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Russia. Removing is difficult.
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The world would be a better place without Russia, Iran and North Korea. Take out these three idiot regimes and we can find working ground with China and carry on with our lives. Even more so once we don't need the Arabs for their oil and the Middle East can return to irrelevancy.Pocket variant :
Russia is difficult.
If I was in charge of the UK I would pull an Idi Amin and tell every Russian citizen that they have 90 days to depart the UK. I am amazed the Georgians haven't expelled the lot.And in related news: Suspected spies for Russia held in major UK security investigation
If I was in charge of the UK I would pull an Idi Amin and tell every Russian citizen that they have 90 days to depart the UK. I am amazed the Georgians haven't expelled the lot.
An older article from the beginning of the war...
Britain could expel all Russian citizens from the UK, senior Conservative MP says
Tom Tugendhat has urged Boris Johnson to take a tougher stance against Putin.uk.news.yahoo.com
And something more current from the Latvians...
Latvia Is Going on Offense Against Russian Culture
The Baltic nation is taking cultural cohesion into its own hands—and risking backlash.foreignpolicy.com
Our own happiness or lack thereof may not have a role to play. Those impacted by Russians are taking a stand.I'd really not be happy…
Our own happiness or lack thereof may not have a role to play. Those impacted by Russians are taking a stand.
We hold the moral high ground for our own citizens. Everyone else is a transient visitor who remains in our countries at the will of the citizens. Watching all those Russians who seemingly ignored their nation's invasion of Ukraine only to flee to their freedom-embracing neighbours once conscription was called makes me a little skeptical of any morals. But I see your and J Jabberwocky point, and we don't need pogroms against Russians. I think the Latvians are doing it right, essentially applying a test against every Russian in the country - those that pass are welcome to remain.Like J Jabberwocky I'm not a fan of indiscriminate deportations. Firstly, there's the presumption of innocence that's the rule of law and if we throw out the rule of law, how can we possibly hold the moral high ground?
Secondly, I'd be really uncomfortable deporting individuals or families who have been vocal opponents of the Putin regime, and whose lives will likely be at risk if they're sent back to Russia.
We hold the moral high ground for our own citizens. Everyone else is a transient visitor who remains in our countries at the will of the citizens.
Watching all those Russians who seemingly ignored their nation's invasion of Ukraine only to flee to their freedom-embracing neighbours once conscription was called makes me a little skeptical of any morals.
But I see your and J Jabberwocky point, and we don't need pogroms against Russians. I think the Latvians are doing it right, essentially applying a test against every Russian in the country - those that pass are welcome to remain.
The Latvians aren't just looking for illegal activity. Russians who want to stay must pass Latvian language and cultural (whatever that means) tests. What the Latvians do not want is groups of unassimilated Russians building a separate community amongst them. That's the issue that Georgia, Moldova and pre-2022 Ukraine faced, not so much foreign invasion from Russia, but ethnic Russians amongst their own citizenry building dissent and separatist ideas. It was these feelings that Russia exploited as it supported the ethnic-Russian separatist breakaways of Transnistria, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Crimea and parts of the Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts. This is what the Baltic Republics fear, takeover by Russians through a thousand cuts, unnoticed until it's too late, when a sizeable ethnic-Russian population among their populations declares they're being persecuted and calls on Moscow for "protection". If it wasn't for NATO membership, all three of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania would already be on Putin's takeover list through this very method.Agree entirely with your points here. If the Russian citizens are here legally and are fulfilling their side of the legal residency contract, then let them stay. If they're engaged in anything illegal, then boot them back to Russia.
The Latvians aren't just looking for illegal activity. Russians who want to stay must pass Latvian language and cultural (whatever that means) tests. What the Latvians do not want is groups of unassimilated Russians building a separate community amongst them. That's the issue that Georgia, Moldova and pre-2022 Ukraine faced, not so much foreign invasion from Russia, but ethnic Russians amongst their own citizenry building dissent and separatist ideas. It was these feelings that Russia exploited as it supported the ethnic-Russian separatist breakaways of Transnistria, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Crimea and parts of the Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts. This is what the Baltic Republics fear, takeover by Russians through a thousand cuts, unnoticed until it's too late, when a sizeable ethnic-Russian population among their populations declares they're being persecuted and calls on Moscow for "protection". If it wasn't for NATO membership, all three of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania would already be on Putin's takeover list through this very method.
I expect as part of a nationwide Ukrainianization of the country, when this war is over that any Ukrainians who identify as ethnic Russians or pro-Russia will be marched to the border and expelled. It will be akin to the end of WW2 where in France those French who collaborated with the Germans face dire choices and consequences.