The problem I see with this scheme is the same problem there is with any country where dissident Westerners might want to go to get away from extreme liberalism (including Hungary, where I've lived): namely, that if you don't already speak the language, how are you going to be able to find work to support yourself? Does this new type of residence permit even allow foreigners to take Russian jobs, or is it solely for residence? I haven't seen that specified in any of the articles about it so far. If you can't find a job in Russia to support yourself, then unless you're independently wealthy, your only recourse would be to do some sort of remote work. But if you're a Westerner, how are you going to get paid for such work when Russia has been decoupled from the entire Western financial network? It seems to me that Russia's motivation in making this announcement is the same as Viktor Orbán's was when he made a similar pronouncement a few years back: enticing rich, moderately conservative Westerners to come and live there while bringing all their cash. But also like Hungary, they surely don't want penniless Right-wing dissidents from radical spheres, who might criticize the government or otherwise say things that run contrary to the government line or go against official proscriptions on race and so forth, to move there.
It depends on what you want out of the country. If you’re content to live in the center of Budapest, where most of the expats are concentrated and most places cater to tourists, you can certainly get by with English. But if you’re thinking of living in a village or in the countryside, Magyar will be essential. And of course one cannot get the full advantages or the depth of experience that one can attain in living there without knowing the language, not to mention that it makes certain everyday things harder. If you’re seriously considering Hungary, however, you should also note that the government tightened up the immigration laws just a few months ago and it’s now very difficult to get a permit to live there as a non-EU citizen without either having a job offer or admission as a student somewhere, or unless you’re willing to invest 250,000 euros in buying property, which gets you the “golden visa.”
I always urge Western Rightists not to buy into the image of Hungary that is given in the Western media, where the country is depicted as some sort of bastion of conservative values (and which the Hungarian gov't is more than happy to bolster). As Mr. Slavsquat has said about Russia, the reality is quite different. Hungary has a lot to offer in its own right, and comparatively it's certainly better off than Western Europe, but no one should go there expecting to find some sort of refuge from the modern world or a Right-wing haven. In fact I've often said that Putin is basically Orbán with nuclear weapons. The sort of rhetoric that both leaders employ, and the distance between that rhetoric and the reality of the country, are very similar.
I understand your feelings, Riley, and understand much about Russia these days, i.e., how similar most countries are to one another (those within the "Western sphere" not experiencing kinetic warfare) with each national government caring very little for their own citizens.
I think most people relate to "traditional values" as simply not having LGBTQ+ values thrown in their faces with a drag queen conducting story hour at their local library nor businesses dictating that pronoun misusage will result in bad job performance evaluations and ostracization...or whites feeling hunted by people, including recent immigrants, who hold with Critical Race Theory that whites should be segregated, discriminated against, and exterminated if possible.
If I were a citizen of UK, even at my advanced age, I would do everything possible to emigrate to Russia. I believe the same might well hold for any country in Europe. The EU's agenda is the agenda for all of Western Europe.
Will Russia remain inviolate? I don't know. In several decades, will censorship become as rampant as we now see throughout EU Europe?
Is Russia perfect? No. No country in the world is perfect. Yet, Michael Yon has called Ireland and Canada "gone." Meaning...that the population of military-age male immigrants either equals or exceeds the military-age male native population. If I were in those countries, I would seriously consider emigrating to Russia.
I'm in the U.S. If I were younger, I would seriously consider emigrating to Russia. I'm in my 70s, and I have very little respect and liking for my own country. I despise the direction in which we're headed. I value highly the U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights, and our founding fathers' rhetoric. Unfortunately, the rabid progressive-ism shown by the EU and the current U.S. Democrat Party offers a glimpse of the future, imo.
If the Russian Government were serious about solving the decline of population, it should immediately put a stop to the vaccination campaign and start being serious and truthful about its so-called special operation in Ukraine. Besides, this offer of 3 month visas to foreigners is there to present Russia as an alternative, a haven of peace in a tumultuous world, which it is not anymore since the attacks are getting ever farther into Russian territory.
It's only a temporary respite being offered, Edward, else I'd consider applying for a novitiate at the monastery at Valaam. They'd have to refuse such an application, lest they be inundated by hordes of other feeble old men in the world dragging them down with elder care.
Those folks at Valaam have my profound respect and gratitude for persevering and preserving true faith and worship in the face of worldwide degradation. I feel very fortunate to have access to video of their good works.
If I was younger, I'd probably take Putin up on his generous offer, as long as I can bring my guns with me. The reality of life in the west is becoming uncomfortable and uncertain, especially as we view the disturbing developments in the UK now Starmer is in the PM seat. What most people want is to be left well alone to get on with living, but the Nanny State is now encroaching on our freedoms at an alarming rate, and its just not good enough.
