Russia is hunting down exiled citizens at an alarming rate

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Source: Semafor

Russia is hunting down exiled citizens at an alarming rate

Paige Bruton and Diego Mendoza
Updated Sep 24, 2024, 8:40am EDT
Europe

Russia is quietly targeting exiled citizens across the world in a repression campaign that deserves more global attention, an investigative reporter for Meduza argued in The New York Times.

Moscow began targeting high-profile opposition figures and journalists after its 2022 invasion of Ukraine, but low-profile Russian dissenters, from school teachers to toy-shop owners, have also been surveilled or kidnapped in several countries.

“The Kremlin is hunting down ordinary people across the world, and nobody seems to care,” Lilia Yapparova wrote, noting the lack of protection for Russians abroad and that host countries are often complicit.

Read more: https://www.semafor.com/article/09/23/2024/russia-targets-exiled-citizens

Alternate link: https://news.yahoo.com/news/russia-targets-exiled-citizens-231359791.html

[Whyisthisstillclose]

1. Sure sign that Russia is a great place to live.

[Envirogal]

2. Yes, more MAGA Russian sympathizers should move there

And the report back how wonderful it is and what a heroic leader Putin is!

“Arend and Anneesa Feenstra, a couple from Canada who moved to Russia this year with their eight children to get away from “LGBT ideology”, ran into difficulties when their bank accounts were frozen. Anneesa posted an angry video to YouTube saying that she was “disappointed” in Russia and was ready to “jump on a plane and get out of here”. The couple, who remain in Russia, later deleted the video and apologised.”

https://www.thetimes.com/world/russia-ukraine-war/article/the-american-families-moving-to-russia-to-flee-moral-decline-of-us-k9975x2nj

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3. The West has always coddled Putin, a ruthless psychopath who has stolen most of Russia's wealth

and treats citizens brutally.

He is a dictator and mob boss. The West pretends he is a legitimate leader
and gives him respect and status.

The West loves cheap Russian oil.
This is all that matters.

The West even refuses to let Ukraine win the war.
We should hang out heads in shame.