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I'm in Istanbul right now, and it's absolutely full of young Russians who've escaped. Random people who don't even know each other are hugging and crying all th
by asimpletune 5y ago
I'm in Istanbul right now, and it's absolutely full of young Russians who've escaped. Random people who don't even know each other are hugging and crying all the time. They've also been treated very well by the Turks. One lady in a hostel was just totally flustered trying to figure out how to accommodate a Russian family with kids at the last minute.
Just another eye-witness perspective.
- cutemonster 5y agoI wish the EU would welcome Russians who flee from Putin, in the same way. (If young men cannot leave, doesn't that mean more people that Putin can try to force to join his army)
- asimpletune 5y agoYeah, I think if the goal is to wield soft pressure, then actually providing increased incentives to leave would advance that cause better. In any case, all the people here seem to be hipster-type, college educated intelligentsia from St. Petersburg and the like. Most I’ve talked to do something tech related.