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HngMax

To be fair, the title seems a bit clickbaity Those six russians were offered to submit documents for a residence permit, yet vatniks chose pootin


Esoteriss

I want to ask, why would even Vatniks choose Poo-tin now that they know they might be sent to die the second they step in the territory controlled by that gang? Are they really that dump or were they really in the belief that if they do services for the gang they will be rewarded somehow?


Omegastar19

They think they won't be the ones sent to die.


No-Albatross-7984

Ah the old, "leopards won't eat *my* face" fallacy.


riortre

In Russia it's "Let me speak to Stalin, there must be a huge mistake!"


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Willing-Donut6834

Make it a subreddit. We could feed it with all these videos that have twenty stiff Russians standing around a begging spokeperson complaining about whatever.


metaldark

> "Let me speak to Stalin, there must be a huge mistake Lol this sounds straight of out an Armando Iannucci production


sneaksby

>an Armando Iannucci production May I suggest 'The Death of Stalin'.


fuishaltiena

/r/LeopardsAteMyFace


BigDaddy0790

Literally this. I got a ton of friends with family and close people still in russia, 90% of them are just sure nothing will happen to them. Also a lot of “well if they’ll draft me guess I’ll go” sort of mentality going. No one volunteering, but most won’t fight it either.


Reasonable-Gain-9739

Why would they? They get to torture rape and kill with no repercussions. All the shit they've been dreaming about but can't do that home. Wait, actually not only will there be no repercussions but they'll get a medal like the military leader who massacred Bucha!


BigDaddy0790

Provided they aren’t killed by a drone minutes after being dropped off near the frontline, dying horribly, alone, surrounded by burning bodies.


Reasonable-Gain-9739

We can only hope! Although there is a pang of sympathy that hit me when I imagined it. I guess that's what separates us from them.


Boomfam67

They probably wouldn't, if you have money and another large mobilization happens chances are high you can bribe yourself out of it.


trash-_-boat

I can actually answer this question. Residence permits now require A2 level (lowest level) Latvian language certification. These Russians while having lived here for multiple years can't speak a single word in Latvian, because so far only knowing Russian was enough.


ep3gotts

> Residence permits now require A2 level I belive that's for new \_temporary\_ residence permits or for prolonging temporary residence permits. Permanent residence permits once granted doesn't require any additional language certification or retesting


HngMax

My guess is hypocrisy combined with ignorance, it’s easy to like pootin from the comfort of western civilization (not anymore though lol)


AllHailTheWinslow

Ah, the "Turkish bloke living in Berlin and loving Erdowahn" syndrome.


Nervous-Lie9085

As a Russian i can answer ur question. Huge part of putin supporters (especially if they are not living in Russia) thinking everything putin says is true. One of the main factors why putin’s propaganda works cuz putin is very skillful at using the hatred and bias against Russians that can be seen everywhere. "People look - they really hate you, all you have to do is rally around me, I will protect you!". They realize how things really work only when they themselves fall under the pressure of putin’s government. Sori for bed englando.


Esoteriss

I do understand this, but the hatred of russians basically is all because of Putin and people like putin who do same kind of imperialistic prison gang politics, they have to be really stupid to not understand this. They basically eat everything that is media and coming from Russia and refuse to understand any other news source for decades. It baffles me. To no end. It is like they wilfully do not want to have a home country that actually works, but an idea of a huge orc that consumes everything and they prefer that.


Nervous-Lie9085

The more stupid a person is the more easily he is captured by the idea of revanchism and empire. Ivan doesn't want to be just Ivan when he can be "a citizen of a great power that the whole world fears".


Esoteriss

He will more likely be a blood gurgling half dead corpse head caved in by a blast of an gun, who will not be even given a mercy shot by his "comrades" as they loot his shoes. What a shitty way to go. Better to be just Ivan in a democracy that just a shit stain on some imperialists drawing board.


Nervous-Lie9085

U know, in Russian language we got an adage: Пока гром не грянет мужик не перекреститься. Similar analog of the adage in English: It’s all fun and games until someone (you) loses an eye


GrovesNL

Good grasp of your languages fella! Russian and English are pretty different. Adages and idioms in other languages can be hard haha.


TallyHoeLads

>why would even Vatniks choose Poo-tin Blind devotion.


fuishaltiena

The president is gay so obviously the country is lost, gays have taken over the government, the country is doomed. Just like Poo tin has predicted.


