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Russia is ordering all of its officials to fly home any relatives living abroad amid heightened tensions over the prospect of global war, it has been claimed. Politicians and high-ranking figures are said to have received a warning from president Vladimir Putin to bring their loved-ones home to the 'Motherland', according to local media. It comes after Putin cancelled a planned visit to France amid a furious row over Moscow's role in the Syrian conflict and just days after it emerged the Kremlin had moved nuclear-capable missiles near to the Polish border. Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has also warned that the world is at a 'dangerous point' due to rising tensions between Russia and the US.
The claim of a looming exodus of Russians was initially published by znak.com, a news website based in Yekaterinburg in the Urals. It cited five unanimous officials, who said they had been “unofficially recommended” by the Kremlin to bring home their relatives living abroad.
Students studying in foreign universities should ask for transfer to Russian universities to continue their education, the report said. Elderly relatives would have to spend their retirement in Russia rather than in the West, it added. The punishment for not following the alleged recommendation would be a stall in career.
When asked about the report, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was the first time he had heard about the alleged pull-out of officials’ family members.
originally posted by: Willtell
a reply to: Bloodydagger
in one word Yes
originally posted by: Bloodydagger
a reply to: Willtell
So the Russians are the good guys in all of this and in the right?
originally posted by: midicon
Russia, as a nation appears to have a different mind-set towards war, that is in the sense of...it wasn't so long ago that Moscow built 5000 nuclear bunkers for it's population. We have zilch.
originally posted by: tigertatzen
originally posted by: Bloodydagger
a reply to: Willtell
So the Russians are the good guys in all of this and in the right?
I'm afraid he is right about that. Go back a few months and listen to what Putin has been saying. He's been warning his people for a while now.