Posted on 11/21/2011 11:11:09 AM PST by Vigilanteman
Reporting from Moscow — Over a bottle of vodka and a traditional Russian salad of pickles, sausage and potatoes tossed in mayonnaise, a group of friends raised their glasses and wished Igor Irtenyev and his family a happy journey to Israel.
Irtenyev, his wife and daughter insist they will just be away for six months, but the sadness in their eyes on this recent night said otherwise.
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Experts believe that 100,000 to 150,000 people now leave the country annually and warn that the exodus reached dangerous dimensions in the last three years.
"People are going abroad for better college education, for better medical help, for better career opportunities, believing they will come back someday, but very few actually do," said Dmitry Oreshkin, a political analyst with the Institute of Geography. "The intellectual potential of the nation is being washed away, as the most mobile, intelligent and active are leaving."
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Russia has their own Mexico. It’s called Caucasus and Muslem states that ring it’s south borders.
Moscow has Muslem mass prayers in streets, ala Paristinians.
Putin is worth several “B”illion American dollars.
It,s a mess of Biblical proportions.
And for shock value, US supplies humidity sensors for Russian ballistic missile silos, to prevent rusting of missile hulls. So called premature Ejuculation of ICBM’s.
Feel better now?
Maybe Romney could pick her as a running mate.
How long until the Chinese annex the Russian East?
Next time you see one, tell her she is “ochen krasivaya”...
She will likely be pleasantly surprised that you noticed she is Russian, and gave her a compliment...if she gives you attitude though, then she is one of those Russians who are arrogant jerks and you don’t want to know them anyway...
Jewbacca-My parents have neighbors in Haifa, from former Soviet Lithuania, and they are 110% Pro-Isreal and my mother says would put most practicing Jews to Shame in their dedication.
Hugin-The Soviets best export was their women (much Like Communist China and Vietnam)
Central_Va-The Russians don't put up with all the crap the U.S. Puts up with, and Yes it would be worth it, the heartbreak, the feelings of being used, but it would be worth it.
You should start a matchmaking biz on the side.
Although Sadly Abortions have crippled Russia, Much to his liking I am sure.
Besides many of the People I have met from Behind the Iron Curtain are all Radically Anti-Democrat and Anti-Ubama, they don't like the fact that we let them get away with so much here.
Maybe we could ship Russia 100,000 illegal Mexicans. We have plenty in stock.
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There ya go! Post of the day!
Even after two centuries in what is now the Ukraine, the Russians never really accepted them as equals and actively encouraged their exit and expulsion in the mid to late 1880's, just as south central North Dakota was opening to settlement.
They came in droves. Many of the counties in that area of the state are majority Germans from Russia. To this day, they are a very conservative lot. Pat Buchanan was actually getting votes in the double digit range here when he was struggling to break 1/2 of 1% in the rest of the country. Unlike your friend, they do not identify with Russians at all and, hence the name "Germans from Russia."
Some of their close cousins were still in the Ukraine when Hitler invaded. Initially, they were welcoming. Some even furnished military units to the German army. But Hitler was an idiot with his ideas of racial purity. After what was then nearly 300 years of living among Russians and Ukrainians, few of them met the nazi definition of racial purity, so they turned on the nazis with a vengeance.
Still, Stalin never forgave them. There were mass deportations to Siberia after he reestablished control and those who were able fled to the United States, many to North Dakota where they had waiting relatives.
My best friend since my elementary school days was of this stock. When we visited his relatives, their views on politics were so conservative that I would look like your typical San Franciscan at a TEA party rally by comparison.
Problems solved:
1. The Russian demographic problem of a shrinking population gets fixed.
2. America and Mexico's narco gang problems are now transferred to people who can effectively deal with them.
3. The illegal alien residents and Muslims in the U.S. can't say they don't have a place to go now that all of the former nation of Mexico is available specifically for them.
The popular theory is that all they have to do is walk in and take it over at the opportune time.
The reality is a bit more complicated. The Siberian Russians are much more independent thinking, hearty and capitalist lot than their cousins to the west. Throw in the growing Mongol populations sitting right between China and Russia who share many of the same traits and I think you have the potential for an interesting mix: a highly independent thinking multicultural nation of Han, Mongol and Russians which can't easily be controlled by Beijing, Moscow or even the closest capital of Ulan Bator.
I’d rather have 100 Russian immigrants than 1 Muslim.
Pure genius.
Well, FWIW Russian immigrants tend to me more on the conservative side, at least economically, compared to many other immigrants. That’s my experience, anyway.
Russians have wonderful yogurt. They actually invented the stuff. I had some one day in Moscow and I’ve been craving it ever since. You could tell it had about 7 million calories and 900 grams of carbs in each tablespoon. My gosh that was pure heaven, that yogurt. And I don’t even care for yogurt.
100,000 mexicans for 1,000 of those women seems like a fair trade. Let’s deal in volume.
I remember those Dannon commercials, where they showed all of the Russians who were supposedly 130 years old, or somesuch.
One of the best memories I have of Russia was touring this amazing little town 100 miles north of Moscow where the grounds were covered in snow and the ravens were perched in evergreens. We approached a historic chapel with amazing architecture. The large wooden doors came open and we were allowed inside. A choir of beautiful voices rang out inside, singing Christian songs. And this was only about 3 years after the fall of the Soviet empire when churches and religion were banned. The choir was real, and up close. It was breathtaking.
Outside was a picture of Stalin's troops destroying this church. There was a brand new church bell in a wooden crate about to be resurrected.
Phenominal!!
or however you spell that...lol!
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