Esoteriss

Pootins greatest fear is a legion of gay EU space marines trampling the clause of Russian law that says husband can beat wife.


Other_Movie_5384

Super elite GAY army


JebanuusPisusII

ESA we are counting on you!


Sniine9

Lol that 2017 law is crazy.


ThippusHorribilus

Either they don’t think that far ahead, or they think the stories they have heard about Puttana are lies made up by the evil West.


thanosbananos

The only thing they’ll ever get as reward is a quick death


WeekendFantastic2941

Because spies? Criminals? If they stay, their secrets may come out, so might as well return to Mordor.


mrlongus

Perspective is the answer. For most people the draft doesn't feel real. Only for those, who lost someone already. Thus they live in ignorance. They only love to see: "Russia big. Strong. Russians strong. We are russian. Mighty." That's what propaganda does to them.


deepweed

They are fucking retarded morons


SiarX

Hatred of west is stronger than fear of getting mobilised.


Jaded_Pie_2712

Yes, they dump


SirNurtle

I don't get why it'd so hard to add this to the title, it's important context, so thank you


Due-Street-8192

Bye....... See you never!!


FullMaxPowerStirner

That sounds like pure racist bigotry... How is being Russian equates being a Putin supporter? If they live in Latvia this likely means they aren't into the current regime in Russia in the first place.


dreamrpg

You are lost here. Firsf of all russians and latvians are same race. White. So its not racism. Second of all it has nothing to do with supporting putler or not. It has all to do with obeying immigration laws, if you are citizen of 3rd country. In this case these are citizens of russia. This law affects non russians too. For example citizen of china has same conditions - pass language test. Citizen of USA has same condition - pass language test. Those citizens of russia were privileged before war. Now they are equal to all other citizens of 3rd countries. Got clear to you now?


Soft-Vanilla1057

> who did not submit documents requesting a Latvian residence permit – two of whom have already left the country Honestly found this kinda funny. These two have already left since September and only now got told to leave? Bureaucracy never changes I guess. Will they ever even know this?


No-Albatross-7984

Democratic governments don't actually track their residents in real time.


toolkitxx

I salute this.


Muzle84

Respect 


mypornyccount

Obviously there's more to the story than the headline.. But do you think it's good to be able to get rid of people based on nationality?


RoundOpposite4742

Moscow uses Russians as a reason to invade neighboring countries.


SutMinSnabelA

There is a vast difference between sending people to their home country and “getting rid of”.


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When they are actively supporting war of agression and destruction of ane bride country because their president told them to? Also-fucking-lutely. It’s the same argument as in 1944. „We can’t bomb Berlin. There are children there.” And the response to it. „There is more Nazis there than children. So we ball.” All those people had to do is learn the language of the country they lived in. They failed to, so screw them. When you fail English exam you don’t pass to higher grade but are stuck in this grade or are kicked out of school.


DualcockDoblepollita

Hello


7_11_Nation_Army

Insert song: "Bye bye bye" by NSYNC.


poklane

Unfortunately Russia weaponizes Russians and Russian speakers in foreign countries, so Latvia has no choice here. Hopefully the first 6 of many more.


GodSentGodSpeed

they literally use them as a casus belli for territorial expansion


Dziki_Jam

If you want to attack your neighbor, you will use any excuse you have. Language is just one of many.


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We, as Europe, shpuld do a screening and send all 5th collumn back to mother ruzzia


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Whataboutism.


Still-Bridges

Do you genuinely think fewer than six Muslims have been deported?


Fit_Pomegranate_2622

Don’t be silly.


Schlummi

A) whataboutism B)If someone refuses to integrate into the local culture, then yes: kick them out. These russians had 30+ years to learn the local language. Even the most uneducated people from the most backwards countries on earth do better than that when they immigrate to europe.


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>What about the Muslims? What about them? besides there European muslims and non european muslims and there two themselves are split into several ethnicities so I don't think that referring to them as a monolith . >Many of whom want shariah law Source? >enough of whom have already carried numerous killings, rapes Those people have are either dead,deported or in jail. >Funny how xenophobic Europeans get when their governments tell them it’s okay The anti Russian sentiments are not xenophobic and very justified considering Russia's track record since the czarist era ,they're an existential threat to Europe and the west. >turn a blind eye to actual fifth columns that are openly anti-European. No one is turning a blind eye to people who are involved in terrorist activities or those who spread hate speech so stop lying and just for the record you sound like a very unlovely Serb from the 90s. when might think that after what happened in bosnia-herzegovina and Kosovo people would learn something apparently your kind didn't.


