the, the, the of wanted to come here since i was 121 of my grandfather told me his mom came from russia of, i was part russian. i didn't plan on staying this long and i was gonna look around, i was gonna see if it was for me. if i like it, maybe i'll look at some properties. come back in a few more years after i'm retired and then just finish out life in russia. but

then i came and then i was like, i don't remember when i go home. that's how i felt about rush. i love it. i love it so much here that i don't even want to leave. i just want to travel around rush. i have no desire to go to any other country. the ever been in your life here. the i've only lived here a few months, but i wanted to tell you what fascinates me about russia and share the stories of other foreigners who lived here. like jay who worked as a chef and now raises godes and makes cheese in the countryside. like chad who has been granted political asylum because he's being persecuted by the f b. i like an american family. that recently moved to russia with 6 children the

the year we are happy to be here. this is my friend joe. a few months ago he immigrated to russia with his large family. now i'm on the way to visit him. i want to find out why he decided to move here and how he likes it in russia to doing very good. the joe is an i t program manager. he worked in many large companies including microsoft, but he gave up everything and moved to russia with his wife and 6 children. and now they are about to have a 7. so apparently they had a very good reason to relocate. did he talk you into russia? no, i think, to be honest, we 1st rich the same conclusion. some states have had issues where they've come in and they've removed the child from here because they're claiming the child's being

abused by not being able to think it was uh, is 6 states in less than 6 months past these laws that even a 5 year old kid can be taken away from their parents and take them to the hospital and shop a lot. yeah. that's just a reality we've uh and people ask us okay, well, i mean like, is it ramped and is it happening to like everybody have you been threatened with that? no, i'm not an idiot. i don't wait around for this stuff to continue to progress because that's what's been going on for the last several decades. a lot of people with traditional values wouldn't take the agenda, right. they wouldn't take it, i know them and they flash a lot of traditional teachers anywhere. they flashing traditional switches out of the system that's filling it up with cookies. and these people like child stressed out that being bullied. so they send them home with, we're maybe your upset cuz you're actually the rooms and just like maybe you're actually just helping people going on here. and they actually condition these tools

to say that. and so it's, it's going on and on the amount of schools that have had secret classes one recently where they were having classes after school every day for a year. and they were actually, they weren't doing art at all. oh, actually transgender crosses. and this is the, the article as well sir, who you, these parents to the children were attending on clocks. literally this complete in version we're perfectly fine shaming you if you're a straight white male is you have a lot of kids, people to walk up to my wife, make rude comments, are available, say the materials and things. if you take care, you know, nobody could criticize or for women coming out to me. children, well behavior is let me see what she says are you out of your mind and she starts lane and to me, everybody is terrified. there is no freedom of speech in america anymore. you say something really mean about that. would you be the organization or anything like that? oh, you'll be black, docks for life. people had to down no joke. i took

a picture of christmas day because we had a boy's hand. this is like the most traditional in the angle world. the just the boys had and hand bare. i. b decked with bays in rosemary and somebody tag this animal rights activist group. put out my name where i worked, who the phone numbers to like, oh, had somebody complain at the tread tread for eating a pigs. had brought it here in russia. you can say what you think were out loud and the most relieving thing in the world. you actually are like me. this is actually really enjoyable. you can make jokes about this sort of stuff. nobody would you know, cancel you or try to dock to or anything like that. talk about it, it was fine. whatever you're moving on the. what about health carey? are you all worried about getting like the kids to a doctor or the cost?

oh, okay. well, i told him, i mean, this goes from the end of last year and i had to go get a surgery. uh, i was just like, oh, great, awesome. so like this is over for us because i'm going to drop, you know, tens of thousands of dollars on this, which i would have definitely in the states. i have like one of the best orthopedic surgeons. like 5 star level hospital room, 1300 bucks. yeah. my 1st pregnancy ended up being on medicare stay and i think the bill was a $100000.00. we got a big discount on it because it was self pay. it was like $80000.00 and then we had the medical sharing, but still it was like intense was the looses, it's good to russian c. o, your little russian boy tables one of his best way to see his high chance we look at in the morning, i'd make money, he'd say, he what were your thoughts before coming to russia with a special military operation? and how did you feel? were you worried that there was going to be like more on the outskirts of moscow?

