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bemildred

(90,061 posts) Tue Jan 19, 2016, 09:40 PM Jan 2016

Putin to European Jews who feel unsafe: 'Come to us'

Vladimir Putin has called on European Jews to come to Russia.

"They can come to us," the Russian president told the head of the European Jewish Congress, Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor, at a meeting in Moscow, according to a Kremlin statement. "They left from the Soviet Union. Let them return."

Kantor, a Moscow native, told reporters that anti-Semitism in Europe is rising to World War II levels and that "Jews are fleeing the once-prosperous Europe."

Putin replied: "I've seen reports that (Jewish) people there are afraid of wearing a yarmulke in public. They're trying to hide their ethnicity."

http://mashable.com/2016/01/19/putin-tells-european-jews-to-come-to-russia/#gtIk9eu90iqY

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Putin to European Jews who feel unsafe: 'Come to us' (Original Post) bemildred Jan 2016 OP

All my Jewish relatives leftynyc Jan 2016 #1

yet more Kafkaesque bizarro world views from Putin uhnope Jan 2016 #2

Yes, I'm sure Russia is the place where Jews would feel most confident! LeftishBrit Jan 2016 #3

Actually, Putin has been good to Jews in comparison to other Russian/Soviet leaders. shira Jan 2016 #4

Putin/Russia need sabbat hunter Jan 2016 #5

There are a lot of potential 6chars Jan 2016 #6

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)

1. All my Jewish relatives

Reply to bemildred (Original post)

Wed Jan 20, 2016, 12:34 PM

Jan 2016

ESCAPED Russia. Grandma had nightmares about not being able to get out until the day she died.

uhnope

(6,419 posts)

2. yet more Kafkaesque bizarro world views from Putin

Reply to bemildred (Original post)

Wed Jan 20, 2016, 03:55 PM

Jan 2016

LeftishBrit

(41,208 posts)

3. Yes, I'm sure Russia is the place where Jews would feel most confident!

Reply to bemildred (Original post)

Wed Jan 20, 2016, 04:53 PM

Jan 2016

The word 'refusenik' originally referred to Jews who wished to emigrate from the Soviet Union and were refused permission to do so.

shira

(30,109 posts)

4. Actually, Putin has been good to Jews in comparison to other Russian/Soviet leaders.

Reply to LeftishBrit (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 20, 2016, 08:53 PM

Jan 2016

Problem is, Putin could be an absolute saint until another dictator comes to power and reverses all that.

Even if good in the short term, Russia is too much a risk for Jews.

sabbat hunter

(6,829 posts)

5. Putin/Russia need

Reply to bemildred (Original post)

Thu Jan 21, 2016, 02:08 PM

Jan 2016

immigrants in general to come to Russia. The country is aging, has a declining population, and a cratering economy/ruble. The need new blood and money to come into the country to prevent it from collapsing economically.

That is why Putin wants Jews to go to Russia.

6chars

(3,967 posts)

6. There are a lot of potential

Reply to sabbat hunter (Reply #5)

Thu Jan 21, 2016, 04:05 PM

Jan 2016

immigrants from Syria and Iraq. Especially now that some of the EU is feeling a little skittish about admitting more.

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