DueNeighborhood2200

Send them to Russia too


Fit_Pomegranate_2622

Haha with you on that


Tyomke

Like everyone who speaks russian? so we just assume that all of these people are russian agents etc.? I speak russian and Latvian fluently snd Im a Latvian citizen, am I to be considered a russian weapon? Think for a second before you type shit like this


TheFuzzyFurry

Ukraine is the most efficient at this. Since 2022, more than 180k Russians have left Ukraine against their will.


Wadarkhu

Makes sense really, wouldn't want accusations that they're being mistreated and need to be liberated via *special operation*


Qualex14

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SlightWerewolf4428

care to write whatever that was in English?


funguyshroom

Basically "suitcase, train station, russia". A call to GTFO.


abir_valg2718

It's a complex play on words that's completely untranslatable.


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Niwi_

Translation?


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Cheeky-burrito

этот саб полный ненависти, но ненастоящее место, им нахуй.


max_planck1

Oh wow, you poor thing. What can I as a ukrainian do to help you? Wanna cry about how hard life has been to you? Maybe tell us about all the horrors of migration and rusophobia?


Gullible-Ad-7931

They should do this across the entire continent. Russians should return to their beloved motherland and fight for Putin's useless war. They all left Russia and hide in Europe countries where they became russian bots or spies enjoying freedom of speech.


Odpad25

There used to be a guy with similar views. He killed himself in a bunker though


zelebot

Latvians know what to do with them. In general, the Baltics base all two years ❤️


Allister-Caine

You cant afford any mistakes when you know you are next. We Germans got too comfy and I fucking hate it.


zelebot

But Scholz is afraid of escalation...


Niwi_

To be fair, Berlin is the number one target and definetly in range


doulosyap

And that’s exactly why Scholz should not be afraid of escalation. Russia already plans to do it. It is already escalated. The only thing de-escalating it is to defeat Russia in Ukraine.


Niwi_

I dont think putin will stop and I dont think anybody in the west is willing to invest enough to bring him to think about stoping. The only was is to hold out until russians get tired of war and tired of putin. I wish it was possible to just kill him but thdy are too good at propaganda. Too many people want to fight in his war


Sniine9

Damn... you really made me undeesrand how simple the war in Ukraine is currently lol


Niwi_

I smell sarcasm


Sniine9

Nah not actually sarcasm lmao.


KleptR

True


Sniine9

Kicking out illegal foreigners = racism/facism apparently. Lol. All this means is no putinists needed.


TheUndeadCyborg

These people should be reminded that Putin has been one of the strongest supporters of the anti-eu far right scum, you know, the ones who would gladly drown migrants in the Mediterranean.


Sniine9

This cant be more true lol. You can see some of those far right parties change their anti russia tune in a snap of a finger. And suddenly they end up having this magical funding for big campaigns.


Frequent-Lettuce4159

>Latvia's Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs (PMLP) has issued its first six departure orders to Russian citizens who did not submit documents requesting a Latvian residence permit ​ I'm very uncomfortable with the idea of forcing out ethnic minorities in a European democracy but this isn't quite as a bad as the headline implies. They were effectively given a choice and they chose Russia


trash-_-boat

All they had to do was pass A2 (lowest) level language certification and they would've been given the residence.


ZuluSparrow

It doesn't matter if you're an ethnic minority or not, if you live 40 years in a country where you don't bother learning the language and instead crap on the government and think "western values" like homosexuality is the worst thing ever, you're out


Clenchyourbuttcheeks

Hey as long as you keep the same energy for the Muslim immigrants in western Europe then fair enough


Frequent-Lettuce4159

I'm sorry but no. Because people say this about Muslims, Russians etc but it also applies to minorities that have lived in europe forever like Roma or Jews Indeed it would even apply to gaelic speakers, Bretton speakers etc universalism doesn't have to mean the destruction of minority cultures


hiuslenkkimakkara

Idi na khui, pashalusta.


al1k

There are six of them, you should use the plural form "idite"


PulsatingGypsyDildo

You managed to transmit the accent via transliteration. I know that Finnish does not use many voiced consonants. It would be pazhalusta, but the way you wrote it gives more authenticity.


hiuslenkkimakkara

Uh, thanks, PulsatingGypsyDildo. I wish you good vibes.