are you i never yeah. no, i thought there was going to be a war and i didn't want to be sitting, you know, at home in the middle of kansas down the street from fort riley with the let me just say that i feel a lot safer here, right? than i do in america, if actual world war 3, breaking down much, much better to be here, we don't have any kind of defense that could suit anything that i mean, right? something goes on over in the, in the states. it's over me, you know, i remember right before we left, we, uh, we heard reports the russian nuclear sub just pop his head of right off the coast of dc. hey, we're right here, just so you know, don't forget that we're right here. so there's nothing that you're going to defend against. this goes sideways for the whole world, the euro. russian. so you love this house, the,

what are the learning funny? yeah, the, so we're on the way to meet somebody who is pretty famous here in russia. he's a farmer and ex pat has been here since the 19 ninety's, so he shouldn't give us an interesting perspective on how things have changed here . one of the things he's most known for is cheap. so today i'm hoping that we can see some cheese production and get to meet some animals on his farm. the tobacco excuse me, another american. so serious idea who was gum?

yeah, and the another yang. a story go built to go. all right, awesome. it's hard to believe now that j was a famous shift to even to, to the rolling stones. he used to run several restaurants in moscow. he was also a dear double biker and radio host, but he gave it all up sort of submarine, which he had more in france and bought land in the countryside. then he built a house and moved here. is that, let's get rid of a 2 calves one boil in 3 years will have lead milk. i agreed and there we go. 3 years later the rope starts and what are you going to do, which are related to milk? that's how j starting making cheese, and would you believe it? he became one of the most famous keys makers in russia. although when he 1st came here, you couldn't imagine anything of the sorts. i got here many 3 things, shooting at the white house and it was there was little money for us was in the

hospital as well and a board and everything was really bad. you mean, i couldn't imagine that. another country surviving. i think americans would die hungry. i didn't leave here right away. i came for 10 days and 20 days and 40 days . and then 61 a senior roland, more like home. i would start to go to other countries and i just want to get back home to rush. so it's home. i say to people, hey, if you can live in a rush, you can live anywhere in the world. it's not easy here. i mean, of course it's hard, it's one of the language of the alphabet, of the culture stammer shaking hands under a doorway. the boxes on the table. man, it's thousands of. i don't believe in the life of the divine judge wouldn't because it's like a habits. i asked jay if he's afraid to stay in russia after all, our countries have a very troubled relationship. the us embassy regularly urges people to leave,

but this is what happened before when birth or the assistant to was problem reasonable. garcey, there was not k c a to common history info, training all their games on the tv. they were the ones writing the programs way better day. there was a lot of people say to anybody you a long here was economy. anybody out of different idea was economy, news like this river stuff. the russians are guilty. they made a trump for president or hillary, clint, believe they linked or e mails. it's all the russians for how many elections and wayne got into word. how many sessions nations of elected officials have we actually done re re war against the paper because they weren't lynch regular? just think that the russians available right when really rich and really like the

biggest friends. i don't understand that at all. jay's business is going well and things have been going particularly well since a europe imposed sanctions banning in ports of cheese into rush and j as in suffering from the new sanctions either or so as far as possible. i seen wishing to fax, you wait tabasco sauce made in the usa sanctions or failed. ok. what's the address? yeah, well, i think version of the same dollars. same ice cream. you know, the oil you made in the usa, even j will confirm sanctions and russia have failed. he ordered this on as on, which is why i'm always ordering things. a j had to take his car to the garage today for an oil change, and i've decided to go with them. i want to see what car services like in the

russian hinterland. the of the during the 2nd world war pull underground power, military organizations and potent occupied by german troops, as well as in the bordering regions of bella. lewis were united into the so called home on a trip to the political center or would the organ let me do the prospect just as close. i use a beloved list and by putting the front of it, as i say, considering the shifting when they put you through this issue, which i speak of who mommy was the main organization of the publish resistance fighting against jim and occupation and soviet rule for the army continue away. 1920 the little ship. boy shop. really a boy stokes. i mean,

you're serious. going to put those on anything. usually a so you know, that's what i was the home on a county down operation was to destroy the nazis. but then switch to settling schools with soviet partisans and the civilian population that supported them. they have a nearby to automate car you over to destroy your hospitality today. well, i've been in the data product for my goal associates can product is on the new post that has to be a liberal in the event, or just the quick is devali. 60 those up letting me know 40 points. when you go to you, belittle, and i serious deal of for the new process. jim sidney we 0 and we use empties to cheat anymore. the oh, i sort of get salt, salt, salt in the road, salt milk. yeah. so the notes now guys really to me

right of here. yeah. the guys have to push, push them, know that the option is done. you got it. you got it. all right, let's see if we can 1st jay's car. what's rocket for shit, the stop bar looks like we're good to look at that. a look at this beautiful village to wow. what's the key up the hill? this is amazing place here, this is a beautiful village. by the way. a lot of people in america think these villages are just like falling apart. so a lot of your neighbors coming, they buy choose from. you still have to go buy chains or masterclass. they learn

