When the war finally ends, Novorossiya may well offer some great opportunities for those willing to immigrate. From Charles Bausman at unz.com:
Novorossiya will once again be a Russian economic powerhouse and a magnet for migrants from Europe and the US, as it has been for centuries.
Downtown Donetsk street art: “Unity lives where Russia is.”
What? you say? Isn’t it a war zone? Well, yes, but it looks like the war might end soon, and certainly with Russia keeping what it currently holds, and possibly a great deal more. However it comes out, this region will be very attractive for Westerners moving to Russia, a growing trend since Putin opened Russia to immigration from Europe and North America. This might sound counterintuitive, so let me explain. To understand why, one needs to know something about history of these lands, which are not ‘Ukrainian’, rather Russian, their correct historical name being ‘Novorossiya.’
The sky as we drove South through Lipetsk.
I recently returned from 4 days in the Donetsk Republic, and what I found was one of the most unexpected I’ve ever encountered in this enormous country, which is saying a lot. I went at the invitation the Donetsk government, whose goal it was to promote their side of the story regarding the war, and I was put on a jam-packed program focusing on this. Even for me who followed the conflict very closely from 2014 – 2018 or so, it was a big eye-opener. I don’t follow it as closely these days, and while curious about the latest developments, don’t write about it, because so many others do exhaustively. Before going, a Russian friend was explaining the history of this part of Russia going back a couple of centuries, and this is something I realized IS very relevant to future migration to Russia from the West, and I tried to gather as much info about that while there.
A nice Sukhoi which isn’t a no go MIC shekel bucket showboat like the F-35 hangar queen?
The faculty lounge versus KGB chessmaster?
Si se puede!
I know karate and several other Chinese words. (s/)
Learning Cyrillic script would be a problem and Ivan is a brutal fatalist at times.
You want to start early on learning languages.
Love those meanwhile in Russia memes of vodka drink you under table fun times and Babushka carrying a tree all by herself.
These are the people that the Frankfurt School faculty lounge picked a fight with.
Brilliant… bitter beer face.
Breaking from Jerry Reed:
You’re Gonna Need Someone