re: #307 Feline Fearless Leader

That’s what I figured. So they’re caught between a rock and a hard place.

With exception of perhaps some old people, who were objectively too old in 1991 to learn the language, no, they are not. On the contrary, they have all the opportunities. Learn the language and become a citizen of a EU country, with all the freedom and democracy this entails. Don’t care much about democracy? Become a Russian citizen. The economic situation is not as good as in Europe, but certainly is bearable. One may not flourish, but one can make a good living. Don’t care about democracy, love Russia, but don’t want to go there because it’s simply more comfortable living in Europe and being a Russian patriot from afar? Tough luck, hypocrite.

But anyway, thousands of non-citizens are getting naturalized each year. The problem will eventually get solved.