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Canadian who moved his family to Russia for ‘traditional values’ says he no longer recommends it: permanent residency would require signing a Defense Ministry contract (meduza.io)
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Canadian farmer Arend Feenstra, who moved to Russia through a streamlined immigration program for citizens of “unfriendly” countries who share “traditional values,” has complained that he cannot get a permanent residence permit. The news outlet Nizhny Novgorod Onlain drew attention to his YouTube video.

Feenstra received a three-year temporary residence permit in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region in early 2025. He then brought his wife and eight children to Russia and began farming.

But Feenstra has now learned that to replace his temporary residence permit with a permanent one, he must sign a contract with Russia’s Defense Ministry.

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[–] 2 points 1 month ago (6 children)

You didn't mention cookies like your Kremlin handlers told you to

You'll get fined a few rubles for that mistake

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago

    Earnest question. You're commenting on other threads talking about how great Zohran Mamdani is. He totally is. 👍 Agreed.

    So what gives? You're only NIMBY about fascism? It's bad for us, but good for our "allies" and "enemies"?

    Maidan made Jan6 look like a cosplay convention in comparison.

    Why the disconnect? Is it borne out of your own sense of nationalism? What's bad for them is good for us?

    I'm genuinely curious.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 month ago* (4 children)

    First it was cookies. Then it was artillery shells.

    Can you explain why Democratic and Republican leaders appeared on the Maidan stage with Oleh Tyahnybok, the leader of Svoboda? It's a fascist party that led the coup.

    Am I making that up? Am I?

    Just let people vote and respect their decisions. What's so hard about that?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Just let people vote and respect their decisions. What’s so hard about that?

    Ukraine's parliament voted to remove Yanukovych

    The Ukrainian people elected Zelenskyy

    You need to let people vote and respect their decisions

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  • [–] -2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Bullshit. There weren't enough representatives per the constitution because a Nazi mob removed THEM, those that did not already flee.

    Zelesnky won on the promise of ending the conflict through the Minsk Agreement, a popular rejection of the Banderites and a mandate for peace, then watched helplessly as the Azov Brigade refused his orders to stop shelling the Donetsk city center.

    Now he's just a kapo stooge who will never outlive his usefulness to the Banderites.

    A Jewish man "guarded" by men with Totenkopfs???

    You're very confident in something you clearly don't understand. You just need to be pointed at whomever they tell you your enemy is, huh?

    Chump.🤡

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