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Only about 20% of the American population voted for trump. 72 million with a population of 332 million.
I live in Thailand. My city is getting weekly influxes of Russian tourists. 
So so so many 18-45yr olds are just staying here and hoping to not get caught on an overstay for long enough that when they inevitable do get sent home the war will be over. 
Lots of couples and families. Very few single men. >

When I was in Phuket, it felt like the city was 1/3 Thai 1/3 Russia 1/3 Everyone else >

Half of Phuket is owned by Russians. Russia Mafia has strong investment there too. And the local hates them. >

Yea. Part of the reason I kept a very wide berth to anyone Russian... never know who they're connected to. One drunken argument and you're getting your throat cut... or defenstrated. >

There is a saying here "Russian business or Russian girl....don't go inside" >

Jeez that’s kinda scary >

The scary thing is the severe overlap between your average Russian here and a British chav.
Cut from the same cloth somehow >

Can confirm, am average russian, bloody love the British culture, movies, music and language. >

I know what chavs are, I've got raised in a very criminal low income neighborhood, projects if you will.
That was a satire. >

I am from Kazakhstan. The title of this article is wrong. The actual article is right - there was no unlimited stay. Russians are allowed to be in Kazakhstan (KZ) only for 90 days. 
But for those who fled the mobilisation, those 90 days are long over. Those who decided to stay in KZ either already did visa runs, or received the documents to stay in KZ.
But important thing is that russians who are staying in northern territories didn't do visaruns too, because Kazakhstan is huge, so visarun will take lots of time. Most of them just received documents to stay in KZ. 
To receive the document to stay in KZ for a year officially, you need to work for KZ employer, but the practice shows that it is extremely easy to get documents even if you don't work here.
I have two friends who fled Russia in September. One of them already works for KZ employer who made them documents for one year, and the other is remote worker, but he still got documents to stay in the country without any problems. >


the other is remote worker, but he still got documents to stay in the country without any problems

Did they actually bribe someone or did the officials just allow it for whatever reason?
I've heard multiple accounts on the fact that the corruption is even more wide-spread in KZ than it is in Russia, which seems wild and unbelievable to me, but then again, given the situation, it's possible that some people are either seizing the opportunity that the fleeing Russians create, or genuinely want to help people stay there "legally" (for a less-than-legal compensation). >


Did they actually bribe someone or did the officials just allow it for whatever reason?

The usual way (in many places around the world) is register as an entrepreneur (or register an enterprise) that does nothing. >

Hopefully nothing about this is a mutually agreed upon tactic for to round up & mobilize a portion of those who evaded mobilization. >

It might just be a question of getting them out, because they can just move to another country and not go back to Russia. Kazakhstan has started to give fewer and fewer fucks about Russia since the re-invasion.
The truth is that we will never know the reason. >

Funny that. >

Do you smoke crack? Just like reddit loves to say "america is sorry we arent really like that" when it comes to shitty leaders. 40-50% voted for that asshole recently in america. Putin also has a high approval and no its not for show. 
A large portion of russians are horrible.