A huge influx of Russians in Phuket is producing a backlash from locals, amid complaints of a booming Russian-only economy that covers everything from hair salons to taxi firms.
More than 400,000 Russians arrived on the Thai tourist island between January and July this year, according to authorities, double the number of visitors before Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Many have secured long stay-visas, buying properties and establishing businesses to escape economic turmoil and the possibility of being conscripted following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
They do that in Goa too. They’re the worst. They steal business and opportunities from locals left and right and are rude and belligerent to everyone, especially locals. I had no opinions about Russians before travelling there in 2015, but I certainly do now.
My opinions on Russians are based off the ones that immigrated to the US in the late 90’s. After doing business with a few, I will never sell or buy anything from a Russian. They lie, steal, deceive, threaten, and overall rip you off any way they can.
Granted there are plenty of Americans I feel that same way about. Just have never met a Russian with any sense of ethics. Doesn’t matter male or female everyone has been a disgusting human with how they treat others.
It’s easier to have ethics when you’re stably immigrated from 3 generations ago with the security that a roof over your head and a social net brings
There’s definitely a lot of truth to “A man is only as good as his conditions allow him to be.” However, that’s not really a good excuse to emigrate to another country and not respect the cultural norms of where moving to.
That is such a shit take on this. Because of adversity it justifies a lack of ethics? Seriously? This sentiment is a major part of social issues.
Russian orcs should be forced to keep their russian orc money in fucking russia. Fuck em.
Of course they came in, took over, and are excluding the local population; imperialism is their natural state of being.
To the surprise of no one
For a left leaning group I’m kind of apauled by the straight up racism in this comment section… These people left conscription. Which means less Russian soldiers. Perhaps there should be more aid offered to help people escape putins regime?
If you are left leaning you should perhaps oppose imperialism?
Well, here’s the scoop: Russia is a land empire. The soldiers dying on the front are disproportionately taken from minority ethnicities, who live under the same conditions as any other colonized people.
There are liberal opposition figures, sure. They are a small minority - by most generous estimations, maybe around 15% of Russians. The far right opposition is much greater in Russia, unfortunately.
The problem is it’s likely a majority of them don’t even openly oppose the war/occupation of Ukraine. They just don’t want to go die for the cause. If these were people fleeing political oppression maybe you’d have a point.
I get that we all hate what Russia is doing in Ukraine but yikes y’all are racist.
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It’s a big empire. Let’s not pretend Russia is a nation state like the others in Europe or Asia. It’s a federation of states that fell victim to imperialism at some point in history.
