Britons have already accepted Vladimir Putin’s offer to escape the woke West and move to Russia because of that country’s traditional values, according to reports in the country.
According to Moscow, 17 people have already contacted Russian diplomats in Britain to get more information about Putin’s expedited residency permits.
This happened after Putin changed immigration laws to entice Westerners to embrace his dictatorship.
The aim is to save them from the ‘destructive neoliberal ideological attitudes’ in the West.
Putin believes he is providing “humanitarian aid” to people “who share traditional Russian spiritual and moral values.”
Americans Leo Lionel and Chantel Felice Haer have already moved to Russia with their children aged 16, 14 and 11
Putin has rewritten immigration laws in new decree to entice Westerners to embrace his dictatorship
Canadian Arend Feinstra and his wife (pictured) left the Canadian province of Ontario and moved with their eight children to Russia to start farming there.
According to the Kremlin-run media outlet Mash, all 17 applied through the Russian Consulate General in Edinburgh within 10 days of Putin’s announcement.
There are no separate figures yet available for the Russian embassy in London.
“In the West it seemed that they were just waiting for (Putin’s) document to appear – in the first 10 days alone, 17 citizens of Foggy Albion (Britain) wanted to move to us,” Tsargrad TV, a Kremlin-aligned TV channel, reported.
“Tired of the liberal agenda – this is how everyone who contacted the Russian diplomatic mission explained their decision.”
Putin abolishes immigration quotas and the need for language exams for ‘anti-usury’ people seeking asylum in Russia.
However, it is unclear whether men accepted by Russia will later be pressured to fight during Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
Russia paved the way for the new arrangement by allowing Americans Leo Lionel and Chantel Felice Haer and their children, aged 16, 14 and 11, to enter.
“I would personally like to thank President Putin for making Russia a good place for families in this global climate,” he said.
‘We want to take this opportunity to help our family.
“I feel like I’ve been placed in an arc of safety. And that’s very important. Thank you very much.”
All 17 applied through the Russian Consulate General in Edinburgh (pictured) within 10 days of Putin’s announcement, Kremlin-run media outlet Mash reported.
“I just want to say I feel very honored,” his wife said.
“I feel like I just married Russia and I look forward to building a future here with my family.”
Major General Irina Volk of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs said: “The desire to move to Russia for permanent residence arose against the background of the abolition of traditional moral and family values in American society, and against the background of the low level of education.”
Another couple, Canadian Arend Feinstra, left the Canadian province of Ontario with his wife and moved to Russia with their eight children.
“We didn’t feel safe there, not safe for our children and not safe for the future,” he said.
‘There’s a lot of left wing ideology, LGBTQ, trans, a lot of things being taught there now that we don’t agree with.
‘We wanted to get rid of that for our children.
“But also for economic reasons, agriculture has better chances. We thought Russia was the best.”
Maria Butina, Putin’s member of parliament, told Russians that there is a “liberal dictatorship” in the West.
“It is important to emphasize that the people of these countries are not our enemies, but their governments, which have gone mad, are insane and are imposing these kinds of policies,” she said.
Pictured: Major General Irina Volk, spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs
‘The bottom line is that – for example in Germany – if your child comes to school and says he doesn’t support all those homosexual relationships, he is taken away and sent to a re-education center.’
She said many Westerners “would like to link their future with Russia, precisely because there we have the opportunity for freedom and a traditional way of life.”
‘And they are not necessarily farmers, many of them are representatives of academic circles, teachers, doctors, lecturers.
“These are qualified people who decide to sell everything and come to Russia precisely because they have a sufficient level of intellectual development, education and spiritual development to understand that if you stay in your country, you can lose your children and your family.”
Butina, 35, was previously jailed in the US on charges of espionage: “conspiracy to work for a foreign government.”
She is now a member of parliament for the pro-Putin United Russia party, but was arrested in the United States in July 2018 and sentenced to 18 months in prison.
She pleaded guilty to conspiracy to act as a foreign agent.
Butina was convicted of attempting to infiltrate conservative groups in the US, including the National Rifle Association.
In October 2019, she was deported to Russia after her sentence was slightly reduced for good behavior.