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As many as 1,500 “ideological immigrants,” including 127 Americans, have applied for temporary residence in Russia in the last year.

Two years ago, Derek and DeAnna Huffman were desperate to leave Humble, a suburb of Houston. Their three daughters, they believed, were being brainwashed by public school and mainstream media to support LGBTQ rights. American culture in general no longer offered white people the same opportunities as other races, they said.

The couple yearned to live in a place that shared their "Christian values" and where they "weren't going to be discriminated against" as white, politically-conservative Christians.

So in March, the Huffmans became the first family to move to a community planned for fellow English-speakers some 30 miles west of Moscow, a project they had been following online run by long-term American expat and former Kremlin-sponsored RT host Tim Kirby. The family is among a small but growing number of Americans who have moved to Russia because the United States, in their opinion, has become too “woke."

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[-] 46_and_2@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

As many as 1,500 “ideological immigrants,” ... have applied for temporary residence in Russia in the last year.

This is a hilariously small number for a big country, why are they even touting this?

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

We're getting the same reporting on South African refugees to the states. A lot of it is local propaganda, playing up how horrible it is in foreign countries by comparison

[-] Formfiller@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Good. Bye Felicia. It’s going to be funny when they realize Russia isn’t all white.

[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

The leopards have a feast tonight.

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[-] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago

Next Up: 2026; American Tankie simps for CCP, moves to PRC and get drafted into PLA to invade Taiwan

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[-] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Spoiler alert: he lives:(

[-] 5in1k@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago

I like to load up their channel and call them traitors and talk about drone strikes.

[-] devolution@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Is this the same shit stain who got recruited and then got blown up?

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[-] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago

Americans who moved to Russia, dislike guns, war and getting shot at? Sounds pretty woke to me!

[-] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

What a couple of idiots.

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