Russia wants to attract conservative westernersThose who are fed up with the “70 species” and seek to live in a more traditional way. Timur Beslangurov, an immigration lawyer at VISTA Foreign Business Support, recently told the state news agency RIA Novosti about 200 American and Canadian families those who want to move to Russia for “ideological reasons” and urbanization to the suburbs of Moscow, where they will stay. The lawyer attributes the interest in coming to Russia to “propaganda of radical values”. “Today they have 70 species and who knows what will happen next,” he reiterated. Without providing specific data, he also pointed out that: tens of thousands of people without Russian roots They wanted to move to Russia for ideological reasons. The Eurasian country is today a touchstone among most traditionalists and conservatives in the West.
President Vladimir Putin, in his speeches last year, traditional values and in rejection In addition to endorsing more restrictive laws, such as “Western liberalism”, the so-called law against gay propaganda, something he insists is not what the Russians want on their land. According to the Kremlin, there was another element of differentiation with the West, which “wanted to destroy Russia”. For this reason, the Putin government has developed relations with Russia. European countries and the most conservative sectors of the USA trying to form alliances. This has been demonstrated in the recent past by the link between Russian power and different far-right parties such as the French National Regrouping, Marine Le Pen, Italian Liga Norte, Matteo Salvini or Vox of Santiago Abascal.
“A lot of normal people immigrate and think about Russia (as a destination), but they face huge problems. bureaucratic problems with immigration law “The Eurasian country is one of the least friendly to foreigners from the West, especially since it now officially considers them almost all,” Beslangurov said.hostile countries“. The development project will receive the approval of the Moscow region administration and will be financed by families who came to live in it.
This isn’t the only siren song for those who believe that “the West is out of their minds”. In 2022, an advertisement from the Russian Embassy in Spain highlighted these traditional values in an English-language video, accompanied by the message “It’s time to move to Russia.” The video in question addresses different elements of the country, such as its cuisine or history, as well as two items that appeal specifically to conservative men, such as “traditional values”, “beautiful women” or the absence of an “l”.canceling the culture”.
small community
This American is a relatively small community in Russia, especially when compared to extinct USSR countries such as Uzbek, Ukraine or Armenian, all of which have more than one million inhabitants. According to Russian state data, there were only 1,275 registered Americans in the 2021 census, even a smaller community than the Hispanic community of 1,500.
Before the attack, there was already a certain American profile. was not the majoritywas known among the community of ‘expatriates’. exemplified by people like greg rossell, who runs a barber shop in Moscow. Not only does this Californian sport the letter Z to support Russian troops tattooed on his face, he also regularly wears all sorts of symbols. pro-Putin -like patches on the president’s face- and Confederate and Novorossiya flags – A political project in the occupied areas of Donbas. His support is so great that he claimed to be fighting at the front, proudly wearing different Russian symbols, and assured that he would be happy to inquire on social media.”western scumIn interviews with Russian bloggers, she stated that one of her favorite things in Russia is not to go out and see gays, transsexuals and feminists, and she shamelessly uses the word “black” to refer to Africans. landing.
Another well-known case is the case of neo-Nazi Rinaldo Nazzaro, who lived in Saint Petersburg for many years. Also known as the “Norman Spear” or “Roman Wolf”, from there he led La Base, an extremist paramilitary group that wanted to start a racial war in the United States and would train different radicals in the use of firearms. . In some forums he was looking for experts in guerrilla warfare and survival for his organization.