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Look, there's a lot of people like me, who just want to move out to some normal country, get a job and be good citizens. But we must move fast, because there's

Look, there's a lot of people like me, who just want to move out to some normal country, get a job and be good citizens. But we must move fast, because there's a chance that iron curtain closes any time and we're trapped here for ages. Cutting off the transactions leaves us one option: to get a new job and a working visa in a few days. But it never happens in a few days. Please give us time to move and keep our current jobs for some time. Many of us have people who rely upon us: parents, friends, charities and funds. We need our bank cards working to be able to help them. I cannot just donate to my local homeless shelter from a foreign card because — surprise — it will make the shelter a "foreign agent" effectively closing it. And I'll need to send money to my mom because — surprise again — her pension from the government is just about $110/month (11600₽ IIRC). How can I relocate and not abandon people that I care about? With this thing going on, I've got no idea.

mrdigital20 5y ago
as you read this full blown disconnect form the Internet is being signed off — check other threads here on hn
crate_barre 5y ago
I’m going to suggest something a little wild. Russia has way too much border to protect. What happens if you take a car, and head to another country. I don’t know what the fuck to say, the west have to change policy: 10,218 people from Russia have fled in 2020 and applied for asylum in other countries. This corresponds to approximately 0.007% of all residents. The most destination countries hereof have been the United States, France and Germany. Overall, 83 percent of the asylum applications have been rejected. The most successful have been the refugees in Portugal and in Mexico. If the Russian people are under a police state, why aren’t we granting these people political asylum, no questions asked?

mrdigital20 5y ago

as you read this full blown disconnect form the Internet is being signed off — check other threads here on hn

crate_barre 5y ago

I’m going to suggest something a little wild. Russia has way too much border to protect. What happens if you take a car, and head to another country. I don’t know what the fuck to say, the west have to change policy: 10,218 people from Russia have fled in 2020 and applied for asylum in other countries. This corresponds to approximately 0.007% of all residents. The most destination countries hereof have been the United States, France and Germany. Overall, 83 percent of the asylum applications have been rejected. The most successful have been the refugees in Portugal and in Mexico. If the Russian people are under a police state, why aren’t we granting these people political asylum, no questions asked?