Really liked and appreciated your podcast. I do wonder whether you have been in the United States recently. Things are moving fast here. We're picking up speed on the downhill slope.
On the birth rate in Russia----Dr. Naomi Wolf and others have been doing work on the effects of the covid shots on women's reproductive health. Birth rates in the U.S. are down---could the shots be having an effect, here in the U.S. and elsewhere?
I dont believe so. The plan was set a long time ago with the creation of womens rights groups and the funding all manner of womens causes.
We saw this eccelorate over the years to take women away from the home.
Governments yeald higher taxes and other compliance charges per household and a large Increases in GDP. Ample profits to reinvest a small portion into government-funded childcare services, training women from all walks of life to become independent entities. Opening up higher education and professional opportunities for women. Installing women in high corporate and government positions.
The 2020 abortion laws were an inevitable extension to the UN's plan for women and girls.
One example: In one month in 2022, one zone therapist had three pregnant, injected women whose births had to be induced due to preeclampsia. All three women's placentas had been full of blood clots.
someone may do a poll discovering if women are reporting difficulty in getting pregnant might give some clues. If no one reports such then nothing's stopping it except people don't want.
TBH I am very keen on this. I am not too concerned if the politicians and police are corrupt - they are corrupt everywhere. I am more concerned that the people in general have not been brainwashed and manipulated by cultural marxism. I am currently finishing a work project this year, after which I shall be looking to move. Britain is no longer a country, it is a multicultural shithole of a shopping mall, and the only way to have a peaceful multicultural society is with an authoritarian regime. If it is a choice between an LGBTp/degeneracy supporting authoritarian regime or a more traditional one, I am going with tradition. If this is successfully implemented it could see a white braindrain out of western countries, people are sick and tired of state-legislated multiculturalism and diversity - yes I know this exists in Russia too but as I said, the hearts of the people are not as corrupted.
Couldn't agree more with your assessment on "traditional Russian values". Unfortunately the data does show Russia to be just as immoral as any other country in the west, when it comes to divorce rates and abortion. I'm not moving to Russia for the so-called family values, but rather to escape the immoral world in the thick Taiga forests :)
"The compact is a part of the United Nations Pact for the Future that will be decided in September. The goal is that everyone on earth should be included in a global digital panopticon. All data will be processed and analysed with the use of AI to help achieve the global goals and detect 'challenges' and (business) opportunities. This means, in the words of WEF-trustee Al Gore, 'no more hiding'."
Don't fear AI, it's a hoax. There is no SkyNet. Theses systems are incompetent and it is going nowhere.
It will be like any other totalitarian system. People will find ways around it and will just check out and try to abuse the system as much as possible. So it will collapse in the end. But until then, it will cost a lot of lives and will create a whole bucket of misfortune.
Does Kaliningrad qualify as a place we can immigrate to? Do we get lots of free stuff , unemployment , accommodation etc? Why should I move to Russia when I can walk across the border to the US get everything for free and no paperwork at all? Just open the border like the US. Do they still have YouTube? I can't go if it has been shutdown. Will I get Cowboye'd?
You would find that most of us back here in the U.S. of A. would disagree vociferously with the notion that all obstacles to the free travel of the foreign born to our once hallowed land ought to be removed forthwith. It ought to be difficult to travel to a country which isn't your own and stay for more than a few weeks. It ought to take a more than passing knowledge of the language, history and culture of a society if one is interested in becoming a citizen. Perhaps passports are unnecessarily onerous perhaps they aren't, but a country's government is obligated to its citizens to safeguard them against ever-amassing hoards of ne'er-do-wells and freeloaders who show up, with no intention of ever leaving, who desire only to suck off the productivity of the natives.
Thanks for taking time out to record this message. Hope you're back to full research mode now! (12:48 pm California time)
I think birth rates are dropping because everyone instinctively realizes overpopulation is out of control, with legal and illegal immigration being just one of its effects. We should all go back to the traditional value of very low populations who don't rape our environments. Not that the wishes of the 'cattle' matter.
A clever way to replace those who fled or died in the "not war" with disaffected Westerners. DNC liberals would be joyous if the Orangeman's entire MAGA following would request a Russian Visa.😁
The problem I see with this scheme is the same problem there is with any country where dissident Westerners might want to go to get away from extreme liberalism (including Hungary, where I've lived): namely, that if you don't already speak the language, how are you going to be able to find work to support yourself? Does this new type of residence permit even allow foreigners to take Russian jobs, or is it solely for residence? I haven't seen that specified in any of the articles about it so far. If you can't find a job in Russia to support yourself, then unless you're independently wealthy, your only recourse would be to do some sort of remote work. But if you're a Westerner, how are you going to get paid for such work when Russia has been decoupled from the entire Western financial network? It seems to me that Russia's motivation in making this announcement is the same as Viktor Orbán's was when he made a similar pronouncement a few years back: enticing rich, moderately conservative Westerners to come and live there while bringing all their cash. But also like Hungary, they surely don't want penniless Right-wing dissidents from radical spheres, who might criticize the government or otherwise say things that run contrary to the government line or go against official proscriptions on race and so forth, to move there.