how to make cheese. oh, they come and learn how to make g for james, dropping his car off for an oil change. this is a russian brides. look at that and really look too much different than an american garage. they find out the middle of the country. so he'll bring home 3 years. we're really not sure. ok. is there any upgrades or warning rooms for you? that's it. what do you pay for oil change day and like i'm dollars 10 dollars. $10.00. oh. maybe 5 dollars, 5 dollars. is it a good? let's go, the time is coming to try chase cheese. he has a small shop and many kinds of different cheese j says there are 50 varieties in total. so it is just part of the natural process every day. turn it over the

rubber down. talk to good morning. she next week. this is romano like was really good. this is this is called to tell you the garden. so dried tomatoes, bell peppers, stinking metal metal. grumpy with rush. shockley. yes, i'm a sick man, but you know, don't hold it against the i'm heading to the northern capital of st. petersburg and american lives there whom the f. b. i has been hunting for 18 years. he's on interpose a red list, they try to extradite him to the united states from different countries, 4 times now lives in russia. i've been following his story for a while, and i can finally personally ask why the f b i as after him i'm in st. petersburg, russia right now my 1st time,

and it's probably the coldest day since i've arrived in russia. i am feeling it to my bones right now. the pills are due to it's up how you doing more? here's the role of the frozen as well. the more you tomorrow i can't feel anything . oh no you came. i think you brought this weather with you man. yeah, i'm not good. it is so i don't know to go back and tell me a little bit about yourself. like, uh, what, what made you decide to come to russia? i received asylum and so far as i know in the next man, if there's no to get it. and that's american us embassies and 4 countries that come after me is wild. and so with a couple of theories, the one that most people come to me 1st is like, oh, there's just a bunch of bureaucratic mistakes, but there's no way they rate it. our house in 2002 in cyprus, they have a huge file and my wife, they've interrogated me, they've visited me in boulder in prison personally as be i came,

they tried to make deals. and also whenever can microsoft, i cover in the middle east and africa and i had several intelligence agency trying to recruit me to work for them. and when i kept saying no, they wanted to make an offer. i couldn't refuse and they have a history that tooth and is approvable, know because when they try and recruiters not like they leave behind a business card to say, hey, you know, i'm from the intelligence agency, but very clearly there are 3 recruitment of drums. why is it that the f b i is looking for you on the website? they say that i legally retain my son, which is not because i had custody of my son anyways. he already lived in europe the and you can prove this. yeah, i brought it in and they said they told a newspapers, indictment, they said that i physically kidnapped him with the problem was, i was in the united states and neither was the, the and just 2 months prior. the same judge who set this whole thing up, put him on a plane using police to return to me because he was visiting his mother for the summer in the us and she didn't want to return him. and the judge said, nope,

he said the police take away, put them on a plane and then he the same judge, basically the foundation for get up and that whole thing's been dismissed, but the feds weren't dismissed there in the and he's, he's your strongest witness in this case and he is, he's 27 now. yeah. he's done news interviews on american television saying that he was never kidnapped and as all the fires because when the guy does the sort of things, the only thing is ever fixed. it has massive publicity. i work the social media, sometimes the dance that you're gonna have to do is you'll do everything and yeah, i'm a 49 year old, bad man, but that's awesome for me to work. right? yeah, i have a little steve to these by now and that's how it works. i had to order 2 police officers to physically movies my mother and put me on a plane back to my dad hollis. and i'm not that say this is actual insanity. chad son now lives in the caribbean and he's still on the missing children's list. and chat is still on a wanted list. were you ever contracted by the government?

no, never. do you think maybe and this is just me being curious. do you think that perhaps uh, something that you may have worked on for one of these companies might be a reason for any of this. i, i never worked on anything that was secretive or anything sort of that i have built software that's been in the space station. it is used by the government. right. but it's communication software. when i moved to russia in early 2001, i married into a family and lived with a family who worked in a military aviation factory. and they didn't like suite the forest or the thing. and it's not like they could possibly get access to military technology. they were engineers, they hadn't coverage. okay. so these were close family members and we did in the same household for many years. and they had basically, i guess what an american we called top secretary ok. and it became pretty evident that somebody in the american halogens agency had some kind of wet dream that

