Originally posted by Adam_PoE
Seven years ago, I predicted:Today, that prediction appears to be coming true:
The patriarch of a right-wing Canadian family of 11 had enough of LGBT people in his country. "We didn't feel safe for our children there in the future anymore," father Arend Feenstra told Russian media. "There's a lot of left-wing ideology, LGBTQ, trans—just a lot of things that we don't agree with that they teach there now, and we wanted to get away from that for our children."
So Arend and his wife Anneesa sold everything they had, and took donations on their social media platform from fellow right-wingers, to move to Russia and raise eight of their nine children with "orthodox" values.
Russian officials assured them that they would help get them established, and even help them buy a farm. But three weeks after their move, the Russian bank where they moved all their money immediately seized all of their assets.
"The amount of money seemed suspicious," Arend states in a February 9th video, not realizing that most Russians outside of Putin's circle are dirt poor. As a result, the family did not have money to live on, and the Russian officials offering to help them disappeared.
Since no one in the family speaks Russian, they have had a difficult time trying to argue for their money, as Russia does not require any bank, or any business, to hire English translators.
In a since-deleted video on the family's "Countryside Acres" YouTube channel, Aneesa said, "I'm very disappointed in this country at this point. I'm ready to jump on a plane and get out of here. We've hit the first snag where you have to engage logic in this country and it's very, very frustrating."
After a visit from Russian officials, the video was deleted, and Arend quickly posted an apology video to the Countryside Acres channel, saying that his wife misspoke.
In that video, he reiterated that Russia is great, and that he hoped to resolve the issue with the bank. Commenters pointed out that the bank will likely never release their funds, and it is more likely that he will be recognized as a foreign agent.
Before emigrating to Russia, the Feenstras complained about immigrants who do not know the language, who have no money, and who expect the government to hand them a house and a job. How the tables have turned. [/QUOTE]
Another Christian family who defected to Russia to escape the "LGBTQ agenda" in the United States is about to receive a harsh lesson.
Derek Huffman was told that by signing a one-year contract with the Russian Army that he would be able to use his welding skills to avoid serving in Ukraine.
But it turns out, the Russian Army already has plenty of welders, and there are no one-year contracts for the Special Military Operation, so he will be in Ukraine for the duration of the conflict.
And considering he only received two weeks of basic training—of which, he understood nothing, because he does not speak Russian—his time in Ukraine will likely be very brief. New recuits sent to Ukraine have a life expectancy measured in weeks.
FAFO.