How is it to live in Hungary without speaking the language?
Asking for a friend.
It depends on what you want out of the country. If you’re content to live in the center of Budapest, where most of the expats are concentrated and most places cater to tourists, you can certainly get by with English. But if you’re thinking of living in a village or in the countryside, Magyar will be essential. And of course one cannot get the full advantages or the depth of experience that one can attain in living there without knowing the language, not to mention that it makes certain everyday things harder. If you’re seriously considering Hungary, however, you should also note that the government tightened up the immigration laws just a few months ago and it’s now very difficult to get a permit to live there as a non-EU citizen without either having a job offer or admission as a student somewhere, or unless you’re willing to invest 250,000 euros in buying property, which gets you the “golden visa.”
Yeah thanks. I'm German, and things going pretty sideways here atm.
I always urge Western Rightists not to buy into the image of Hungary that is given in the Western media, where the country is depicted as some sort of bastion of conservative values (and which the Hungarian gov't is more than happy to bolster). As Mr. Slavsquat has said about Russia, the reality is quite different. Hungary has a lot to offer in its own right, and comparatively it's certainly better off than Western Europe, but no one should go there expecting to find some sort of refuge from the modern world or a Right-wing haven. In fact I've often said that Putin is basically Orbán with nuclear weapons. The sort of rhetoric that both leaders employ, and the distance between that rhetoric and the reality of the country, are very similar.
German is also widely spoken in Hungary.
I understand your feelings, Riley, and understand much about Russia these days, i.e., how similar most countries are to one another (those within the "Western sphere" not experiencing kinetic warfare) with each national government caring very little for their own citizens.
I think most people relate to "traditional values" as simply not having LGBTQ+ values thrown in their faces with a drag queen conducting story hour at their local library nor businesses dictating that pronoun misusage will result in bad job performance evaluations and ostracization...or whites feeling hunted by people, including recent immigrants, who hold with Critical Race Theory that whites should be segregated, discriminated against, and exterminated if possible.
If I were a citizen of UK, even at my advanced age, I would do everything possible to emigrate to Russia. I believe the same might well hold for any country in Europe. The EU's agenda is the agenda for all of Western Europe.
Will Russia remain inviolate? I don't know. In several decades, will censorship become as rampant as we now see throughout EU Europe?
Is Russia perfect? No. No country in the world is perfect. Yet, Michael Yon has called Ireland and Canada "gone." Meaning...that the population of military-age male immigrants either equals or exceeds the military-age male native population. If I were in those countries, I would seriously consider emigrating to Russia.
I'm in the U.S. If I were younger, I would seriously consider emigrating to Russia. I'm in my 70s, and I have very little respect and liking for my own country. I despise the direction in which we're headed. I value highly the U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights, and our founding fathers' rhetoric. Unfortunately, the rabid progressive-ism shown by the EU and the current U.S. Democrat Party offers a glimpse of the future, imo.
Seems it's Jones Plantation everywhere. Google it. It's a film. Ya'll can get it for 10 Western Empire Bucks.
If the Russian Government were serious about solving the decline of population, it should immediately put a stop to the vaccination campaign and start being serious and truthful about its so-called special operation in Ukraine. Besides, this offer of 3 month visas to foreigners is there to present Russia as an alternative, a haven of peace in a tumultuous world, which it is not anymore since the attacks are getting ever farther into Russian territory.
It's only a temporary respite being offered, Edward, else I'd consider applying for a novitiate at the monastery at Valaam. They'd have to refuse such an application, lest they be inundated by hordes of other feeble old men in the world dragging them down with elder care.
Those folks at Valaam have my profound respect and gratitude for persevering and preserving true faith and worship in the face of worldwide degradation. I feel very fortunate to have access to video of their good works.
If I was younger, I'd probably take Putin up on his generous offer, as long as I can bring my guns with me. The reality of life in the west is becoming uncomfortable and uncertain, especially as we view the disturbing developments in the UK now Starmer is in the PM seat. What most people want is to be left well alone to get on with living, but the Nanny State is now encroaching on our freedoms at an alarming rate, and its just not good enough.
Really liked and appreciated your podcast. I do wonder whether you have been in the United States recently. Things are moving fast here. We're picking up speed on the downhill slope.
Great tip about Georgia, by the way!
On the birth rate in Russia----Dr. Naomi Wolf and others have been doing work on the effects of the covid shots on women's reproductive health. Birth rates in the U.S. are down---could the shots be having an effect, here in the U.S. and elsewhere?
