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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Plenty of them are middle class or lower. It's not that hard for a Russian citizen to get a work visa in the the EU.

And while half of them understand they are in the EU because Putin's ideology made Russia a shithole, despite having all the means to be a developed country, the other half suffers from a terminal case of cognitive dissonance.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Truck driving is a big thing for Russians in the U.S. Spoke to one who barely spoke English.