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Re: Russian Green Card coming to a lottery near you soon..
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2016, 11:51:36 AM »
Can't imagine anything much less desirable...
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Re: Russian Green Card coming to a lottery near you soon..
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2016, 12:08:58 PM »
Can't imagine anything much less desirable...

Why??? Its boring in Western Europe. I could never live in Denmark its like where you go to retire , smoke your pipe and sit in from of the fire with your slippers on after a pint?
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Re: Russian Green Card coming to a lottery near you soon..
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2016, 08:14:52 PM »
Can't imagine anything much less desirable...

It would make going and coming for married folks easier.
What is worse than not being able to get what you don't even want?

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Re: Russian Green Card coming to a lottery near you soon..
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2016, 11:47:53 PM »
Can't imagine anything much less desirable...

Why??? Its boring in Western Europe. I could never live in Denmark its like where you go to retire , smoke your pipe and sit in from of the fire with your slippers on after a pint?

Do you not have a residence permit already??
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Re: Russian Green Card coming to a lottery near you soon..
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2016, 11:50:34 PM »
Can't imagine anything much less desirable...

It would make going and coming for married folks easier.

It seems to be only for those who wish to reside permanently in Russia...

Americans can now get a multi-entry 3 year visitors visa, which makes for much easier visiting...
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Re: Russian Green Card coming to a lottery near you soon..
« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2016, 02:11:14 AM »
Can't imagine anything much less desirable...

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Why??? Its boring in Western Europe. I could never live in Denmark its like where you go to retire , smoke your pipe and sit in from of the fire with your slippers on after a pint?
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Moby is not into city living - but I'd take Copenhagen over Moscow - any day.. [ S.C lived there 20 plus years and feels the same ]     Piter.. is a great place to visit  ..  Moby  bought PC components from Denmark [!] and regularly flew Ryanair to 'Malmo' Sturup and hired a car in Sweden - just so he could cross THAT bridge..

However, if the Green card allowed me to live in the hills above Sochi ....... I'd fly drones, try to learn to ski - again - and teach sailing whist learning to make Black honey, popping into the local micro brewery bar for a pint  with the 'dog'  .....Might have to send S.C to Thailand from Jan to March - as she doesn't like the cold and Sochi is suffering a freakishly cold winter..Bliss.
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Re: Russian Green Card coming to a lottery near you soon..
« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2016, 03:07:27 AM »
Can't imagine anything much less desirable...
I would very much like to have a method that doesn't add $200 on every time I visit my inlaws in Crimea.

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Re: Russian Green Card coming to a lottery near you soon..
« Reply #8 on: December 17, 2016, 04:23:26 AM »

I would very much like to have a method that doesn't add $200 on every time I visit my inlaws in Crimea.

The only downside of the transition from Ukr. to Rus.

I see - so the cost - now in Roubles haven't gone through the roof ?! ...Crimea is more expensive than neighbouring Krasnodar Krai ..
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Re: Russian Green Card coming to a lottery near you soon..
« Reply #9 on: December 17, 2016, 06:13:36 AM »
Does Russia need immigrants? Are they looking to transform those wide open spaces into a multiculty hellhole?
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Re: Russian Green Card coming to a lottery near you soon..
« Reply #10 on: December 17, 2016, 07:26:41 AM »
Can't imagine anything much less desirable...

Why??? Its boring in Western Europe. I could never live in Denmark its like where you go to retire , smoke your pipe and sit in from of the fire with your slippers on after a pint?

Do you not have a residence permit already??

No I have been here illegally for years.. problem is anytime I decide to travel I need to crawl through a few hedges and swim through a few rivers to exit the country.. :chuckle:
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Re: Russian Green Card coming to a lottery near you soon..
« Reply #11 on: December 17, 2016, 08:47:43 AM »
Can't imagine anything much less desirable...

Why??? Its boring in Western Europe. I could never live in Denmark its like where you go to retire , smoke your pipe and sit in from of the fire with your slippers on after a pint?

