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submitted 2 months ago by DevCat@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

Russian President Vladimir Putin has seemingly invited conservatives chafing under "neoliberal ideals" in their home countries to move to Russia, where he claimed "traditional values reign supreme," and Alex Jones suggested he might take him up on the offer.

The Russian president signed a decree offering assistance to foreigners seeking temporary residence in his country and expanding the quota approved by the nation's government and setting aside a requirement for knowing the Russian language, history and basic laws, and Jones urged his followers to consider sanctuary there.

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[-] DevCat@lemmy.world 178 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Please take them. Please, please, please take them all.

What they don't know is that they'll immediately be sent to Ukraine. One-way ticket probably.

[-] alquicksilver@lemmy.world 54 points 2 months ago

Sunflowers are much prettier and far more useful than whatever crap Jones and his cronies spew.

[-] mriguy@lemmy.world 34 points 2 months ago

Oh no, absolutely they shouldn’t go! That would be so terrible for all of us progressives. Once they leave and take all their useful skills with them we absolutely will fail as a country and will cry tears of shame that we ever questioned them. That would show us so hard. We would be so owned!

[-] takeda@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago

My bet is that more likely some of them will suddenly be caught with drugs, accused of spying and other made up crimes and sentences to 15 years in prison.

Then they will get exchanged with the US for war criminals.

[-] frickineh@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago

Anyone who moves there for "sanctuary" should automatically be left out of prisoner exchanges. Though I suspect they're more useful as propaganda tools to talk about how much better Russia is than the US.

[-] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

More specifically, Kursk

[-] jedibob5@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

A lot of the far-right chuds that would take Putin up on this offer are well above combat age. Now, using these people to make up the labor shortfall caused by the Ukraine war? I can absolutely see that one.

Either that, or he'd just pamper them in exchange for utilizing them as propaganda mouthpieces for his regime.

[-] boreengreen@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The russians are sending undesirables to die, regardless of age. They have been luring people from abroad for some time now. Promises of jobs and on arrival you get put on a truck to Ukraine.

[-] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

This is spot on. lol, my first thought was Putin is going to put them on the front line in Ukraine.

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