Canadian farmer Arend Feenstra, who moved to Russia through a streamlined immigration program for citizens of “unfriendly” countries who share “traditional values,” has complained that he cannot get a permanent residence permit. The news outlet Nizhny Novgorod Onlain drew attention to his YouTube video.
Feenstra received a three-year temporary residence permit in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region in early 2025. He then brought his wife and eight children to Russia and began farming.
But Feenstra has now learned that to replace his temporary residence permit with a permanent one, he must sign a contract with Russia’s Defense Ministry.
“I didn’t come here to sign a contract […] I have eight young children […] I’d rather take my chances in Canada, though I think living there is risky too,” Feenstra said.
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He also said his family no longer recommends that other foreigners move to Russia because the authorities keep changing the rules and “there’s no way forward.”
Motherfucker thinks CANADA is “risky” jfc
Imagine having the cash to move 8 kids to Russia to start a farm and then saying “I’ll move back”
Guy is a total idiot, pearl clutching, bible thumper. He can stay there, the dumb bitch.
Amen!
As a Canadian, good fucking riddance to anyone who thinks “tradition” is anything other than a dog whistle for Fuck You Got Mine.
Well, it’s more often “don’t got mine, blame immigrants, and don’t like gays either”. The richer parts of the population leans pretty progressive.
May all of his 8 kids turn out to be happy and SUPER GAY.
Can we not let them back in? The kids can come back so long as they’re gay, but otherwise he made his choice and should have to pick a new country to hide from people he sees as too different. With Canada off the list, I don’t know what good options he even has left. Maybe North Korea?
As someone who has never been to Canada, what is so risky there that is only slightly comparable to the war in Ukraine?
In Canada, if you are a hate crime organizer, your bank accounts can be frozen if they’re used for funding hate.
That’s the risk he was fleeing from.
People may call you a racist, mysogynist, homophobe, and/or transphobe if you act like a racist, mysogynist, homophobe, and/or transphobe.
Support for children who go no-contact with their parents, support for wives that divorce their husbands.
If you’re an abuser, a free society is terrifying.
There’s a chance that you’ll get a visit from the local goose council, and they’ll force you to sign a goose ministry pact.
The barrista forgets to say your welcome when you thank them for your coffee
Our Liberal government /s
Christian nationalists are suckers.
Those are the traditional values most like. Some try to create the future others try to go back to the good old times and are pissed when nothing was good
Ha ha, classic bait and switch!
