, HATE migrants want to be migrants themselves. See how nice it is when the country to which you want to migrate is so welcoming? Does this teach you anything? Of course, it doesn’t!

[Wednesdays]

57. They have room for 200 families?

They need to up that by a few tens of millions.

[Demobrat]

58. Oh please. How many maggots have ever been 50 miles

from where they were born? They’re not going to Russia.

[Ferrets are Cool]

60. 200?????????? Why not 2 million?????????????????

Hell, I would even chip in a small amount.

[roamer65]

62. Traitor Ed must be getting lonely.

[Orrex]

63. Take 'em. Take 'em all.

Putin is welcome to every last one of them.

[Crowman2009]

64. There were americans who moved to Russia in the 20's & 30's.

It didn't end well for them. But in today's case, let the MAGA bunch flee to Putin land and see what happens. Especially to all those firearms they own.

[AZLD4Candidate]

66. Remember better dead than red? That was the MAGAt line.

Now it's I'd rather be Russian than a Democrat.

Hey, MAGAts, you have your opportunity now.

[ShazamIam]

68. Maybe the current Congresspersons and Senators who voted against the election and support the coup

will go there. I think it is where they belong.

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

69. It's a cookbook.

[kairos12]

71. The Villages in FL already did this. Sorry.

[yardwork]

72. I like this idea. Make it bigger.

[hatrack]

75. This doesn't sound like a scam AT ALL, so STOP SAYING THAT!!!!

Yes, investing in real estate from 5,000 miles away in a bankrupt, gangster economy in a country engaging in a genocidal war, where it's almost certain that anyone stupid enough to do so can't speak the local language - all of that so that you can own libs.

Sounds legit.

[newdayneeded]

76. Please proceed!

Oh, and make it 200,000 please.

[milestogo]

80. Can we send Senator Ron Johnson there?

He loves Russians and we'd like to be rid of him.

[Vinca]

84. Just 200 families? There are a whole lot more MAGAs than that.

[pwb]

85. Even Americas worst will make Russia better.

.

[marmar]

86. Take our right-wingers. All of them. Please.