Moscow claims that more than 30 Britons have fled the “woke” West and moved to Russia after Vladimir Putin changed immigration laws.
The Russian Embassy in London confirmed that at least 34 people have asked to move to Russia from the UK.
It comes as the Russian president changed immigration laws in an Executive Order on August 19.
The new laws mean that those applying no longer need to prove they can speak Russian or have any knowledge of the “history and fundamentals of Russian legislation”.
Moscow claims that more than 30 Britons have fled the ‘woke’ West and moved to Russia after Vladimir Putin changed immigration laws
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The Russian leader recently overhauled the nation’s immigration laws to tempt Westerners to come to his homeland in order to save them from “destructive neoliberal ideological attitudes”.
He said he was offering “humanitarian aid” to people “who share traditional Russian spiritual and moral values”.
Russian figures claim that those in the West are rejecting its “liberal agenda”.
Tsargrad TV, which has links to the Kremlin, reported: “In the West, it seemed like they were just waiting for Putin’s document to appear.
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“Tired of the liberal agenda – that’s how everyone who contacted the Russian diplomatic mission explained their decision.”
Irina Volk, a major general from Russia’s Interior Ministry, said people are making the move after “the abolition of traditional moral and family values in American society, as well as the low level of education.”
It comes after an American family were allowed to move to Russia.
Leo Lionel and Chantel Felice moved to Russia from the US with their children, aged 16, 14, and 11.
American couple Leo Lionel and Chantel Felice Haer paved the way for Putin’s scheme
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Lionel said: “Personally, I want to thank your President Putin for allowing Russia to become a good place for families in this world climate.”
Concerns are growing that Putin will use the immigration scheme to recruit foreigners to fight in its war.
However, Mark Galeotti – executive director at Mayak Intelligence and an East European studies professor at UCL – said the move is more about spreading propaganda across Russia.
“It is not the same as recruiting a bunch of Nepalis whom you can pay peanuts to. This is more about the propaganda, which is about being able to say, ‘Look, these Westerners are so sick of wokeness in the West that they recognise Russia is much better’,” Galeotti told The Telegraph.