thought i could somehow blackmail my family to get me information. okay. it was never going to happen. we never discuss this stuff. my family would never give me information about that. i would never ask. russia may have and i don't have to do this, but maybe they offer me this island because i believe rushing us far about more case my case than i do. right. and maybe it was a thank you for you know, hey, you had the chance to turn on us and you didn't, i don't know. do you feel safe, ever returning to the united states of america? no. and you feel safe here? oh, absolutely. it is extremely secure. for americans ask me all the time if that covers it towards the safe and americans to be more safe in the city is here. they are whole. i say this philosophy, the slides back home, i had a concealed weapons permit. i had to carry, hang on with me everywhere i went. and since i've been here, people ask you, what about your gun rights now? what's the need for it? no need a gun. there is an american to say that that's really amazing to try are expected. i have a friend from new york and he lives here and he says he got marked on average 3

times a year in new york. it's just, it's really crazy and i filled the metro's here and people like where the people who. yeah, where is there a fee? yes, a drug kind of do the videos that all the time and they always ask the same thing. like me chat is asked a lot of strange questions on tick tock. recently he was asked if it's true that russia had run out of tomatoes. the american media often writes nonsense stories about russian and people believe that. so we decided to drive to the market and see for our center to support. oh wow, look at this place. funny on the for the fish. a feel next week. the fisher and 5. yeah. yeah. they are. yes. be on your own. yes. yes. yeah. yes. i have come to spy on your plan without everybody as a they have to man is here not. he said, russian,

okay, just a minute and let's take a look. i think there's okay, so tell me does that look like that's a main audience? the tomato i like. yeah. tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes, all the way down, tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes, then all the way down to man estimate, estimate is. yeah. so it's all 1st of all, look at these because i've seen this based on uh, already was look joe, look right over here. a look at the gates is that amazing? got $32.00 boys, $1.00 and $1.00 of the belly. okay. we're good. i keep counting kids. i'm so paranoid because of america and america, i'm sorry. what i'd like tucked them into their jacket. last one. yeah. these are very high swings. papa has to be careful not to push it too high. okay. your wife

was telling me when she's on the forms for like mothers and america. yeah. that they talk about not letting their children, i guess not giving their children a gender. oh yeah. that's so weird. yeah. i mean, it sounds like, yeah it's, it's amazing really in america, not all, but it seems like a small portion i'd say are just brain i've never been felt safe for my entire life . i've been living here. moscow is, feels very safe by people help us around the city all the time and moscow parts there everywhere. i mean, i've never had so much stuff for my kids to do ever in america the, the kids when they're like by themselves and you like panic, like where's their parents? somebody's gonna take the kids from the city. they had a part for a kid called worlds of fun, thousands of people over a decade,

thousands of kids. it was being run by peter risk. and they were just taking kids and was never getting reported on like these kids are just disappearing for these theme parks. listen, i'm talking about a news aids here. just safe. yeah. in some ways i feel like i've already fulfilled my dream. i've gotten them out right now. it is just about stabilize. right. so that, that to me is the most important people like want to talk about, you know, oh, it's a, it's a bad thing to do something if you're running away, i get those comments on social media all the time. why did you run? mm. i didn't run i left, you know that this horrible thing that happened with the crocus. right. and everybody is like calling me from the states. hey, are you okay huh. and i'm like, what do you mean? should i be calling you every, every week? right? every day i cool. you live in chicago, should i call you on saturdays in the morning? are you okay? one thing has happened, which is truly horrible. but since what the ninety's to to 2000. yeah. and,

and, and you're calling me to see if i'm ok. no, i'm concerned about you. right the what are your future plans? so i am looking for a job now that i'm asylum, i can work your legal way. so that's great. i like to find a public speaking job or maybe something and media on tv, something and st. petersburg? no, because i don't want to move the mazda from mazda is great. but st. petersburg, my job, what do you like most about st. petersburg? why do you like this city? you know, i've, i've traveled to almost 70 countries. i've lived and 12, and it's really my favorite city, an entire world. i mean, the people here as you see, if you even slightly brush into somebody there to stop 6. yeah. they hold a doors, feels like you're living in a small town. there's something magical about the city to me, the lab be here in time. i just want to come back here to religion and country to deal with one. go to my

dogs and dad's and why change. i love reading change. so it's all i can describe there is where you feel i cool it don't have to be your land. it can be way or lower, where you are in wired away or an example to the people our plans. now i'm assuming you're going to go for citizenship. absolutely, and you're not looking back. this is you, i get it is, i totally get it. i've got about 6 or 7 people that want to come visit this year. right. but i've warned every single one of them i said, you know, the worst part about visiting russia is when you get here, you don't want to lease 100 percent. so it's, you want to be a russian citizen. he asked me to about you, joe, you want to be a russian with absolutely, most of it the. ready the

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