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Effete Snob

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7. How would you like to be three years in to a four year degree program there?

Reply to doc03 (Reply #3)

Wed Sep 28, 2022, 09:07 AM

Sep 2022

How would you like to have a wife, a house and a job there, and nowhere to live in the US?

How would you like to be five years in to a six year employment contract under which most of your pay for the contract is held until completion?

How would you like to be judged by strangers a world away with no conception of your circumstances?

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per CNN: U.S. Embassy Warns Americans to leave Russia now [View all] JohnSJ Sep 2022 OP

Um, am I the only one who is thinking lindysalsagal Sep 2022 #1

probably because you don't understand all the various situations Effete Snob Sep 2022 #4

Russian-American dual nationals may have family or other strong links not easily walked away from. Eugene Sep 2022 #5

And nowhere to go to in the US Effete Snob Sep 2022 #6

One grandchild's school friends was in Russia last year to take care of grandmother. haele Sep 2022 #14

I am surprised we are still there nt Tickle Sep 2022 #23

Found the article to reference Ouroborosnek Sep 2022 #2

They have to be told to leave Russia? nt doc03 Sep 2022 #3

How would you like to be three years in to a four year degree program there? Effete Snob Sep 2022 #7

Huh? Americans are being warned and advised to come back home now. msfiddlestix Sep 2022 #10

Or they were born there and have never been to the US Effete Snob Sep 2022 #11

Do I understand you correctly? There are Russians who became Citizens who have never left Russia, msfiddlestix Sep 2022 #12

If you are born to a US citizen dsc Sep 2022 #15

Fair point. msfiddlestix Sep 2022 #21

Russians born from US Citizens who stayed in Russia after the Soviet Union broke up. haele Sep 2022 #16

And don't forget children of divorced parents Effete Snob Sep 2022 #18

Yes, that's right Effete Snob Sep 2022 #17

You see this guy: Effete Snob Sep 2022 #19

Right. A lot of people are also doing significant work they believe in Hortensis Sep 2022 #22

Right? msfiddlestix Sep 2022 #9

I'm a little bit stunned this warning is being issued now, isn't it rather late? msfiddlestix Sep 2022 #8

Up to now, a U.S. Passport has made a difference. Happy Hoosier Sep 2022 #13

Does that include Tucker Traildogbob Sep 2022 #20