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If you go to russia there is a chance of you being arrested on made-up charge just to be used as exchange fund for russian spies or arm dealers arrested in the

• travismark 2y ago
  or Evan Gershkovich. St Pete was a wonderful city to visit before the 2014 invasion, now I think it's too risky
• swozey 2y ago
  Oh yeah I know all about our people over there. Not a chance I'd go post 2014 unless a revolution happens. They're all sad stories but there's a ballerina who lived in California for decades and was a US citizen (If you were ever Russian, Russia doesn't recognize your new state, you're always Russian) who was arrested last year when visiting I believe a grandma. Her charge was that she donated $25 to a Ukranian refugee fund. She had a few articles last year but not much keeping her in the news. She's going to have a tough time being an immigrant from Russia who donated to Ukraine. I don't think she has a chance of getting out and the women penal colonies like IK-14 are essentially slave factories. The Ukraine war has taught me a lot about how Russia treats peope, especially women. Field Wives, et al. Now they're releasing female prisoners to Storm Z groups to go to the front line. https://nypost.com/2024/03/04/world-news/ksenia-karelinas-letter-reveals-conditions-in-russian-prison/ https://nypost.com/2024/03/04/world-news/ksenia-karelinas-le... https://www.rferl.org/a/notorious-russian-women-s-prison-hell-tolokonnikova-mordovia-ik-14/29788168.html https://www.rferl.org/a/notorious-russian-women-s-prison-hel...