The Daily Kos reports:
The patriarch of a right-wing Canadian family of 11 had just about enough of gay 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.”
First, according to the family, the Russian bank where they moved the proceeds from selling their farm and belongings? It immediately froze their assets. The amount of money seemed suspicious, Arend states in a Feb. 9 video. I guess it would, since so many Russians outside of Putin’s circle are dirt poor. As a result, the family didn’t have money to live on—apparently those nice Russian officials offering to help them had disappeared.
Read the full article. As you’ll see, the couple posted a video critical of Russian authorities then quickly deleted it and posted an apology (last video below), apparently fearing retaliation. Hit that link and dig in for your big LOL of the day. There’s so much more.
Three weeks ago, a right-winger in Canada sold everything he owned and moved his family to Russia. He said he wanted to protect his children from left-wing woke ideology. But things aren’t going so well for them in Putin’s Paradise. https://t.co/az6qUXihFW
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) February 20, 2024
Canadian “Orthodox” parents with 8 kids moved to Russia. Wife now says, “I’m very disappointed in this country. I’m ready to jump on a plane and get out of here. We’ve hit first snag where you have to engage logic here and it’s very, very frustrating.” https://t.co/QblL1d3wPk
— Rorate Caeli (@RorateCaeli) February 20, 2024