Posted on 03/04/2022 12:52:53 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
“It was clear to me that the horrible invasion will change Russia forever.”
A growing number of Russians have decided to leave their country following Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine, fearing the economic and political consequences the move will have.
“I hope to return to the country I love, but it is completely unclear what will happen next. My future is taken away from me, the country won’t be the same,” Trubetskoy said.
Google analytics showed that the word “emigration” saw a spike in searches over the last week while countless Telegram channels have been set up in which worried Russians are discussing ways to leave the country.
Flights to Yerevan, Istanbul and Belgrade were completely sold out for the coming days while a one-way ticket to Dubai was priced at over £3,000 ($4,006) – compared with £250 ($334) in ordinary times – according to the flight aggregator Skyscanner. Train tickets from St Petersburg to Helsinki were also sold out on Thursday and Friday.
Andrei, a Moscow-based cinema director, said he was held at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport before boarding a flight to Baku.
His luggage was searched, and an official went through his private chats on different messaging apps.
“He took my phone and spent a good hour scrolling through everything. Luckily, I deleted all chats discussing my opposition to the war on Telegram and Signal,” Andrei said.
“I was asked if I ‘truly’ loved my country and if I was against the war. He asked me why I wanted to ‘flee’ and why I was reading independent outlets like Meduza.
“It was one of the scariest moments in my life,” said Andrei, who eventually was allowed to board his flight...
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
TheGuardian: Now there’s a trustworthy news source to use to support your position!
A commie rag is now the go to publication for pseudo conservatives.
My future was/is earned and pretty good. Feeling lots of schadenfreude for the kiddies.
(Not gonna waste energy being concerned, hopeful, etc. Been there, learned better.)
Russkies are going to move everywhere and turn places alcoholic!
Saw this earlier on the news. Even Russians don’t like Russians lol
People here are lapping up every single piece of drivel that the Lamestream Media spits out about Russia.
After all the lies the MSM spread about Covid and Trump, they’re now going to just accept this propaganda without even an ounce of skepticism?
“If Joe Biden, NATO, the EU, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Word Economic Forum and the multinational corporations in this alliance of Public/Private geopolitical partnerships, succeed in the fight against Vladimir Putin – I promise you, we are not going to like the world on the other side of their victory.”
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/03/04/mark-steyn-discusses-the-ukraine-conflict-and-bigger-stuff-the-four-horsemen-of-the-apocalypse/
The Guardian. There’s a reliable source.
Russians are being told their army is repelling a Ukrainian invasion. I hope the liars rot in hell.
“Russkies are going to move everywhere and turn places alcoholic!”
They are pikers compared to Alaskans and Wisconsin “badgers.”
“My future is taken away”
Oct 2020, mine too
What’s your point? That the Guardian is going to save them from themselves and tell them the truth. The Guardian is an as far as true conservatives go. Fit to wrap fish and chips in or line a bird cage with.
P.s Why don’t those supposed concerned antiwar Russians stay and fight the system if they feel right is on their side. Do anti war protesters in the U.S flee overseas. No they protest. Don’t use the old canard that the Russians are more dictatorial regarding protests of any kind and they have to leave. Look at Canada. Look at the dictatorial response of the U.S control freaks to Jan 6th protest. The West gets more dictatorial by the minute and is putting in place surveillance technology that makes the old Soviets look like pikers. China is the biggest threat and without firing a shot they see the West adopting their social control mechanisms. Stop worrying about Russians under your bed and start worrying about the CCP under it
Bkmk
How 7 people in line for an airport ticker counter
Wow
How unusual
Proof of an exodus no doubt
Freepers always.....many anyhow ....have very earnest and loud views based on very little knowledge
It’s just how it is
If you challenge it you get the knife
Every contentious issue here plays out that way
When they are almost always proven misguided in total or to a degree
They never own it....ever
Maybe a few brave souls
Bush border policies
Schiavo.....the holy grail of freeper madness
Giuliani and the mad Ivan wideawakes temper tantrum exodus
Trump
That’s just a few
This is just typical .....you commie you..lol
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