I dont believe so. The plan was set a long time ago with the creation of womens rights groups and the funding all manner of womens causes.
We saw this eccelorate over the years to take women away from the home.
Governments yeald higher taxes and other compliance charges per household and a large Increases in GDP. Ample profits to reinvest a small portion into government-funded childcare services, training women from all walks of life to become independent entities. Opening up higher education and professional opportunities for women. Installing women in high corporate and government positions.
The 2020 abortion laws were an inevitable extension to the UN's plan for women and girls.
James Patrick and his Big Picture Watch is trying to fund a documentary about women's fertility after the shots: https://bigpicture.watch/product/silent_infertility/
No doubt. These are the shocking drops in 'fertility' and live births since 2021 in Denmark:
Fertility graph: https://www.dst.dk/da/Statistik/emner/borgere/befolkning/fertilitet
Live births graph: https://www.dst.dk/da/Statistik/emner/borgere/befolkning/foedsler
One example: In one month in 2022, one zone therapist had three pregnant, injected women whose births had to be induced due to preeclampsia. All three women's placentas had been full of blood clots.
someone may do a poll discovering if women are reporting difficulty in getting pregnant might give some clues. If no one reports such then nothing's stopping it except people don't want.
TBH I am very keen on this. I am not too concerned if the politicians and police are corrupt - they are corrupt everywhere. I am more concerned that the people in general have not been brainwashed and manipulated by cultural marxism. I am currently finishing a work project this year, after which I shall be looking to move. Britain is no longer a country, it is a multicultural shithole of a shopping mall, and the only way to have a peaceful multicultural society is with an authoritarian regime. If it is a choice between an LGBTp/degeneracy supporting authoritarian regime or a more traditional one, I am going with tradition. If this is successfully implemented it could see a white braindrain out of western countries, people are sick and tired of state-legislated multiculturalism and diversity - yes I know this exists in Russia too but as I said, the hearts of the people are not as corrupted.
Couldn't agree more with your assessment on "traditional Russian values". Unfortunately the data does show Russia to be just as immoral as any other country in the west, when it comes to divorce rates and abortion. I'm not moving to Russia for the so-called family values, but rather to escape the immoral world in the thick Taiga forests :)
BRICS will fix this .... ?
"The compact is a part of the United Nations Pact for the Future that will be decided in September. The goal is that everyone on earth should be included in a global digital panopticon. All data will be processed and analysed with the use of AI to help achieve the global goals and detect 'challenges' and (business) opportunities. This means, in the words of WEF-trustee Al Gore, 'no more hiding'."
https://x.com/Geopolitics_Emp/status/1826467201748029442
Don't fear AI, it's a hoax. There is no SkyNet. Theses systems are incompetent and it is going nowhere.
It will be like any other totalitarian system. People will find ways around it and will just check out and try to abuse the system as much as possible. So it will collapse in the end. But until then, it will cost a lot of lives and will create a whole bucket of misfortune.
Classic, bring in the uninformed, greatest potential, weed out the overly informed
Does Kaliningrad qualify as a place we can immigrate to? Do we get lots of free stuff , unemployment , accommodation etc? Why should I move to Russia when I can walk across the border to the US get everything for free and no paperwork at all? Just open the border like the US. Do they still have YouTube? I can't go if it has been shutdown. Will I get Cowboye'd?
You would find that most of us back here in the U.S. of A. would disagree vociferously with the notion that all obstacles to the free travel of the foreign born to our once hallowed land ought to be removed forthwith. It ought to be difficult to travel to a country which isn't your own and stay for more than a few weeks. It ought to take a more than passing knowledge of the language, history and culture of a society if one is interested in becoming a citizen. Perhaps passports are unnecessarily onerous perhaps they aren't, but a country's government is obligated to its citizens to safeguard them against ever-amassing hoards of ne'er-do-wells and freeloaders who show up, with no intention of ever leaving, who desire only to suck off the productivity of the natives.
Thanks for taking time out to record this message. Hope you're back to full research mode now! (12:48 pm California time)
I think birth rates are dropping because everyone instinctively realizes overpopulation is out of control, with legal and illegal immigration being just one of its effects. We should all go back to the traditional value of very low populations who don't rape our environments. Not that the wishes of the 'cattle' matter.
Anyway, Cheers, Riley! o/
Overpopulation is a myth and a lie made up by the Oligarch Dynasties.
Google super abundance for a factual point of view.
Corbett Report also has done lots of research about that.
Agree, Corbett has done good research on this.
Are the foreigners who immigrate to Russia subject to immediate conscription like other Russians?
A clever way to replace those who fled or died in the "not war" with disaffected Westerners. DNC liberals would be joyous if the Orangeman's entire MAGA following would request a Russian Visa.😁