Do you not have a residence permit already??

No I have been here illegally for years.. problem is anytime I decide to travel I need to crawl through a few hedges and swim through a few rivers to exit the country.. :chuckle:

Watch out for them  :censored: ing Icebergs, look at what they did to the "Titanic", you'll have no chance against them.. :ROFL:
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Re: Russian Green Card coming to a lottery near you soon..
« Reply #12 on: December 17, 2016, 08:56:39 AM »
Can't imagine anything much less desirable...

Why??? Its boring in Western Europe. I could never live in Denmark its like where you go to retire , smoke your pipe and sit in from of the fire with your slippers on after a pint?

Do you not have a residence permit already??

No I have been here illegally for years.. problem is anytime I decide to travel I need to crawl through a few hedges and swim through a few rivers to exit the country.. :chuckle:

Watch out for them  :censored: ing Icebergs, look at what they did to the "Titanic", you'll have no chance against them.. :ROFL:

I can't swim... :ROFL: :ROFL:
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Re: Russian Green Card coming to a lottery near you soon..
« Reply #13 on: December 17, 2016, 09:17:35 AM »
Can't imagine anything much less desirable...

Why??? Its boring in Western Europe. I could never live in Denmark its like where you go to retire , smoke your pipe and sit in from of the fire with your slippers on after a pint?

Do you not have a residence permit already??

No I have been here illegally for years.. problem is anytime I decide to travel I need to crawl through a few hedges and swim through a few rivers to exit the country.. :chuckle:

What will you do if you get seriously ill or infirm? Pretty sure Russian Gov. won't help and neither will UK if you've been out so long. No free ride in UK anymore...
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Re: Russian Green Card coming to a lottery near you soon..
« Reply #14 on: December 17, 2016, 09:46:57 AM »
Can't imagine anything much less desirable...

Why??? Its boring in Western Europe. I could never live in Denmark its like where you go to retire , smoke your pipe and sit in from of the fire with your slippers on after a pint?

Do you not have a residence permit already??

No I have been here illegally for years.. problem is anytime I decide to travel I need to crawl through a few hedges and swim through a few rivers to exit the country.. :chuckle:

What will you do if you get seriously ill or infirm? Pretty sure Russian Gov. won't help and neither will UK if you've been out so long. No free ride in UK anymore...

I will cross that bridge should it happen..I don't think of that kind of stuff, if you do you never land up doing anything in life other than sitting being content. Its a little like not flying incase the plane comes down. What ever happens in life I will solve it , thats more important for me.
I guess if i woke up with a brain tumour tomorrow I would return to the Uk and die somewhere over there, it life :(
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Re: Russian Green Card coming to a lottery near you soon..
« Reply #15 on: December 17, 2016, 09:51:37 AM »
Can't imagine anything much less desirable...

Why??? Its boring in Western Europe. I could never live in Denmark its like where you go to retire , smoke your pipe and sit in from of the fire with your slippers on after a pint?

Do you not have a residence permit already??

No I have been here illegally for years.. problem is anytime I decide to travel I need to crawl through a few hedges and swim through a few rivers to exit the country.. :chuckle:

What will you do if you get seriously ill or infirm? Pretty sure Russian Gov. won't help and neither will UK if you've been out so long. No free ride in UK anymore...

Of course I could always go get a sun tan , catch the Euro express to London and claim to be homeless or a be a Fakeugee. That would solve it... :laugh:  Probably get good hospital treatment AND a 3 bedroom house :laugh:
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Re: Russian Green Card coming to a lottery near you soon..
« Reply #16 on: December 17, 2016, 10:00:05 AM »
Can't imagine anything much less desirable...

Why??? Its boring in Western Europe. I could never live in Denmark its like where you go to retire , smoke your pipe and sit in from of the fire with your slippers on after a pint?

Do you not have a residence permit already??

