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Russia Says It Has Deported Four Americans

posted on April 25, 2014 at 5:08pm EDT
Updated 6:38 p.m. with comment from a State Department official.

WASHINGTON — Four Americans have been fined and deported from Russia and accused of “propagandizing American values,” according to a statement from the federal migration service of the Russian Republic of Chuvashia.

The Americans were all teaching English in the city of Cheboksary while on tourist visas, the statement said. Their deportation comes at a time of heightened tensions with Russia, as the U.S. has declared that Moscow broke the terms of an agreement over Ukraine reached in Geneva last week and is said to be preparing new sanctions.

“On April 24 and 25, employees of the Russian Federal Migration Service in the Chuvashia Republic detained 4 citizens of the United States of America, who arrived in the Russian Federation with the goal of tourism,” the statement reads. “During practically their whole time being in the city of Cheboksary they taught English to students of the foreign language faculty at the Chuvashsky government Yakovlev pedagogical university, propagandizing American values.”

http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/russia-says-it-has-deported-four-americans

Sashadroogie · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 9:19 am Post subject:

Quite right too. Can't have these Peace Corp types running around the Paradise spreading their propaganda. Especially on a tourist visa.

Deportation and a 2,000 ruble fine seems quite light to me. I may have to have a word with my Party colleagues about stepping up the punishment.

expatella_girl · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 9:32 am Post subject:

More deportations to come methinks?

And still I see EFL help wanted ads for Russia all the time. No visa support supplied, ever.

Goodbye Glasnost and Perestoika, we hardly knew ya.

Sashadroogie · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 7:06 pm Post subject:

Those foolish enough to come over to the Motherland and work on a tourist visa have nobody else to blame but themselves. Simple as that.

Of course, while it is usually hard to read what cases such as in the posted article are really all about, one really has to wonder if there might be any truth to the 'propagandising' claims. Of all the groups that work in EFL, few others believe they are on a divine mission to educate the world in non-linguistic ways.

Hard to generate any sympathy whatsoever...

jpvanderwerf2001 · Joined: 02 Oct 2003 Posts: 1117 Location: New York

Though the fine was rather light, I hope that this gives pause to those on here (and elsewhere) who advocate working in Russia sans a proper visa.

teacher X · Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 10:54 am Post subject:

fat_chris · Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 3198 Location: Beijing

Oh! It looks like there are now four fewer splitters, wreckers, proselytizers, deviationists, etc. in Mother Russia.

They are very lucky that they "only" got slapped on the wrist with a light fine and a door hitting their too soft derrières on the way out. No trip for Siberia for them?!? The Comrades are getting soft. Mad

This lot needed some re-education, so why not offer them a rigorous study program?

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fat_chris

fat_chris · Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 3198 Location: Beijing

Sashadroogie · Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 2:42 pm Post subject:

I jolly well say!

fat_chris · Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 3198 Location: Beijing

Jolly spiffing ole chap!

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fat_chris

maruss · Joined: 18 Mar 2003 Posts: 1145 Location: Cyprus

anyone working in Rusfed. unvisawise subject to vaporization and will become nonepersons!

Sashadroogie · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2014 4:49 pm Post subject:

Frightfully splendid!

fat_chris · Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 3198 Location: Beijing

Splendidly frightful!

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fat_chris

Sashadroogie · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 7:27 pm Post subject:

By Jove, that's capital!

fat_chris · Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 3198 Location: Beijing

...but not…capital…

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fat_chris