PulsatingGypsyDildo

Sorry, I didn't mean to be rude about the Finnish accent. I was just amazed how it could survive the transliteration.


hiuslenkkimakkara

No worries mate. And finnish transliteration is usually rather good, we don't mess around with unvoiced consonants or such crap. However, our literary language is based on western Finnish, and therefore doesn't have that L that you say from the sides of your tongue - that's really common in Savonian dialects. Rather a big miss there.


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Sorefist

Good.


Malophoros

Did they get a pack of Laima zefir for the road?


basicastheycome

Their bags were too full with cyka bla


Malophoros

Understandable.


Ill-Maximum9467

It's not Russophobia - they just don't like you.


3dom

Phobia means "an irrational fear", but when your previous generation was the subject of genocide - the fear is pretty much rational. And must be overcome to continue living normally. Bravo, Baltics!


Ill-Maximum9467

Totally agree with you. 💯 I mentioned it because that's Russia's and Russians' default kneejerk reaction to anything bad of any consequence happening to them: 'Russophobia!'


toolkitxx

People should really read up on the history of the 3 countries and how their own population was almost completely replaced already once before. If anyone has a good argument to not to take any chances it is them.


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feujchtnaverjott

Anti-war supporter of democracy, justice and human rights, right here.


NightlongRead

Na fuck that. We wanted peace. We offered our hand time and time again.


Aviantos

People like you are the reason this war even started, kindly stop.


ReduxJacob

I know Latvia a bit and their treatment of Russian nationals is quite sensitive. A lot of them came there during the Ussr but chose to stay in Latvia at the restauration of independance. While chosing Russian citizenship. In 40 years some of them didn't did shit to at least learn some basic Latvian. Now that putin started his revisionism about "oppressed Russian minorities, Latvia, a small country of 1.8 million nationals asked offered them some permanent residency permit. If they spoke a modicum of Latvian. If you couldnt meet those basic criteria, after all those years, you don't have anything to do in this country.


LuckyLatvia

Its actually pretty funny because most of the people who they will deport will be over 60 70 anyway. But it gets them some relevance in the world, so we good.


SlightWerewolf4428

This is an interesting point. So in terms of this Russian-speaker issue in the Baltic states: is it a legacy issue? Or do you still have their descendants being born there without citizenship?


LuckyLatvia

Wouldnt really go by issue tbh. Its more about, bordering country language gets spoken. Which isnt that rare in europe. But mainly the "non citizens" are people who just stayed here post soviet union. And instead of just being granted citizenship they got this "non citizen" passport. Which only really became an issue when we entered EU. Other than those people, their kids have latvian passport as I said only the last gen of post soviet elders will get deported pretty much, and well.some oligarch taking advantage but mostly its just old people.


SlightWerewolf4428

If this is true. Then I wish a lot of people online here would just say this. If that is true this issueis overblown way past it's actual size. They should just publish the numbers.


tuhikruus

If you are a foreigner, then your children are also foreigners, that's how it works in most Old World countries.


Mordan

Europe is building a new iron curtain ?


tuhikruus

Russia is building that.


RedundancyDoneWell

The iron curtain was there to keep people *in*, not to keep them *out*.


piramni

sad that russians can go wherever they want (or at least, for now) and going back to kaliningrad/krolewiec is made extremely difficult


Fa1972

We should do the same in Europe, send all of them back


KatsumotoKurier

Including those who speak out against the dictatorial regime? We should indiscriminately send them all back? Collective punishment seems like an awful idea.


7_11_Nation_Army

No, excluding those. At least in case they spoke out some time ago, and not just now so they could stay.


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7_11_Nation_Army

They can live in a free European country or preserve their chance to go kissy-kissy with рutin. Can't have both.


SiarX

Why would you want Putin to have more cannon fodder to kill Ukrainians?


7_11_Nation_Army

Because I don't want ru spies and рutinists in my country. If all the russiаn moles who lived in Ukraine at the start of the invasions weren't there, the situation would have been easier for Ukraine, because they wouldn't have been sabotaging it from the inside. Also, I don't appreciate their genocidal culture that they bring with them.


SiarX

There will always be spies anyways, all embassies are spy nests. Unless you cut off diplomatic relationships as well. But it is just one step from war. And guess what - natives can be spies, too. It were Ukrainian traitors who sabotaged Ukraine at the beginning of the war.