No I have been here illegally for years.. problem is anytime I decide to travel I need to crawl through a few hedges and swim through a few rivers to exit the country.. :chuckle:

What will you do if you get seriously ill or infirm? Pretty sure Russian Gov. won't help and neither will UK if you've been out so long. No free ride in UK anymore...

Somebody really need to re-check their facts... :coffeeread:
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Re: Russian Green Card coming to a lottery near you soon..
« Reply #17 on: December 17, 2016, 10:03:32 AM »
I see - so the cost - now in Roubles haven't gone through the roof ?! ...Crimea is more expensive than neighbouring Krasnodar Krai ..
My inlaws don't live in Krasnodar Krai.
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Re: Russian Green Card coming to a lottery near you soon..
« Reply #18 on: December 17, 2016, 10:05:47 AM »
Can't imagine anything much less desirable...

Why??? Its boring in Western Europe. I could never live in Denmark its like where you go to retire , smoke your pipe and sit in from of the fire with your slippers on after a pint?

Do you not have a residence permit already??

No I have been here illegally for years.. problem is anytime I decide to travel I need to crawl through a few hedges and swim through a few rivers to exit the country.. :chuckle:

What will you do if you get seriously ill or infirm? Pretty sure Russian Gov. won't help and neither will UK if you've been out so long. No free ride in UK anymore...

Somebody really need to re-check their facts... :coffeeread:

I don't see how you can move away to another country with just the thought of "What happens if" Its a very negative way of thinking, can you imagine if every one thought like this? Humans would never land on the moon..there would be no chance of space travel, cos that makes you go blind..What if they got ill on the moon?

Think positive  :thumbsup:



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Re: Russian Green Card coming to a lottery near you soon..
« Reply #19 on: December 17, 2016, 10:21:49 AM »

I don't see how you can move away to another country with just the thought of "What happens if" Its a very negative way of thinking, can you imagine if every one thought like this? Humans would never land on the moon..there would be no chance of space travel, cos that makes you go blind..What if they got ill on the moon?

Think positive  :thumbsup:

Did they, or was it all more US propaganda??

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« Reply #20 on: December 17, 2016, 11:11:42 AM »
There would be no USA now if everyone was a pessimist ? I mean it took three months to just sail over there! And when they arrived there was NO medical services. Do you think these people thought "Well what happens if I get ill?" or "What happens if I get the shits?"  :ROFL:

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« Reply #21 on: December 17, 2016, 12:28:38 PM »
There would be no USA now if everyone was a pessimist ? I mean it took three months to just sail over there! And when they arrived there was NO medical services. Do you think these people thought "Well what happens if I get ill?" or "What happens if I get the shits?"  :ROFL:
I think having the shits was pretty much the norm.  :chuckle:

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Re: Russian Green Card coming to a lottery near you soon..
« Reply #22 on: December 17, 2016, 07:58:51 PM »
No I have been here illegally for years.. problem is anytime I decide to travel I need to crawl through a few hedges and swim through a few rivers to exit the country..

I was lead to believe you have the Uranus 928.B (TT~CB) an intergalatic warp drive time traveler with cyber body freezing?
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« Reply #23 on: December 17, 2016, 10:49:23 PM »
No I have been here illegally for years.. problem is anytime I decide to travel I need to crawl through a few hedges and swim through a few rivers to exit the country..

I was lead to believe you have the Uranus 928.B (TT~CB) an intergalatic warp drive time traveler with cyber body freezing?

Made in China of course.. :laugh:
That model is not made in Russia.. ;D
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« Reply #24 on: December 18, 2016, 06:03:59 AM »
No I have been here illegally for years.. problem is anytime I decide to travel I need to crawl through a few hedges and swim through a few rivers to exit the country..

I was lead to believe you have the Uranus 928.B (TT~CB) an intergalatic warp drive time traveler with cyber body freezing?

I wish! Unfortunately I have to take the local trolly bus and at some time die with the rest of the people. :(
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