How Russians can get political asylum in the USA: personal experience

The other day, Russian opposition journalist and activist Denis Styazhkin received political asylum in the United States. This status was preceded by an escape through Mexico, more than a year of waiting in the United States, and finally a court hearing in Sacramento immigration court. About whether it is difficult for a Russian now ...

Fleeing from mobilization, the Russians sailed to Alaska by boat: after 3 months they were allowed to stay in the United States

Russian citizens Sergey and Maxim fled from mobilization in October 2022. They made a daring trip in a single-engine boat from Chukotka to Alaska and asked for asylum in the United States. Now they have been released on bail, writes the Voice of America. The deposit was made by a Ukrainian priest...

Two Russians arrested in Mexico: they transferred illegal immigrants across the American border

A couple of Russians, 48-year-old Andrei Myakotin and 41-year-old Olga Myakotina, as well as 28-year-old Francisco Xaviera from Sinaloa, were arrested in Tijuana (Mexico) with weapons and a suitcase containing $587. They are suspected of smuggling migrants. The American Post writes about it. Mexican authorities have announced...

'Kill to become yourself': what inspires some Russians to support the war with Ukraine

The protracted nature of the war, the rise in prices, the mobilization that affected many Russian families, the defeat in the Kharkiv region and the withdrawal from Kherson ... It would seem that all these factors should help even the Russians who supported the war to slow down their militaristic ardor and begin to doubt that …

Pirates of the XNUMXst century: two Russians will be tried in the US for creating an illegal online library

Two Russians have been charged with creating a site with massive e-book piracy. The defendants operated a "Z-library" that offered free downloads of copyrighted works. This is stated on the website of the US Department of Justice. A federal court in Brooklyn unveiled the indictment of Russian citizens Anton ...

On the collective guilt in emigration: how Russians do not fall into self-flagellation against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine

In addition to the large number of Ukrainian refugees, Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine triggered a mass exodus of Russians. No one can name the exact numbers of those who left - according to various sources, they vary from several hundred thousand to millions. The announcement of mobilization at the end of September led to…

In Norway, the son of a close friend of Putin was arrested: he became the seventh Russian detained for filming military installations in this country

In Norway, a Russian was once again arrested for using a drone and possibly filming the country's important infrastructure. This is the 4th case of the arrest of citizens of the Russian Federation for such violations. This time it turned out to be the son of the former head of Russian Railways, Vladimir Yakunin. He writes about it...

At the request of the United States, the son of the governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory of the Russian Federation was arrested: he stole American military technology and transferred it to Russia

Five Russian citizens have been charged with evading global sanctions, money laundering and transferring military technology to American companies in Russia. This was reported on the website of the US Department of Justice. The defendants obtained military technology from American companies, smuggled millions of barrels of oil and…

Two Russians sailed on a boat to Alaska to escape the mobilization

Two Russians sailed on a boat to St. Lawrence Island (Alaska). They told the locals that they had come from Chukotka to escape the mobilization. Alaskas News Source writes about it. They landed near the village of Gambell. “Given the current heightened tensions…

Uruguayan presidential security chief arrested for selling fake passports to Russians

Uruguayan police on September 26 arrested the head of the president's bodyguard at the presidential residence on suspicion of involvement in a scheme to help possibly hundreds of Russian citizens illegally obtain Uruguayan passports, Reuters reported. Prosecutor Gabriela Fossati said on September 26 in the evening that the chief ...

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