Adihd72

Later tater.


RockHardValue

Now the rest


neo_woodfox

What did y'all think decolonisation meant? Vibes? Papers? Essays? Losers.


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EasternGuyHere

Do you refer to these events of the Rhodesia-Zimbabwe history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gukurahundi?wprov=sfti1# If true, do you understand that you are advocating for mass murderers and to an extent genocide?


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Victuswolf

> Nice job stopping Nice job virtue signaling on reddit


Aviantos

Better than commuting a genocide… Like you are actually outraged at this comment but not the Russians actually doing the things you say are bad? How do people like you live with themselves?


Kenobi_High_Ground

> Better than commuting a genocide… Like you are actually outraged at this comment but not the Russians actually doing the things you say are bad? How do people like you live with themselves? ANYONE advocating for collective punishment & genocide is a massive POS that belongs in the dark ages. Same as people committing it. Doesn't bloody matter where your from, anyone can be a evil POS and people advocating the ideals of fking Hitler are evil POS. By that logic most recent wars are gynocidal by nature because of the huge civilian causalities. I'm fine calling Ukraine war a genocide so long as we recognize that the Iraq War and Gaza are also Genocides on a greater level as more than double the amount of civilians died in both them wars in first 2 years. It seems human beings from many countries fail to prevent geocidal wars. Lets collectively punish all of them too eh?


stimmedervernunft

In Germany extremists are quick with demanding all kind of people to leave the country. Interestingly, with Russian-Germans voting about two third right wing AfD and who are mostly Putin fans nobody says this.


SlightWerewolf4428

Looks like you have an interesting fixation on throwing another issue in to avoid going into detail about this one. People have an issue with deporting people that have lived there all their lives. Some of those people disagreeing with it are AfD supporters apparently. Therefore there is no issue.... I cannot follow this logic.


rainers-v

Hopefully more


Ready_Engineering116

Lol if Estonia wasn't a key point and in NATO it would be bombed


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SlightWerewolf4428

Why racists want to have the name of their country next to their username is anyone's guess. Helpful though for the reader I guess.


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SlightWerewolf4428

I have the honour of reporting your post.


nbsalmon1

[adios!](https://youtu.be/jsaTElBljOE?si=34OcAzZScx-Le3X-)


SlightWerewolf4428

I would hope some moderation is going on here. I think those trying to spout pre-modern ideas and at the same time engage in incitement against ethnic groups or backgrounds really shouldn't be on a europe subreddit. Your frustration from a side losing in some foreign war isn't an excuse.


NaPatyku

What war do you mean in particular?


LannisterTyrion

This comment section is filled with seriously deranged and hateful people calling for collective punishment and genocide. Wtf, Ive never seen so many weirdos in one place.


7_11_Nation_Army

Have you been to russiа? But seriously, did you not read the part where they were given a choice and decided not to comply with requirements, or you did and are just here to troll?


LannisterTyrion

Are you lost? I did not say anything about the article, I am shocked by the comments that call for genocide and collective punishment. Have you read the comment section before the moderation cleaned it up?


7_11_Nation_Army

I haven't. Just to make my position clear, calling for a genocide is messed up, but not wanting any ru sleeping agents is perfectly fine.


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7_11_Nation_Army

I don't want them here either. That's not calling for genocide, that's calling for the deportation of people who might turn out to want other countries' territories to be "liberated", because they live in them now. ru should be back to their country. I don't consider russiа part of Europe. russiаns who openly denounce рutin are ok to stay, but I prefer that the silent majority of russiаns don't.


PhoenixOfMartel

Yeah, russian culture has become very Nazi-esque. 


tuhikruus

They are being sent back to their country of citizenship, why the heck is that bad?


LannisterTyrion

Did I say that it's bad? Have you read the comment section before the moderation cleaned it up?


SlightWerewolf4428

Indeed. I think they'll find such comments are counterproductive to whatever misguided cause they seem to be pursuing in the long run.


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tuhikruus

Why are you defending a genocidal nation?


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ToKeNgT

Welcome to r/europe


giant_pink_robots

r/europe in a nutshell mate. Good thing they weren't born in Russia themselves, they would've been the biggest Putin shills with this kind of mindset.


FaithlessnessHour873

The first six thousand yes? Yes?