No, cannibalism isn't a problem in Russia. The problem is that scoundrels serving particularly serious sentences are pardoned for participating in the war.

OK ... except that when you throw things like that in there that aren't exactly real, it tends to discredit the actual message, since if you exaggerated on that, then who knows what else you're exaggerating.  It would help to actually remain factual.

OK ... except that when you throw things like that in there that aren't exactly real, it tends to discredit the actual message, since if you exaggerated on that, then who knows what else you're exaggerating.  It would help to actually remain factual.

I can find sources confirming the facts of pardoning criminals by Putin.

My goal here is not to conduct Ukrainian propaganda, but to confirm the statements of AntonyPadua and Godefroy and other jw-wise participants about Russia, since I live in the Northwest of the country.

Also aside from your political disagreements with the president, the fact remains that they are clearly trending towards upholding the natural moral law. The Jєωιѕн problem and religious indifferentism are everywhere.

But be prepared that you may suffer for the truth in Russia.

Yeah, not sure about that.  I just talked to a trad catholic who moved there recently.  Says it's the best things he's ever done.  He's also working with one of the local governments over there to build a catholic church to offer the traditional latin mass.  So take that for what it's worth.

Is he a parishioner of the SSPX or the CMRI?

SSPX

I'll ask our priest about him. Thanks for the information!

Another thing you need to think about, Caminus, is that in this country we are taught that foreigners are better people than we are. We have to accept them here, give them special rights, give them free government benefits, give them jobs in preference to Americans. And we are so brainwashed that if anyone criticizes a foreigner for not adapting to American culture, they are hounded by fellow Americans.

This attitude is so widespread in this country that it's easy for us to think this is normal and right, and exists everywhere. The fact is, though, that it's not normal, and doesn't exist anywhere else in the world probably other than the United States. In a normal society foreigners are not welcome, and the members of such a society do not welcome immigrants and do not want them among them, and do not hire them unless there is some unusual reason why, and often want literally nothing to do with them. This is not bad; it's normal, natural and good.

I know a woman who fled communism in Nicaragua about 40 years ago and went to Mexico. She couldn't get a job; nobody would hire her. Every time she asked a business to hire her, they would tell her, "No, Mexico is for Mexicans." And that's towards someone who speaks the same language they did, whereas you probably don't know any Russian and are not from the same cultural background either.

That is how Russians and everyone else in the world outside this country behave, and that is how they will behave towards you when you go there. It's not going to be fun.

Even the most welcoming countries will be hard on the immigrant. It is not easy to be the outsider. It never is. 

You must have some stories from your ancestors about moving to America or elsewhere. Was it easy?

I suggest you rent an apartment for a month, if you can find it, and try to live in Moscow to see how you feel. This is the least you can do if you plan to move there.

Plus, you should have some money to move back to where you live now, because it would be very stupid to make such a move without some sort of "B plan".